Posted on December 29, 2004 03:53 AM
by Chris Gupta

Thanks for this Paul, another less rigorous book of interest is "The nutritional Cost of Prescription Drugs"

Chris Gupta

Most Pain Killers Deplete The Body Of The B Vitamin Folic Acid

With all negative news concerning Non Steroidal Anti Inflammatory Drugs (NSAID's) and the Cox 2 inhibitors Vioxx, Celebrex and Naproxin, it is notable that all the experts - doctors and pharmacists - have failed to mention one salient fact. All of these drugs, including the oldest pain killer Asprin, deplete the body of the B vitamin Folic acid.

Jury Calls Merck Liable in Death of Man on Vioxx
By ALEX BERENSON
A Texas jury said the widow of a man who died in 2001 after taking the pain drug Vioxx should be awarded $253.5 million.

Folic acid is one of the most common vitamin deficiencies and it is vital in metabolizing homocysteine, a toxic amino acid that is recognized as one of the most critical independent risk factors to cardiovascular disease. Homocysteine, directly damages the vascular system thereby starting a disease process that leads to atherosclerosis and increases the risk of heart attack and stroke.

Why doctors and pharmacists don't know this or, if they do know it, fail to mention this fact to patients is a sad commentary on the state of nutritional education in the medical and pharmacy faculties of our universities and negligent failure on the part of regulatory authorities who approved the pain killers in the first place.

Croft Woodruff

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The most authoritative book in this area that I have come across is the Drug-Induced Nutrient Depletion Handbook, 1999-2000 by Ross Pelton RPh, PhD, CCN; James B. Lavalle RPh, DHM, NMD, CCN; Ernest B. Hawkins RPh, MS; Daniel L. Krinsky RPh, MS.

Also see at: www.health-n-energy.com or MySimon.com to purchase.

Also check out the Life Extension Foundations review of the book here.

Containing a complete listing of all drugs known to deplete the body of nutritional compounds the handbook also includes abstracts from some of the research in this area (which in the case of aspirin and vitamin C depletion dates back to at least 1936). Other sections include information on nutrient depletion and cancer, food-drug interactions and herb/nutrient depletions.

Highly recommended.

Paul Taylor

Please also see: Statins & other Dangerous Drugs: The Collapse Of Conventional Medicine Now Underway!