How to minimize the side-effects of your Medication
A number tests are prescribed by the medical profession each year – x-rays, CAT scans, barium intestinal tests, urine tests, blood tests etc. If you know you are going to have an x-ray, CAT scan or barium test make sure you are taking sufficient amounts of vitamin C, B complex, some spiralina and increase your intake of onions, ginger, and garlic. In fact when you take onions, garlic and ginger in say a stir-fry these ingredients have a synergistic affect that makes the combination even more affective.
When you first start taking a medication be aware of any change, symptoms, feelings, itching, dry mouth, irritability, headaches, tiredness, fluid retention, aches and pains, weight-gain etc. Do not suffer in silence, you should take note and mention these side-effects to your doctor who might decide to prescribe an alternative, a substitute with one that might suit you better.
Pharmaceutical medication uses up large resources of vitamins and minerals or in some cases hinder their absorption.
Some alter our essential bacteria (our bowel flora, the friendly guys) in our intestines, for instance anti-biotics.
Barbiturates can overload the liver, disturbing vitamin D for bones. Others will weaken the kidneys, while diuretics can remove minerals from the body.
Laxatives can encourage the removal of minerals from the body.
A plain yogurt can be taken with some drugs to protect the stomach lining.
However, don’t take tetracycline with yogurt.
Don’t take penicillin or any antibiotic with fruit juice or vitamin C, too acidic and can alter the medication.
This is only a very short list of medication, but it gives you an idea that you need to take extra care, read as much about your particular medication as possible and get more nutrients to protect yourself from your medication.
Any medication, especially any that is particularly dose sensitive should not be taken with grapefruit. Grapefruit encourages better absorption, you end up taking more medication due to better absorption rates.
Antacids used to reduce stomach acid will deplete vitamin A, B complex, phosphate and some can hinder the absorption of calcium. Some antacids contain aluminium.
Aspirin used to reduce pain, inflammation, to thin the blood, will deplete vitamin A, C, E, K, iron and phosphate.
Barbiturates used as a sedative and sleeping pill deplete vitamin A, D, folic acid, and phosphates.
Cholesterol lowering drugs deplete vitamin A, D, K, folic acid, B complex, magnesium and zinc. They can interfere with the body’s ability to produce hormones.
Diuretics used to reduce fluid retention, deplete several minerals, the minerals vital to health.
This is just a brief look at what pharmaceutical medication could be doing to you. Take out some nutritional insurance against this depletion, a good general multi-vitamin and mineral. Buy the best one you can afford, always take the dose stated on the packaging, and start thinking about your lifestyle and why you have to take medication in the first place!
NEVER stop taking your medication without taking professional advise.
Antibiotics – cut down
At the clinic we come across many people who have had far too many antibiotics and are suffering the consequences. Antibiotics are life savers, however the way we have been prescribed them over the past few decades is causing a huge amount of suffering. Many years ago we were warned of the dangers of over prescribing antibiotics and the very real danger of bugs mutating and becoming resistant. That potential has now become a reality. If you are getting problems that need antibiotics each year for colds and flu (which are viruses incidentally) or chest problems or bladder infections or cystitis or wounds that get infected etc etc. You seriously need to look at why you have become so susceptible. You have a weak immune system and no amount of antibiotics will strengthen your resistance to infections of one sort or another in the future. In fact you are becoming less resistant to your environment. Taking antibiotics kills bacteria, the ‘good’ as well as the ‘bad’. Keep having to take antibiotics will speed up aging and degeneration and lower resisitance to your world.
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