The Painkiller Invasion

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The Painkiller Invasion

• By Jessica Witwer

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• Statistics show that 80 billion aspirin are taken
  per year just for a few heart problems. Bayer
  claimed that aspirin booked a net profit of 603
  million euros (793 million dollars) in 2004
  (Aspirin maker, 2005, para. 2).

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Painkillers

• Aspirin
• Acetaminophen
• Naproxen

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• Is the medical industry making you sick? In
• a very real way, the answer is YES! They do
• it every time they fail to tell you about the
• practical things you can do to avoid illness
• and help your body heal itself.
• It isn't that your doctor is trying to keep
• things from you. There's just a blackout of
• information at his level. The medical
  establishment
• doesn't seem to consider healthy
• diets, vitamins and inexpensive treatments a
• priority-and has even attacked doctors who
• recommend such things.
• Why would anyone--especially medical
• institutions and drug companies-want to
• keep you in the dark? Some say it's to stay in
• control of the health industry. . . and the

• enough to claim you could reverse heart
• disease with diet and exercise would have
• been laughed right out of practice. 1 saw it
• all first hand The Red Cross scoffed at
• my husband's anti-choking maneuver
• for years. But as soon as I began
• using preventive medicine my health problems
• disappeared. Frequent colds. sore
• throats, insomnia, even Henry's sour symptoms
• vanished! I had more energy than ever
• before. I felt 10, maybe 20 years younger.
• Best of all, I was happy! My healthy
• lifestyle actually improved my mental
• disposition!
• In fact, the change was so miraculous, 1
• became passionately involved with helping

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The Effects of Painkillers (Aspirin)
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• Nearly half of all women suffer
• from primary dysmenorrhea (painful
• menstruation). For some of them,
• the pain is so bad that an estimated
• 100 million work hours are lost
• annually.
• Medication can relieve menstrual
• pain for about 80 of these women,
• but the drugs can have serious side
• effects. In return for pain-free menstruation,
• women may experience
• side effects ranging from dizziness
• and rashes to stomach distress that
• can lead to bleeding and ulceration.

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• Acetaminophenis also thought to kill about 1000
  each year and result in the hospitalization of
  about 2,000 for liver toxicity (Landers, 2002,
  p.2).

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• In 2000, the Archives of Internal Medicine
  reports that anti-inflammatory drugs have been
  linked with congestive heart disease (Cohen,
  2005, p. 3).

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• Aspirin sensitivity may cause symptoms similar
  to allergic reactions in susceptible people
  (Parmet, 2004, para. 1).

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• Painkillers injure 2.2 million people each
  year. Ibuprofen and other NSAIDS account for more
  than 40,000 deaths each year from
  gastrointestinal hemorrhaging (Prescription
  drugs kill thousands, 2005, para. 1).

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• 10 REASONS WHY I TAKE ASPIRIN
• THEY TASTE SO GOOD.
• 2. I LIKE TO POISON MY BODY AND I WANT TO SEE HOW
  MUCH ACID
• MY BLOODSTREAM CAN HOLD.
• 3. IT HELPS THE ECONOMY OF THE COUNTRY.
• 4. IT FOOLS ME INTO THINKING I'M BETTER.
• 5. I WANT TO SHORTEN MY LIFE.
• 6. WONDERING WHETHER THE NEXT ONE WILL CAUSE MY
  STOMACH
• LINING TO HEMORAGE IS FUN.
• 7. ALL MY FRIENDS TAKE THEM AND FAMOUS MOVIE
  STARS AND
• ATHLETES SAY I SHOULD.

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If Your Life Depended On It.

• Have You Considered The Fact That
• Maybe There's Not A Medication Or
• Surgical Procedure That Will Cure Your
• Complex Health Problem Or Disease?
• What Happened To The Idea That Your
• Body Was Created, Is A Miracle, And It
• Can Will Heal Itself, Given The Time.
• Health IS achieved the old-fashioned way. . .YOU
  EARN IT.
• Health IS allowing the human body to heal itself,
  without
• dangerous stimulants and drugs.
• Health IS a way of life based on true natural
  principles
• like real old-fashioned chiropractic.

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Did you know

• 1. On August 28, 1987 U.S. District Judge Susan
  Getzendanner found the AmM.A. guilty of leading a
  conspiracy to destroy the chiropractic
  profession. The judge described the conspiracy as
  'systematic long-term wrongdoing and the
  long-term intent to destroy a licensed
  profession.
• 2. According to the Pharmaceutical Society of
  Great Britain, every twenty-four to thirty-six
  hours, from fifty to eighty per cent of adults in
  the United States and the United Kingdom swallow
  a medically prescribed drug.

• 3. 'Every year a million people, 2-3 of all
  hospital admissions, are admitted primarily
  because of a negative reaction to drugs.'
  (Nicholas Wade, Science Magazine)
• 4. In 1976, medical doctors went on a work
  slowdown to protest
• soaring insurance premiums. That coincided with
  an 18 percent drop in the death rate.

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THE NERVE SYSTEM IS THE "ROAD" OVER WHICH ALL
MENTAL MESSAGES TRAVEL. KEEP THE "ROAD" CLEAR SO
THEY MAY TRAVEL NORMALLY AT ALL TIMES.
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• Bone out, irritates nerve, causes problem
  SUBLUXATION
• Bone in, relieves nerve, restores
• life ADJUSTMENT

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Chiropractic has an important role to play in our
society's future health. Chiropractic hangs its
hat on prevention and health, not treatment of
symptoms and disease. There are laws of cause and
effect, and if you treat the effects instead of
removing the cause, you've really done nothing
but temporarily relieved that effect while the
cause of the problem is allowed to remain.
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BENEFITS OF AN ADJUSTMENT AND BEING UNDER
CHIROPRACTIC CARE

• Have less pain
• Removes nerve pressure
• You have more energy
• Prevents arthritis
• Gives you better posture and better attitude
• Allows you to have more movement in your spine
• You have less stress in your life
• It increases the blood flow to your head,
  improves brain power!!!
• Allows you to reach full potential of health
• Your children are much calmer after their
  adjustment
• You are building a stronger body and new cells
• You will stay healthier
• You are boosting the immune system with every
  adjustment you receive
• Can perform the things you want to do that you
  could not do before
• Allows you better concentration on your daily
  activities
• Stops the decay in your spine and can reverse
  degeneration
• Chiropractic relieves stress and you feel younger
  
• You are more focused on your health
• Your body is in harmony with itself

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THOMAS EDISON QUOTED

• THE DOCTOR OF THE FUTURE WILL GIVE NO
• MEDICINE BUT WILL INTEREST HIS PATIENTS IN THE
  CARE OF THE HUMAN FRAME.

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• Aspirin maker Bayer back in the black in 2004
  (2005). www.yahoo.news.com.
• Cohen, J. (2003). Over Dose The Case Against the
  Drug Companies. Retrieved April 18, 2005, from
  http//www.medicationsenxe.com/over_dose.html.
• Heimlich, J. (1990) What your Doctor Wont Tell
  You. New York Perrennial Currents, HarperCollins
  Publishers.
• Landers, S. (2002). Labels on common OTC pain
  remedies to include heightened risks. American
  Medical News, 45, 25-26.
• Menstruation Severe Cramps (Dysmenorrhea)
  (2001). Retrieved April 20, 2005, from
  www.google.com.
• Parmet, S. (2004). Aspirin Sensitivity. JAMA,
  292, 3098.
• Prescription drugs kill thousands of times as
  many people as ephedra (2005). Retrieved April
  20, 2005, from NewsTarget.com.