Hi, Folks -
Sent by Dr. Betty Martini to her mail list. If "A Chamber of Horrors" is posted on the Web somewhere, I haven't been able to find it, so no 'permalink' to it is included here. If anyone does know the article's home location, let me know and I'll include a link for it here.
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If you read the reactions to Chantix notice they are identical to aspartame. https://www.rxlist.com/chantix-drug.htm Chantix is owned by Pfizer. G.D. Searle, LLC is a wholly owned trademark of Pfizer. It is currently used mainly as a distribution trademark for various pharmaceuticals that were developed by G. D. Searle & Company. Who is Searle but the original manufacturer of aspartame! On Treato notice the information on aspartame's interaction with Chantix: https://treato.com/Chantix,Aspartame/?a=s My name is mentioned here but whoever wrote it says I'm a retired staff doctor for the FDA which, of course, is not true, and that should be corrected.
The pieces fit too well here. I can't help but wonder if aspartame is actually in Chantix they are so similar in their reactions. Aspartame is a psycho drug that interacts with all antidepressants according to Dr. H. J. Roberts (Aspartame Disease: An Ignored Epidemic). It is well known to trigger everything from bipolar and panic attacks to behavioral problems and suicidal tendencies. Some years ago I was sent a copy of a letter written by someone in the aspartame industry who was inquiring as to whether aspartame could be used in the paper of cigarettes. It was interesting he mentioned he did not want the public to know of his inquiry. I was sent the letter because I was researching whether aspartame was in tobacco. So many had asked.
Here is an article about Chantix and suicides. http://america.aljazeera.com/watch/shows/america-tonight/america-tonight-blog/2013/11/21/fda-anti-smokingdrugchantixlinkedtomorethan500suicides.html
Someone needs to have Chantix checked for the actual ingredients. Do you trust an aspartame manufacturer to tell you whether aspartame is in their product? In any event, be warned not to use it. The article "A Chamber of Horrors" is below my signature.
Dr. Betty Martini, D.Hum, Founder
Mission Possible World Health Intl
www.mpwhi.com
More info on aspartame also on www.wnho.net, www.holisticmed.com/aspartame and www.aspartamekills.com www.dorway.com data on aspartame now on www.mpwhi.com
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> A chamber of horrors
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> By Melissa Young
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> You've got to hand it to Big Pharma for coming up with a drug to help you stop smoking that's actually riskier than cigarettes!
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> Of course, that would be Chantix, the Rx med put out by Pfizer that's been linked to more bizarre and violent behaviors than some illicit drugs. Even weeks after users stop taking the med, side effects such as anxiety, nightmares, aggression, depression, and thoughts of suicide just don't go away.
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> Now, a new study out of Canada has confirmed another frightening aspect of the drug.
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> Here's what we know for sure: You definitely want to keep on trying to kick the habit. Only you don't want to land in the hospital, psych ward, or worse while you're doing that.
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> Here's how to succeed at the first... while avoiding the second.
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> There was the Pennsylvania man who shot and killed his wife... and then himself. Then, there was the woman who committed suicide after having an argument over a peanut butter sandwich.
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> That was just a few days after starting up on Chantix.
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> They only wanted to improve their health by stopping smoking, but for them -- and for many smokers -- Chantix turned into a nightmare beyond their wildest dreams.
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> Ten years ago, Thomas Moore, a senior scientist at the Institute for Safe Medical Practice, said that Chantix had been associated with more adverse reactions than any other drug on the market.
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> And those "adverse reactions" are some of the worst you could ever imagine -- often causing "unpredictable and senseless" violence, Moore says.
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> The FDA has received hundreds of reports of suicides -- and close to 2,000 attempted ones -- related to taking the med. And we know full well that adverse-reaction reports sent into the agency are a mere fraction of what is really going on.
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> Thousands of lawsuits have been filed against Pfizer as a result.
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> Yet, not only does this drug remain on the market, but just last year the FDA gave Pfizer a major prize by allowing the company to remove a black-box warning of "SERIOUS NEUROPSYCHIATRIC EVENTS," which should have stuck like superglue!
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> But even if those types of violent reactions don't happen to you, Canadian researchers -- who looked at the medical records for nearly 57,000 recent Chantix users -- say that it can also make you a third more likely to end up in the ER or admitted to the hospital with a heart "event." That's an emergency that may be due to unstable angina, vascular issues, or even a heart attack or stroke.
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> These new findings, however, also shouldn't come as a big surprise. Because seven years ago, another study out of Canada found that those on Chantix were over 70 percent more likely to have serious heart issues. And even the FDA weighed in on this effect in 2012 by saying that it had found a "higher occurrence of major adverse cardiovascular events."
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> If your New Year's resolution is to stop smoking once and for all, there are other ways to try and kick the habit that won't damage your ticker... or turn you into a ticking time bomb.
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> For example:
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> Acupuncture, the use of super-thin needles inserted just a tiny bit under your skin in certain areas of the body, has been found to be very effective in helping people to stop lighting up.
> Sipping on enough water -- or even better, green tea -- during the day can help curtail cravings for tobacco.
> Cutting back on certain "trigger foods" and drinks, such as red meat and coffee, can reduce the desire to smoke, according to a Duke University study.
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> And finally, certain supplements, especially one called GABA (Gamma-Aminobutyric acid), which is often used to treat anxiety, can actually take the pleasure out of smoking.
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> But whatever methods you try to help you quit, you want to make sure that taking a dangerous drug like Chantix isn't one of them!
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> To Safely Kicking the Habit,
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> Melissa Young
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