Avoid this toxic chemical

This toxic chemical has been
rolling around since WW II, when U.S. manufacturers first “obtained” the
patent from a German chemical company that manufactured toxic dyes.
McNeil Labs of Philadelphia then developed acetaminophen into a drug and
sold it off to Johnson & Johnson at a huge profit, founding another
Philadelphia medical dynasty of ill-gotten gains.
Since then, J&J has been
hiding this toxic drug in various products, often combining it with
other pain-relieving drugs such as codeine. This ploy hides the fact
that Tylenol doesn’t actually work for pain. (More on that in just a
moment.)
In the late 1970s, I worked with
NASA’s astrobiology programs. I helped develop testing procedures to
detect blood levels of this drug using state-of-the-art analytical
instruments. And even back then, we considered Tylenol a toxic chemical.
In fact, we included it in a “toxicology panel” to detect poisons.
In the early 1980s, when I worked
as a hospital pathologist, I witnessed deaths due to liver failure
caused by this drug. When I reported them to the local Medical Examiner,
they replied with a yawn that they see such deaths all the time! Later,
as a Medical Examiner myself, and as a consulting forensic pathologist
and toxicologist, I encountered many more cases.
But I wasn’t the only one.
In the new report, researchers
from the U.K. conducted a systematic review of 1,888 studies to document
the adverse events associated with Tylenol. The adverse events reported
included deaths, as well as toxicity to the heart, GI tract and
kidneys.
In this review, eight studies
followed participants prospectively over time. I consider these kinds of
studies–based on long-term actual observations–the most authoritative.
In studies that examined
mortality risk, the death rate for men and women who used Tylenol was 90
percent higher than those who didn’t use the drug. Another study showed
a dose-response relationship, meaning the more of the drug the patient
took, the higher their risk of death.
Four studies reported non-fatal
heart toxicity, again with a strong dose-response effect. In these
studies, even men and women who took the lowest dose of Tylenol
still had a 20 percent higher risk of suffering non-fatal heart
toxicity compared to non-users. Men and women who took the drug at the
highest dose range had a 70 percent greater risk of heart toxicity.
Furthermore, some studies found the risk went up as high as 160 percent
greater.
For GI toxicity, one study
reported patients who took the lowest doses of Tylenol ran about a 10
percent increased risk of suffering bleeding and other complications. On
the other hand, men and women who took Tylenol at the higher dose range
ran a 50 percent greater chance of suffering these dangerous
complications.
In terms of kidney damage, four
studies found adverse effects, and three studies found a dose-response.
Overall, researchers linked the drug to a 30 percent decrease in kidney
function. At the lower doses, men and women ran a 40 percent greater
risk of damaged kidney function, on average. And at the higher doses,
they ran 120 percent greater risk, on average. In some cases, the actual
risk was as much as 240 percent higher.
Amazingly, acetaminophen (called
paracetamol outside the U.S.) is the most widely used over-the-counter
(OTC) and prescription drug for pain worldwide. But recent studies show
it doesn’t even work at all for the most common back, neck and joint
pains. One study even showed that men and women who took Tylenol for back pain spent one more day in misery than those who took a sugar pill. Not surprising for a metabolic poison.
This drug is the first step on
the World Health Organization’s (WHO) pain treatment protocol, for
reasons they’ve never really explained. Plus, many international medical
guidelines recommend Tylenol as the first-line drug therapy for a
multitude of acute and chronic pain conditions.
If this useless poison is really the WHO’s first choice, then we must repeat the timeless question of the mid-20th century comedians Bud Abbott and Lou Costello, “WHO’s on first?”
Who’s on first, indeed? Certainly not all the poor patients worldwide suffering from pain.
This pharmacological farce is no
laughing matter. It causes countless deaths and complications each year.
But sadly, it appears the mainstream medical establishment is just
beginning to recognize and report on this tragedy.
I repeat–never take acetaminophen (Tylenol) for any reason.
Mainstream press finally catches wind of Tylenol’s dangers