Joerg Gruenwald, Ph.D.
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 Death occurs through asphyxiation at the peak of a convulsive attack or through heart failure.
Forced diuresis, hemodialysis and hernoperfusion are initiated as treatment for poisonings. Gastric lavage should only be carried out under anesthetic because of the danger of convulsion. Benzodiazepine or barbiturates are used to lessen the effects of the spasms.
DOSAGE
Mode of Administration: Topically and internally as a dilution of the mother tincture.
LITERATURE
Bilia AR, Ctalano S, Fontana C, Morelli I, Palme E, A new saponin from Potentilla tormentilla. In: PM 58(7):A723. 1992. |
Hyla Cass, M.D.
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 Studies have shown increased risk of heart failure in statin users, and this is likely related to the CoQi0-depleting effect of the drugs. It's essential to add the nutrient back in to help avoid this serious weakening of the heart's pumping power.
Muscle pain and weakness. As I explained to Mark, any person on statins who experiences significant new muscle pain, weakness, or tenderness should let his or her doctor know, as it may be a sign of muscle damage. Continuing to take the drug in spite of muscle damage can lead to rhabdomyolysis, a potentially fatal condition. |
Joerg Gruenwald, Ph.D.
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| Death comes with dosages of 10 to 15 g of quinine through heart failure and asphyxiation. Following gastric lavage, the symptomatic therapy for acute poisonings includes atropine for bradycardia and phenytoin in the presence of tachycardie heart rhythm disorders. Forced diuresis and hemodialysis are not suitable as therapeutic measures.
DOSAGE
Mode of Administration: Comminuted drag and other bitter-tasting galenic preparations to be taken internally.
Preparation: An infusion is prepared by pouring boiling water over 1/2 teaspoonful of the drag and allowing to draw for 10 minutes. |
Hyla Cass, M.D.
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| In 2007, a study was released that found that Avandia appears to increase risk of heart failure, heart attack, and death from heart attack. If these results are correct, as many as 60,000 to 100,000 heart attacks could be blamed on the effect of this drug.
Another drug in this class, Rezulin (troglitazone), was found to cause liver damage and liver failure, and was withdrawn. |
| While formerly used to treat congestive heart failure, more modern drugs (diuretics, ACE inhibitors) are usually used for this condition today.
Action: Digoxin (brand names Lanoxin, Lanoxicaps) works by making the heart muscle contract more forcefully. It also decreases conduction of the electrical signal that causes it to beat, which slows down the dangerously fast heart rhythm.
Side effects: Nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, dizziness, headache, weakness, slow heart rate, blurred vision, and mental changes. |
Dr. Sharon Moalem
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 Iron-poor diets and other iron deficiencies are the most common cause of anemia, a lack of red blood cells that can cause fatigue, shortness of breath, and even heart failure. (As many as 20 percent of menstruating women may have iron-related anemia because their monthly blood loss produces an iron deficiency. That may be the case in as much as half of all pregnant women as well—they're not menstruating, but the passenger they're carrying is hungry for iron too! |
| Untreated, hemolytic anemia can lead to kidney failure, heart failure, and death. those ancient greeks were onto something—for some people, fava beans are killers. They contain two sugar-related compounds called vicine and convicine. Vicine and convicine produce free radicals, especially hydrogen peroxide. When people who have favism eat fava beans, they undergo a reaction similar to the one that occurs after taking primaquine. If the hydrogen peroxide isn't cleared out with the help of G6PD, it starts to attack your red blood cells, ultimately breaking them down. |
Gerald E. Markle and Frances B. McCrea
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 It is possible that the supplement is helpful in the primary prevention of heart disease, particularly in protecting against sudden heart failure.
A SKEPTICAL ADDENDUM
Alas, were that the only disappointing finding. Other widely touted antioxidants have not been shown to prevent disease. At the turn of the millennium, one of the most touted supplement was omega-3 fatty acids, found in high concentrations in fish oil. It was widely believed to be a powerful antioxidant that protected against cancer. |
Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S.
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 Another study—in the 2006 Journal of Cardiac Failure, volume 12—showed that caffeine increases exercise tolerance in patients with heart failure. Other studies have shown it increases alertness and improves mental and physical performance in the short run. According to the Nurses' Health Study, two or three cups a day may lower the incidence of Parkinson's and decrease gallstone formation in men. |
Bill Sardi
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 Biological Trace Element Research 56: 295, 1997]
Adriamycin (doxorubicin) is an anti-cancer drug that often induces heart failure and eventual demise of the patient. This drug binds strongly to iron and stimulates oxidation. These undesirable side effects are successfully countered by iron-binding bioflavonoids. The beating force of the heart was reduced by 50 percent with the anti-cancer drug but only 1 8 percent with the drug and bioflavonoids combined. |
Hyla Cass, M.D.
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| Side effects: Possible side effects include headache, edema (swelling) in ankles and feet; verapamil may worsen congestive heart failure or cause constipation.
Nutrients depleted: This drug class can deplete potassium. Needed supplement: Take 100 mg of potassium.
Angiotensin Converting Enzyme (ACE) Inhibitors: captopril
(Capoten), enalapril (Vasotec), lisinopril (Prinivil), ramipril (Altace)
ACE inhibitors are a newer class of drugs that are used to treat high blood pressure. |
Benjamin H. Natelson, M.D.
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 In sixteen years of practice, I have not seen one patient go on to develop anything suggestive of heart failure.
The idea that some infectious viral or bacterial agent, or a fragment of such an agent, causes CFS or FM continues despite many negative studies. My own experience with treating possible bacterial infection is equally negative. Since I have never seen a patient improve while on antibiotics, I ask patients to stop taking them if they tell me they are taking them chronically. |
Kevin Trudeau
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 Closer examination reveals that the timing of the end of the first study (1993-1999) coincided with the release of a drug aimed at helping to prevent heart failure. This was an Aventis drug called Rimipril, also know as Altace. The ending of the second study (1999-2003) doesn't coincide with anything. However, the second study results weren't released until March 15, 2005, which coincides with the release of another Aventis drug aimed at heart failure, Plavix, on March 10, 2005. |
Benjamin H. Natelson, M.D.
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| People with diseases such as diabetes, heart failure, CFS, FM, and IBS may find that their pulse does not vary greatly with breathing. This sounds like a good thing, but actually it isn't. Reduced parasympathetic activity means that sympathetic nerves are working more than they should.
To combat this imbalance, I suggested you consider buying Freeze-Framer, the biofeedback software I described in chapter 9. That computer program shows just how well your parasympathetic nerves to the heart are working and allows you to practice improving your parasympathetic tone. |
Anne Harrington
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 At the time, the evidence seemed clear that, unless they changed their ways, such men risked a tragic end: premature death from heart failure.
The discovery of the Type A personality and his apparent vulnerability to heart attack had roots in a far more broadly based set of public health concerns in the postwar period. This was a period of sharply rising levels of coronary heart disease in the American population. |
Donna Jackson Nakazawa
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 In 2005, Mayo Clinic researchers reported that rheumatoid arthritis patients carry twice the risk of heart failure as other patients. Other studies show similar elevated risk of heart disease among patients with lupus, diabetes, and MS. Researchers believe that some of the genetic variants that predispose a patient to autoimmune disease are the same genetic variants that predispose a patient to heart disease. |
Caldwell B. Esselstyn, Jr., M.D.
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 My research shows that this entire process is preventable—and that through nutrition (plus, in some cases, low doses of cholesterol-lowering drugs) the risk of heart attack and heart failure can be eliminated. Scientists and physicians have been slow to recognize the connection between nutrition and coronary disease. In part, that's because the development of the disease is not like, say, a bee sting, in which the relationship between cause and effect is quite obvious. It may require decades of self-injury from a high-fat diet before clinical symptoms develop. |
| Those on the experimental diet were 50 to 70 percent less likely to experience all the cardiac ailments the researchers recorded, from minor events that required hospitalization to major emergencies such as angina, stroke, or heart failure, to heart attacks and even death.
Impressive results. It is not surprising that they received such great attention and that the Mediterranean diet attracted many adherents. |
Benjamin H. Natelson, M.D.
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| This is the first step toward heart failure, and it can be decades before the patient has visible signs of this problem, including swollen legs and shortness of breath when lying flat. One group of researchers has suggested that some CFS patients may really have chronic viral infections of the heart. Though they were unable to find an actual virus, they did find antibodies to viral building blocks in some CFS patients. This is an important hypothesis that we are also pursuing, but I don't think it will prove to be a major factor for many CFS patients. |
Steven V. Joyal
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 Heart failure caused by an inability of the hearr to pump, which results in fluid accumulating in the body. It typically develops gradually over several years, but it can also occur suddenly. coronary disease: Condition caused by insufficient blood flow, which is the result of blocked and/or hardening blood vessels. People with diabetes are at high risk of developing coronary disease. C-reactive protein: A substance created by the body in the presence of inflammation; thus elevated levels of C-reactive protein indicate increased inflammation in the body. |
Benjamin H. Natelson, M.D.
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| In the nineteenth century, doctors learned that atherosclerosis, or clogging of the arteries in the heart, was a common cause of heart attack and heart failure. The twentieth century brought the understanding that nutritional factors related to eating fatty foods increased the risk of a person's getting atherosclerosis and heart disease. But the twenty-first century has brought other factors into focus—for example, that a smoldering infection can occur within the walls of coronary vessels, and the resulting inflammation can lead to clogging of the vessel. |
John J. Ratey, MD
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 In one study of patients with severe heart failure, those with the highest ANP levels had the lowest levels of anxiety. None of them had anxiety disorders, but doctors were interested in their anxiety because it has a major influence on how well heart surgery patients recover. ANP directly dampens the sympathetic nervous system's response by stemming the flow of epinephrine and lowering the heart rate, and it also seems to reduce the feeling of anxiousness, which is paramount. |
Benjamin H. Natelson, M.D.
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| Your relationship to those closest to you—family and friends— will affect your struggle, whether it is with multiple sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis, or heart failure. If someone with multiple sclerosis has a husband who is never home and is not supportive, she will have additional trouble coping with her disease as well as a chance of doing worse. If, on the other hand, her spouse is always there for her, she may have trouble walking, but her quality of life will be better for his presence, caring, and concern. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 New research, by the way, shows that chemotherapy drugs cause heart damage to women, leading to heart failure. Even mainstream oncologists are starting to think that maybe the industry should stop using these toxic drugs to treat breast cancer. As Dr. Pamela Douglas, a Duke University cardiologist recently said, "In the process of curing their breast cancer, we've exposed them to some pretty nasty things. And it's not just one nasty thing, it's a sequence of nasty things." Those nasty things, it turns out, cause permanent damage to the heart, kidney, liver and brain. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 New research, for example, shows that certain classes of chemotherapy drugs are so dangerous to human health that they cause heart failure in many women who use them. The drugs are called anthracyclines, and the research was published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology (October, 2007).
Chemotherapy is so dangerous to the heart, liver, kidneys and brain that the very act of screening for cancer tumors with mammography machines ultimately causes harm to most patients. Find that hard to believe? |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 Greger, Michael, M.D. Heart Failure: Diary of a Third Year Medical Student.
Griffiths, Joel and Chris Bryson. "Toxic Secrets: Fluoride and the Atom Bomb." Nexus Magazine 5:3. Apr. - May 1998.
Hammer Breslow, Lauren. "The Best Pharmaceuticals for Children Act of 2002: The Rise of the Voluntary Incentive Structure and Congressional Refusal to Require Pediatric Testing." Harvard Journal of Legislation Vol. 40.
"Human Experimentation: Before the Nazi Era and After." Micah Books.
Kaye, Jonathan. "Retin-A's Wrinkled Past." Mind Control. Orig. pub. Penn History Review Spring 1997. |
Tori Hudson, N.D.
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 In fact, investigators observed an increase in heart failure rates in patients assigned to the vitamin E. It is not known whether this was due to chance or whether the alpha-tocopherol form of vitamin E became a pro-oxidant in these patients with significant disease.
One of the most damaging reports on vitamin E was a meta-analysis on high-dosage vitamin E that compiled the results of 19 studies from 1966 through August 2004 to conclude that large doses of vitamin E (400 IU per day or more) may increase death rates, at least in those people with chronic illnesses. |
| Numerous other cardiovascular effects of L-carnitine are beyond the scope of this chapter, but improvement in exercise tolerance, functional improvement in angina, peripheral vascular disease, treatment of heart failure, and reduced death rates from heart attacks are all areas of clinical effectiveness of L-carnitine.
L-Carm'tine
2-3 g per day
Folic Acid, Vitamin B6, Vitamin B12. |
Dr. Edward F. Group III, DC, ND, DACBN
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| Side effects of common pharmaceuticals include weight gain, constipation, cancer, kidney disease, heart failure, depression, anxiety, chronic pain, and many other ailments they're supposed to remedy.
Did You Know? j
The American Medical Association rakes in an additional $20 million annually by selling detailed profiles of all American doctors to pharmaceutical companies. With such information, these companies can market specific drugs directly to physicians in a particular field related to those products' "benefits". |
Benjamin H. Natelson, M.D.
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| For elderly people who have trouble walking, for people awaiting cardiac transplant due to heart failure, for patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) or with medically unexplained pain or fatigue, a physical conditioning regimen helps rather than hurts—as long as it is done right.
When we know we have to do something, but we're afraid to do it, we can often find ourselves stuck. Fortunately, we can use a process called cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) as an "un-sticker. |
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