Author: FM Liew
Date: 04-24-12 06:12
What?
Isn't medicine suppose to improve patients' health??
Apparently, FDA is "legal" DRUG vendor....and associates.
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Excerpt:
People diagnosed with Parkinson’s may really be suffering from the side effects of prescription drugs or Drug-induced Parkinsonism (DIP).
Every year about 50,000 Americans are diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. The consequences of the diagnosis are not just the progression of a terrible disease, possibly leading to placement in a nursing home, but also the side effects of the drugs used to treat it, and the likelihood of a dramatic increase in the cost of the patient’s health insurance. Now it turns out that a significant percentage of people diagnosed with Parkinson’s may really be suffering from the side effects of prescription drugs or Drug-induced Parkinsonism (DIP).
Studies of DIP estimate that about 7% of patients diagnosed with Parkinson’s are really suffering from drug side effects. In the U.S., this would amount to 3500 people a year, and 35,000 over ten years, who suffer the consequences of a tragic yet common misdiagnosis. If the drugs are discontinued, the patient often reverts to normal, but if continued for too long the side effects may be permanent.
Parkinson’s is most often misdiagnosed in elderly patients who are put on anti-psychotic drugs for sedation and/or to control difficult behavior, a strategy which, by the way, has been shown over and over to be ineffective. But there are plenty of otherwise neurologically healthy people who are put on drugs for high blood pressure and indigestion who are misdiagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease. Some antidepressants, antibiotic and antifungal drugs are also implicated.
Some of the symptoms of both Parkinson’s and DIP include tremor, rigidity and bradykinesia, which is a slowness in starting and continuing a movement, and difficulty in changing body position.
Below is a list of prescription drugs that have the potential to cause DIP, but since drug combinations can also create side effects, it’s probably wise to first assume that Parkinson’s symptoms are drug-induced and try other drugs or get off them altogether. It’s important to note that DIP symptoms can begin within days of starting on a drug, or may not show up for six months. The vast majority of drugs prescribed to senior citizens are unnecessary and often do more harm than good.
Full Details: http://www.virginiahopkinshealthwatch.com/2011/03/parkinson%E2%80%99s-disease-or-prescription-drug-side-effects/
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