There is strong evidence that chemotherapy drugs are actually causing cancer among hospital workers, while causing new, additional cancers in cancer patients themselves.

Pharmacists who prepare the chemo drugs, and members of the teams of oncology doctors and nurses who handle the drugs, are getting sick and dying from cancers that are very likely caused by the drugs. The evidence points to a higher incidence of cancers among these workers than the public at large.

A massive, 10-year-long study by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) concludes that chemo drugs continue to contaminate the workspaces where they’re used and, in some cases, are still being found in the urine of those who handle it despite knowledge of safety precautions.

Thomas Connor, a research biologist with the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), has spent 40 years studying the effect of chemo agents on workers and is one of the lead authors on the latest study.

“There is no other occupation population that handles so many known human carcinogens,” he said.

If chemotherapy is this bad for anyone handling it in the workplace, one can’t help wondering how it could be good for a cancer patient already weakened and made vulnerable by disease.

Several relevant and disturbing facts should be considered:

Chemo drugs are highly toxic and studies have shown that they can actually cause cancer.

Although there are claims that chemo has saved countless lives, there is no credible evidence that chemo actually cures cancer, extends life significantly or improves the quality of life. There is a lot of evidence that it does the opposite.

Polls show 75 percent of oncologists would refuse chemotherapy because of its ineffectiveness and “unacceptable level of toxicity”.

Despite the evidence, the cancer “industry” continues to push chemo on cancer patients while ignoring potentially helpful therapies because they “lack scientific evidence.”  Yet, the evidence about chemo drugs is overwhelmingly negative.

Chemo drugs have been classified as hazardous by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) since the mid-1980s. Hazardous drugs are those known to, or even suspected of, causing cancer, miscarriages, birth defects or other serious health problems.

OSHA does not regulate exposure to these toxins, despite multiple studies documenting contaminations and exposures including recent evidence that they are causing cancer in the workplace.

In the long run, it makes sense for anyone involved with chemotherapy, especially cancer patients, to move forward with caution and, while remaining under medical care, to carefully investigate alternatives.

SOURCES: Natural News, July 2010, http://www.naturalnews.com/029191_secondhand_chemotherapy_cancer.html; The Seattle Times, http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2012327665_chemo11.html;  Philip Day, Cancer: Why we’re still dying to know the truth, Credence Publications, 2000. July 2010, http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2012327665_chemo11.html Normal 0 0 1 23 135 DSE 1 1 165 10.260 0 0 0 ;  Philip Day, Cancer: Why we’re still dying to know the truth, Credence Publications, 2000.

It is estimated that a significant percentage of people taking opioid painkillers for chronic pain are actually causing more pain by taking the drugs — an effect called Opioid Induced Hyperalgesia (OIH).

“Hyper” comes from the Greek, meaning “over”. It is used as part of another word to mean “too much” or “excess”. Of course, by itself, hyper is slang for overactive.

“Algesia” is also from the Greek and means “sensitivity to pain”.

So, “hyperalgesia” means “too much sensitivity to pain” or just, “too much pain”.

Physical pain, in case you have any doubt, is defined as: “Unpleasant physical sensation — the acutely unpleasant physical discomfort experienced by somebody who is violently struck, injured, or ill.”

So now, with those definitions in hand, we can explain the amazing scientific discovery that painkillers can actually CAUSE pain. And why, in such circumstances, people should take fewer painkillers, not more.

Opioid painkillers, which are all fairly similar in what they do, include such drugs as OxyContin, oxycodone, hydrocodone, Percocet, Lortab, Vicodin, methadone, morphine, Dilaudid and dozens of others that are based on the chemistry contained in the infamous opium poppy, the source of heroin.

A common misconception is that when painkillers “treat” pain, our body is less ill or injured. In fact, it is merely anesthetized so we can’t feel the pain. The drug has not improved the injury.

The brain produces a substance called endorphins that block pain signals from reaching the brain as pain. Opioids stimulate endorphin production that block the pain, but sooner or later the body begins to rely on the drugs for endorphin production, producing less on its own.

Recently, science has learned that opioids can damage the specialized sensory receptor cell, called the “nociceptor”, that sends pain signals to the brain. The damage causes the nociceptor to increase its signals, and the drug user feels increased pain — often more than the pain he or she was originally trying to treat.

Without knowing this, the drug user increases the dose of opioid painkiller, escalating the problem. It just keeps getting worse, and can even cause permanent damage.

It is well known that bodies and brains build up tolerance to opioids, creating the need to take more and more opioids to treat the same pain or get the same effects. Now we have the additional problem of the drugs causing more pain themselves.

Many busy medical doctors don’t take the time to find the cause of nor treat the actual cause of some pain. Instead, they prescribe opioids. Now, with Opioid Induced Hyperalgesia, we have even more reason to avoid the drugs if at all possible.

When we are suffering from pain, it makes sense to see a practitioner with the skill to diagnose and treat the cause of our pain, and who takes the time to do so. More and more people are finding Acupuncture and Chiropractic to be their treatments of choice.

SOURCES: Novus Medical Detox Center, http://www.novusdetox.com/opioid-pain-effects.php

Found this on foodconsumer.org

A recent report adds to the growing evidence that omega-3 supplements may play a role in preventing chronic disease.

Researchers asked more than 35,000 postmenopausal women who did not have a history of breast cancer to complete a 24-page questionnaire about their use of supplements.

Regular use of fish oil supplements, which contain high levels of the omega-3 fats EPA and DHA, was linked with a 32 percent reduced risk of breast cancer.

Eurekalert reports:

“The reduction in risk appeared to be restricted to invasive ductal breast cancer, the most common type of the disease. The use of other specialty supplements, many of which are commonly taken by women to treat symptoms of menopause, was not associated with breast cancer risk.”

Sources:

Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention July 2010;19(7):1696-708

Additionally, I’d like to point out some other stats as report on mercola.com: “omega-3 deficiency was recently revealed as the sixth biggest killer of Americans, responsible for up to 96,000 premature deaths each year…”

Now if you’ve ever been in my practice you know that I recommend a very specific formulation of fish oil for adults that is twice the EPA as DHA. I have offered and recommended this since 2001.

Two pioneers are Barry Sears, Ph.D and Andrew Stoll, M.D., have shown the importance of this groundbreaking health maximizer.

If you aren’t aware of the right ratios or how much should be taken contact the office at 565-7474 or visit www.nevadachiro.com.