Dr. Edward F. Group III, DC, ND, DACBN
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| Antibiotics can kill beneficial bacteria, cause diarrhea and colitis, and lead to antibiotic resistance by bacteria if overused. Very commonly, viral infections are misdiagnosed as bacterial infections. In these cases, patients receive a completely pointless dose of antibiotics. It's estimated that over 50 million pounds of antibiotics are prescribed every year. In many cases, these drugs are being prescribed needlessly. Whether the prescriptions are necessary or not, these antibiotic drugs are contaminating intestinal tracts and causing serious side effects. |
Michael Friedman, ND
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 Broad spectrum antibiotic use is also associated with allergic reactions in humans, an increase in antibiotic resistant bacteria, and disruption of the immune system. Some antibiotics have been shown to disrupt oxidative phosphorylation in the cell mitochondrion, leading to fatigue. Of course, there are situations when antibiotic treatment is necessary. However, the treatments below can lessen or eliminate antibiotic use.
There are many natural medicine alternatives to pharmaceutical antibiotics. Simple natural treatments can go a long way in preventing and treating diabetic foot ulcers. |
Gerald E. Markle and Frances B. McCrea
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 For treatment, primary care physicians prescribed an antibiotic in seven of ten cases in 1994, an increase from six in ten in 1980. For 10 million such visits in 1994, physicians wrote 11 million prescriptions, more than double the number for 1980. In 1999, white, non-Hispanic and younger patients were more likely to receive antibiotic treatment for their cough complaints than were nonwhite and those over age 65. There were no differences between male and female patients.
"All that antibiotic use," Fran mused. "That's a big problem."
She was right. For the most part, antibiotics do not work. |
Gary Null and Amy McDonald
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 Increased use of antibiotic drugs is another major factor. "We were taught in the 1950s, parents and professionals, that antibiotics were wonder drugs," Dr. Crook said. "Parents would come in: 'My child has a fever, has an earache, give me an antibiotic,' and most doctors gave them antibiotics, which knocked out some enemy germs, but also knocked out friendly germs, disturbing the normal balance of bacteria in the intestinal tract. This leads to the overgrowths of a number of unfriendly organisms, including not only the common yeast, but other bad bacteria. |
Brenda Watson and Leonard Smith
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 Constipation is but one of many symptoms that can result from antibiotics, which destroy both good and bad bacteria in the digestive tract. antibiotic use can result in overgrowth of yeast and fungus with the attendant problems. Use of tetracycline, a commonly prescribed antibiotic, can cause development of fatty deposits in the liver, which is the hallmark of an unhealthy liver on the road to cirrhosis. Erythromycin, another commonly prescribed antibiotic, can cause cholestasis, or diminished bile flow.
So it can be a vicious cycle of injury and reinjury. |
Antoinette Saville and Antony J. Haynes
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 This is especially true if the antibiotic is given for the wrong reason or for too long a period of time. For example, glue ear is almost always caused by a negative reaction to cow's milk products but antibiotics are often prescribed repeatedly. This diminishes the friendly bacteria and further increases the likelihood that the young child will develop other intolerances.
Antibiotics are also well known for permitting the growth of yeast in the colon. This is because antibiotics inhibit the growth of bacteria but do not have any impact on yeast, which is a different kind of microbe. |
| Antibiotics
First, antibiotic therapy can inhibit the friendly bacteria that play a key role in maintaining the intestinal lining. Antibiotics also often lead to an overgrowth of unfriendly, competing opportunistic micro-organisms. Antibiotics not only inhibit protective species of bacteria, they may also increase the adherence of yeast to the intestinal wall, as shown in animal research. Altered intestinal ecology and bacterial overgrowth are conducive to the passage, or translocation, of bacteria and yeast into your general circulation. |
Donna Jackson Nakazawa
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 Antibiotics are able to kill off bacteria in the body because the antibiotic interferes with different proteins that are unique to the bacteria, causing them to die—without interfering with any other cells. Faustman was determined to find a way to interfere with only the misguided T cells, singling them out and killing them off by recognizing the protein sequence unique to them and leaving the other T cells intact, creating something akin to an antibiotic for autoimmune disease. |
James Dowd and Diane Stafford
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 The vitamin D and the antibiotic team up to overcome infection more quickly and completely. Moreover, vitamin D will assist in the repair of damaged tissues after an infection, too. Vitamin D speeds wound healing, and antibiotics in the absence of a functioning immune system aren't effective. We see this all the time in bone marrow transplant patients and cancer patients who are undergoing chemotherapy. In the end, it is not about either/or—it's about teamwork. Simply put, vitamin D can help antibiotics work better. |
| A: Vitamin D has many complex effects on immune response to infection, unlike an antibiotic, which generally inhibits a single enzyme or interferes with one aspect of cellular function. The beauty of a normal vitamin D level is that it's likely to prevent your need for antibiotics by avoiding serious infection altogether. In the case of an infection, your adequate vitamin D level should speed clearance of the microbe and reduce the likelihood of incomplete eradication of the microbe or the development of antibiotic resistance. |
| Q: How does the impact of vitamin D supplementation compare to the effect of a drug, such as an antibiotic?
A: Vitamin D has many complex effects on immune response to infection, unlike an antibiotic, which generally inhibits a single enzyme or interferes with one aspect of cellular function. The beauty of a normal vitamin D level is that it's likely to prevent your need for antibiotics by avoiding serious infection altogether. |
| In the case of an infection, your adequate vitamin D level should speed clearance of the microbe and reduce the likelihood of incomplete eradication of the microbe or the development of antibiotic resistance. The vitamin D and the antibiotic team up to overcome infection more quickly and completely. Moreover, vitamin D will assist in the repair of damaged tissues after an infection, too. Vitamin D speeds wound healing, and antibiotics in the absence of a functioning immune system aren't effective. |
Gerald E. Markle and Frances B. McCrea
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| Some doctors blamed the patient for demanding antibiotic treatment, recounting stories of how these customers pressure doctors for prescriptions. What is the doctor to do? "In cases where antibiotics were clearly unnecessary," continued the editorial, "doctors often rationalized their prescribing practices by finding symptoms or assigning diagnoses to justify antibiotic use in order to satisfy the patient."9
"So physicians blame the patient for their inappropriate practice," I muttered.
Indeed, both of us agreed that this explanation is disingenuous. |
James Howard Kunstler
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 It takes years to develop, test, and gain approval for new antibiotic drugs. So while pharmaceutical companies are slowly developing potent new classes of antibiotics, resistance is developing at a rate faster than the drug companies can develop replacements. The overuse of antibiotics in livestock has been mirrored by the overuse of antibiotics in regular medicine. Within the last few years there has been an emergence of bacteria resistant to vancomycin—a last defense drug for some illnesses, including deadly blood infections and pneumonia caused by Staphylococcus bacteria. |
Paula Begoun and Bryan Barron
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 One key point: When consideting an oral antibiotic you must also consider the risk of the microbe adapting to the antibiotic after prolonged use. If that happens, that specific oral antibiotic won't be effective to help deal with other types of infections you may encounter.
Cosmetic skin-care products can help mitigate rosacea exacerbations, but there are no cosmetic products that can have an effect on the microbe that causes this skin disorder. Because redness, irritation, and skin sensitivities are part and parcel of rosacea irself, anything that makes these worse will cause more problems. |
Abram Hoffer, PhD, MD, FRCP(C) and Dr. Jonathan Prousjy, DPHE, DSC, ND, FRSH
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 It is linked to Alzheimer's disease and to the development of antibiotic resistant bacteria. The board eventually decided not to bring in their pernicious recommendation.
In a recent paper, Dr A. Summers, Professor of Microbiology at the University of Georgia, reported that mercury fillings weakened the effectiveness of antibiotics against bacteria. This means that for some patients the usual amount of antibiotic will be inadequate, and they will have to be given much higher doses. For others, the antibiotic will be ineffective at any dose. The implications are chilling. |
Peter Pringle
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 The result could be a harmful strain of bacteria that was resistant to an important antibiotic or even to a whole family of antibiotics.24
The companies argued that the chances of the genes being transferred to these bacteria were so small that there was no need to be concerned. They also argued that the risk of antibiotic resistance spreading to bacteria in the human gut was much greater from the heavy use of antibiotics to prevent diseases in cattle and poultry, as well as overprescription by family doctors. |
Gerald E. Markle and Frances B. McCrea
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| In cases where antibiotics were clearly unnecessary," continued the editorial, "doctors often rationalized their prescribing practices by finding symptoms or assigning diagnoses to justify antibiotic use in order to satisfy the patient."9
"So physicians blame the patient for their inappropriate practice," I muttered.
Indeed, both of us agreed that this explanation is disingenuous. It is, after all, the patient who seeks the physicians expertise, and is, a priori, inclined to listen to his or her advice. |
Paula Begoun and Bryan Barron
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| Several studies have shown that oral antibiotics, used in conjunction with topical tretinoins or topical exfoliants, can control and greatly reduce breakouts (Sources: Cutis, June 2004, pages 6—10; and International Journal of Dermatology, January 2000, pages 45-50).
However, as effective as oral antibiotics can be, they should be considered carefully. |
Dr. Edward F. Group III, DC, ND, DACBN
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| In fact, a little Candida is a good thing because it acts as a natural antibiotic and helps limit the growth of harmful bacteria. However, using birth control pills or prescription antibiotics (coupled with poor diet patterns, alcohol and soft drink consumption, and general poor health) can easily lead to an overgrowth of this yeast. Drinking chlorinated water can also contribute to Candidas overgrowth because chlorine kills the beneficial bacteria that normally regulate its reproduction. Without enough natural digestive flora in your system, the fungus can proliferate unchecked. |
Joan Liebmann-Smith, Ph. D., and Jacqueline Nardi Egan
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 Blue nails can also signal a reaction to medications, such as antiviral drugs and the antibiotic tetracycline.
Yellow Nails
Yellowed nails may be a sign that someone's a heavy smoker or has taken the antibiotic tetracycline for some time. Or they may just be the telltale cosmetic clue of having used dark-colored nail polish, which can leave a yellow stain behind. But yellow nails can also signal something more serious.
Much like yellow eyes and skin (see Chapter 2 and Yellowish Skin, below), yellow nails can point to jaundice. They can also be a sign of AIDS. |
Paula Begoun and Bryan Barron
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| If those options don't work, the next step is to see a dermatologist to investigate the options of a topical antibiotic in association with a topical retinoid such as Retin-A, Differin, Tazorac, or Avita. For more information on using topical antibiotics and retinoids along with other treatments for acne, please refer to my Web site www.cosmeticscop.com.
ABSORBING EXCESS OIL: There are many types of skin-care and makeup products designed to create a matte finish or oil-absorbing layer of ingredients on the skin. |
Abram Hoffer, PhD, MD, FRCP(C) and Dr. Jonathan Prousjy, DPHE, DSC, ND, FRSH
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| This means that for some patients the usual amount of antibiotic will be inadequate, and they will have to be given much higher doses. For others, the antibiotic will be ineffective at any dose. The implications are chilling. Some bacteria were resistant to six antibiotics.
Recently, Dr Siblerud found that a very significant deterioration of psychological health occurred in people with mercury amalgams and an improvement occurred when these fillings were removed. Fifty subjects with fillings had 1.43 ppm in their hair and 3.70 ppm in urine, compared with 50 with no fillings who had 1. |
Kevin Trudeau
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 The other major problem is in over 90 percent of the cases the antibiotic that is prescribed is not the right one for your particular bacterial infection. Usually doctors prescribe the brand that they happen to have in stock, or the brand for which they are given the most money to prescribe. That's right, it's always about the money. Did you know that antibiotics cause chronic joint pain, hearing loss, vision disturbances, and neurological problems? Did you know that all antibiotics kill friendly bacteria in the colon, automatically leading to a Candida yeast overgrowth? |
Paul D. Blanc, M.D.
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 Promoted as a naturopathic antibiotic, chronic ingestion of silver permanently turns the skin a deathly blue-gray color, an intoxication called argyria. The most famous recent case of argyria was that of Montana's Libertarian Party candidate for rhe U.S. Senate in 2002. He had taken his silver in preparation for what he anticipated to be Y2K millennial disruptions leading to antibiotic shortages.14 After the opening of 2000 passed, the anthrax scare proved the next boon to silver loading, as an alternative, preemptive defense against biological terrorism. |
Brenda Watson and Leonard Smith
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| Use of tetracycline, a commonly prescribed antibiotic, can cause development of fatty deposits in the liver, which is the hallmark of an unhealthy liver on the road to cirrhosis. Erythromycin, another commonly prescribed antibiotic, can cause cholestasis, or diminished bile flow.
So it can be a vicious cycle of injury and reinjury. What's more, the demand your liver endures as you continue to consume more and more toxins in the form of drugs can become so overwhelming that it begins to shut down. |
Jack Challem
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 Some of the subjects also underwent standard two-week antibiotic treatment for H. pylori, and others received both antioxidants and antibiotics. Changes to the gut were examined through endoscopy or biopsy after three and six years.
Correa found that three treatments—beta-carotene, vitamin C, and antibiotics—resulted in significant reversals of the precancerous stomach cells. In the treatment of nonmetaplastic atrophy, one type of precancerous condition, people receiving beta-carotene, vitamin C, or antibiotics were about five times more likely to improve than those receiving no treatment. |
Attaining Medical Self SufficiencyDuncan Long
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| This extended dose makes sure all the bacteria are killed off, including any that are starting to have the least bit of resistance to the antibiotic.
Failure to take the full amount of antibiotics over the prescribed time is obviously a big mistake; the only time you should discontinue antibiotics is when you're out of the medication or if you become allergic to the antibiotic, something that is best determined by your doctor.
There are usually several different types of antibiotics that can be used for various diseases. |
Brigitte Mars, A.H.G.
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 Part Used
Crown, consisting of disc-shaped buttons Physiological Effects
Antibiotic, antiseptic, antispasmodic, bitter, cerebral stimulant, emetic, entheogen, hallucinogen, liver cleanser, lymphatic cleanser, nervous system stimulant
Medicinal Uses
With its antibiotic effects, peyote aids wound healing and prevents infection; indeed, it has been found to have activity against eighteen penicillin-resistant strains of Staphylococcus aureus. Peyote also increases body temperature, heart rate, and blood pressure and cleanses the liver. |
Alexander Hellemans and Brian Bunch
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 Waksman found streptomycin, an effective antibiotic for some bacteria although somewhat toxic to humans. Benjamin Duggar and coworkers found Aureomycin, the first tetracycline, in soil samples the following year. Since then, a variety of antibiotics have been found in soil samples and produced by various fungi. Antibiotics—although very mild—have even been found in garlic. By analyzing the structures of antibiotics and how they work, scientists have created many synthetic antibiotics. |
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