Prescription Drugs The Leading Cause of Death & Psychiatric Drugs the Third Leading Cause of Death

August 16, 2024

https://www.madinamerica.com/2024/04/prescription-drugs-are-the-leading-cause-of-death/

Prescription Drugs Are the Leading Cause of Death

And psychiatric drugs are the third leading cause of death
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Overtreatment with drugs kills many people, and the death rate is increasing. It is therefore strange that we have allowed this long-lasting drug pandemic to continue, and even more so because most of the drug deaths are easily preventable.

In 2013, I estimated that our prescription drugs are the third leading cause of death after heart disease and cancer,1 and in 2015, that psychiatric drugs alone are also the third leading cause of death.2 However, in USA, it is commonly stated that our drugs are “only” the fourth leading cause of death.3,4 This estimate was derived from a 1998 meta-analysis of 39 US studies where monitors recorded all adverse drug reactions that occurred while the patients were in hospital, or which were the reason for hospital admission.5

This methodology clearly underestimates drug deaths. Most people who are killed by their drugs die outside hospitals, and the time people spent in hospitals was only 11 days on average in the meta-analysis.5 Moreover, the meta-analysis only included patients who died from drugs that were properly prescribed, not those who died as a result of errors in drug administration, noncompliance, overdose, or drug abuse, and not deaths where the adverse drug reaction was only possible.5

Many people die because of errors, e.g. simultaneous use of contraindicated drugs, and many possible drug deaths are real. Moreover, most of the included studies are very old, the median publication year being 1973, and drug deaths have increased dramatically the last 50 years. As an example, 37,309 drug deaths were reported to the FDA in 2006 and 123,927 ten years later, which is 3.3 times as many.6

In hospital records and coroners’ reports, deaths linked to prescription drugs are often considered to be from natural or unknown causes. This misconception is particularly common for deaths caused by psychiatric drugs.2,7 Even when young patients with schizophrenia suddenly drop dead, it is called a natural death. But it is not natural to die young and it is well known that neuroleptics can cause lethal heart arrythmias.

Many people die from the drugs they take without raising any suspicion that it could be an adverse drug effect. Depression drugs kill many people, mainly among the elderly, because they can cause orthostatic hypotension, sedation, confusion, and dizziness. The drugs double the risk of falls and hip fractures in a dose-dependent manner,8,9 and within one year after a hip fracture, about one-fifth of the patients will have died. As elderly people often fall anyway, it is not possible to know if such deaths are drug deaths.  (See link for article & references)

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Antibiotics vs Herbs: One Doc’s Experience

https://www.treatlyme.net/guide/recovery-crystal-ball-of-odds-and-timelines

In my free Lyme Q&A Webinar called Conversations with Marty Ross MD, people ask me questions related to recovery. Here are some of those questions.

  • Do herbal antibiotics work?
  • Do prescription antibiotics work better than herbal antibiotics?
  • How long will it take me to recover from Bartonella, or Babesia, or Borrelia?
  • Can I recover from chronic Bartonella, Babesia or Borrelia?

Video Article

In the video in the top link, I answer these questions based on my extensive twenty year clinical experience treating persistent tick-borne infections like Lyme, Bartonella, and Babesia using the best herbal and prescription antibiotic approaches. What I discuss is based on my experience. Unfortunately the research answering these questions is very limited or even non-existent.  (See link for article and video)

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**Comment**

Please remember, this is simply ONE practitioner’s experience.

Dr. Horowitz recommends treating Babesia for 9 months to a year.  I agree with this and it was our experience.

Regarding Lyme disease, I believe it has more to do with how long you have had it as well as how many other coinfections and comorbidities you have.  The more coinfections and comorbidites – the longer it’s probably going to take – particularly the older you are.  Mold, MCAS, allergies, etc. all play a large role in this a – and are as important as the infection(s).  

For reference, it took FIVE years of treatment followed by 3-4 relapses necessitating treatment before we reached ‘remission.’  Maintaining  the immune system is imperative and that means balancing hormones as well as minerals, vitamins, etc.  I guarantee you WILL NOT get better if you live in a moldy environment or do not deal with these other factors.  

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Study of 125 Countries & Meta-Analysis On COVID Shots

August 15, 2024

No amount of science, common sense, or reality is deterring ‘public health’ from their continued stance on COVID shot efficacy.  No amount of frank discussion on the fact the more COVID shots a person gets, the higher their risk of infection, or the fact there is a lack of ‘vaccine’ safety studies, or on the vast institutional corruption surrounding COVID-19 policies that caused 30 MILLION deaths globally and injured two BILLION, or the known fact that ‘fact checkers’ are funded by Big Pharma, seems to make a bit of difference.

The bilge continues that millions of lives have been saved, despite all evidence to the contrary. They continue peddling COVID shots and now the government is spending MILLIONS on glitzy 10-minute promo videos with ‘cognitive vaccines,’ a mix of propaganda and censorship strategies, to ‘protect’ the public from ‘fringe’ viewpoints.

And to top the cake, the EU is planning for a European Vaccination Card (EVC), similar to the EU’s Digital COVID Certificate, to be implemented by 2026 for a global push toward digital ID,  for future mandatory ‘vaccines,’ and where ALL your personal medical records and personal details will be kept in one handy, dandy location, making it easy to surveil and control your every movement.

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August, 2024

A new study shows something that we already knew: that Covid deaths were over-reported during the pandemic and that the Covid vaccine did not have any apparent benefit in slowing or stopping the pandemic. The authors studied 125 countries and their vaccination programs and and found “no systematic or statistically significant trends showing that vaccination campaigns in 2020 and 2021 reduced all-cause mortality.”

https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/joseph-hickey-study-125-countries-no-benefit-covid-vaccines/

Watch: Study of 125 Countries Finds ‘No Apparent Benefit’ From COVID Vaccines

Joseph Hickey, Ph.D., co-author of a global study of excess deaths during the COVID-19 pandemic, joined “The Defender In-Depth” this week to discuss the study’s findings and analyze the likely causes contributing to increases in excess deaths and overall mortality.

by Michael Nevradakis, Ph.D.
AUGUST 2, 2024

A new study by a team of Canadian researchers into excess mortality during the COVID-19 pandemic  found that patterns of excess death globally could not be explained by the virus, including long COVID.

The study, by researchers with Correlation Research in the Public Interest, examined excess mortality in 125 countries during the pandemic. It found that mortality patterns correlate closely with the imposition of restrictions such as lockdowns and with the COVID-19vaccine rollout.

The investigation determined that pandemic-related restrictions resulted in 30 million deaths globally and that 17 million deaths can be attributed to the COVID-19 vaccines.

The researchers concluded that “nothing special would have occurred in terms of mortality had a pandemic not been declared and had the declaration not been acted upon.”  (See link for article and video or listen to the podcast on Spotify.)

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**Comment**

Important points:

  • Peaks in excess deaths correlate very closely with peaks in ‘vaccination’.
  • Countries with highest ‘vaccination’ rates have the highest excess mortality.
  • The shots did not prevent excess deaths or provide any benefit.
  • The study authors are working on more interesting research, including a “comprehensive study of what happened in the spring of 2020 in … subnational jurisdictions,” noting that his team has already identified some very interesting results.  All of their work is funded by individual donations and not governments or corporations.

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https://petermcculloughmd.substack.com/p/meta-analysis-finds-massive-failure?

Meta-Analysis Finds Massive Failure of COVID-19 Vaccines to Stop SARS-CoV-2

68 Studies Combined Demonstrates Lack of Theoretical Efficacy

AUG 03, 2024

By Peter A. McCullough, MD, MPH

Virtually every vaccinated person I meet has contracted COVID-19. Many still believe vaccination was worth the risk because they did not end up in the hospital in 2021 through the present day. Vaccine-takers tended to be younger working age individuals who were mandated by work or school, and therefore healthier than those not forced into taking the jab. In my practice, the senior citizens who took the vaccine tended to be healthier and far more worried about COVID-19. They were the first to get early treatment for the illness. Finally, we all saw COVID-19 illness become far milder on the second, third, and fourth infections because of natural immunity as we were faced with milder strains. So in the midst of this confounded set of relationships, how did the COVID-19 vaccines perform?

Wu et al, published a meta-analysis of 68 studies evaluating efficacy of COVID-19 vaccination. Keep in mind only favorable studies were accepted by editors. The results indicate a stunning failure of vaccination. Because the data are not from high-quality, prospective, double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomized trials, and publication bias, we must be conservative and consider the lower-bound of the confidence interval as the statistic of interest. This means that vaccine performance could be as bad as that number.  (See link for article)

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**Comment**

Just a few months after the shot, there is NO DETECTABLE BENEFIT, even in the most biased studies.

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More PCR Blunders But Finally Some Justice in Canada

https://popularrationalism.substack.com/p/no-wildlife-is-not-teeming-with-sars?

No, Wildlife is not Teeming with SARS-CoV-2 Virus

A new study claims that wild animals are filled with SARS-CoV-2 virus. Here’s precisely why this is bunk.

JAMES LYONS-WEILER
AUG 14, 2024

The COVID-19 pandemic was met with a high priority on diagnostic testing in managing public health crises. Central to this effort has been the widespread deployment of Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests, widely regarded as the gold standard for detecting SARS-CoV-2.

However, the entire testing enterprise is fraught. As the pandemic has progressed, significant concerns have emerged regarding the reliability of these tests, mainly because unacceptably high cycle thresholds (CT values) are employed. These concerns are not just theoretical—they have profound implications for public health, resource allocation, and, critically, the surveillance of wildlife populations.

RT-PCR testing, though powerful, is inherently limited by its sensitivity to even the smallest fragments of viral RNA from off-target nucleotide sources, such as other viruses or bacteria, or the patient’s or animal’s genome. When CT values exceed 35 cycles, the likelihood of detecting clinically irrelevant, off-target viral fragments increases dramatically, leading to false positives. Such results can misinform public health policies, drive unnecessary quarantines, and, as this critique will argue, skew our understanding of the presence of the virus in wildlife. These issues have been addressed in high technical detail from early 2020 (see articles here, here, and here).

Unfortunately, methods like one published by Ceci et al., 2021 are dangerously lax. The implications of misinterpreting RT-PCR results are far-reaching. In human populations, they can lead to inflated infection rates, misdiagnosed cases, and an exaggerated sense of the virus’s spread. In wildlife studies, these false positives can create a misleading narrative that wildlife species are significant reservoirs of SARS-CoV-2, prompting unnecessary and potentially harmful interventions. As I have pointed out, since early 2020, using high CT values without proper validation, such as sequencing to confirm amplicons, has led to an overestimation of viral prevalence, with severe consequences for science and policy.  (See link for article)

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**Comment**

Weiler’s article dissects flaws in PCR testing in recent studies which are being used to support a narrative that COVID is teeming in wildlife.  I wrote previously about the beloved former president of Tanzania, John Magufuli, RIP, and the fact the man had a PhD in Chemistry.  A bit of a prankster, he punked the WHO and proved the worthlessness of PCR for diagnosing by testing fruit, goats, sheep, and motor oil for COVID.  Nearly half came back positive.  He wouldn’t bow to the ‘powers that be’, went missing and died mysteriously.

It’s also important to remember this test can directly access your brain through CSF and at least two children have died due to injuries caused by COVID PCR tests.

Then there’s the fact that the test swabs used for the PCR test contain the carcinogen ethylene oxide, used to produce chemicals like antifreeze but in smaller quantities is used as a pesticide, which causes cancer, and sterilizing agent in medical settings.  It damages DNA, but the FDA swears it’s safe.

In the Spanish study, “Nanotechnological Investigations on COVID-9 Vaccines: Detection of Toxic Nanoparticles of Graphene Oxide and Heavy Metals,” researchers found graphene oxide in the PCR swabs, masks, and COVID injection vials.

The experimental physicist and biomaterial researcher Dr Antonietta Gatti examined various PCR test rods under the microscope and analyzed their ingredients. The irritating result: the PCR test swabs are made of hard materials and contain a variety of (nano) particles made of silver, aluminium, titanium, glass fibres etc, many of which are undeclared in the package leaflet. When they enter the mucous membrane, they can cause wounds and inflammation, the scientist said. ENT doctors told 2020News  that they are finding more hardened mucous membranes in people who are often tested for SARS-CoV-2. No longer intact mucous membranes can no longer fulfill their task of repelling viruses, bacteria and fungi before they reach the airways, as the pediatrician Eugen Janzen also reports. The germs thus penetrate into the airways without any immune filter.

https://lionessofjudah.substack.com/p/dr-vernon-coleman-how-the-pcr-test?

PCR: Responsible For More Deaths Than Any Test in History

By Dr. Vernon Coleman

8/14/24

The PCR test is responsible for more deaths than any test in history. It was a crucial weapon in misdiagnosing millions of patients. I recently reprinted an article I first wrote three years ago. But there is more to know about the PCR test which I will, in this article, show to be not only worthless but to be responsible for the deaths of millions.

Since the flu of 2019 was selected to be marketed and promoted as a major threat to mankind, and the fake covid pandemic first became a weapon in the manufactured war driving us remorselessly towards Net Zero and the Great Reset, the PCR test has been the weapon of choice for those determined to create fear, to justify pointless and damaging lockdowns, harmful and futile mask wearing and toxic and useless vaccinations.

It was always known that the PCR test didn’t work and wasn’t of any value in detecting the over promoted and oversold version of the annual flu known as covid-19.

Right from the start, the evidence showed that the PCR test was utterly useless in making diagnoses. It was, in fact, worse than useless since it created an epidemic of false positives. No test in history has ever been so misused or used with such malignant intent. And, of course, despite denials there is evidence that the PCR test has killed people. For the evidence please see my article entitled `The PCR Test Can Kill You…’ which was re-published here, on http://www.vernoncoleman.com, just a few days ago.

Everyone who used or promoted the PCR test in the guise of diagnosing covid, or who still uses or promotes the PCR test for that purpose, should be arrested and charged with being part of a conspiracy to deceive, to manipulate and to kill. Anyone who has ever used the PCR test as a diagnostic aid is a criminal and should be regarded as such.  (See link for article)

https://jamesroguski.substack.com/p/justice-in-canada?

Justice in Canada

With help and advice from Chris Weisdorf, Melani Fernando successfully defended her right of bodily autonomy by rejecting the insertion of a nasal swab for a PCR “test” and winning her appeal.

JAMES ROGUSKI
AUG 04, 2024

R. v. Fernando, 2024 ONCJ 336

Excerpts:

Ms. Fernando took an airplane flight to her home in Mississauga, arriving at Pearson Airport on April 9, 2022.  She was apparently vaccinated, but she refused the COVID test, which was randomly selected to be performed on her.

Ms. Fernando was convicted at trial of failing to comply with an order under Section 58 of the Quarantine Act (the “Act”) and fined $5,000 with additional charges, taking it to a fine of $6,255. 

Ms. Fernando appealed to this Court; she was assisted in her appeal by a non-lawyer, Mr. Weisdorf, who was helpful to her and to the Court.

The defence raised an argument before the Justice of the Peace and before me which has merit.  The Justice of the Peace did not address this argument.  The argument, simply put, is that the Act did not authorize a screening officer to use a screening test which involved the entry into the traveller’s body of an instrument or other foreign body.

In my view, a nasal swab is “an instrument” or “foreign body.”  In my view, the Quarantine Act did not permit a screening officer in this case, Mr. Roxas, to require Ms. Fernando to be tested at the airport by insertion into her nasal cavity of a nasal swab.

I do decide that the nasal swab test, which the screening officer in this case required or demanded Ms. Fernando submit to, was an unlawful requirement or demand.  Ms. Fernando’s refusal to comply with the requirement or demand was lawful on her part. 

Because the requirement or demand made of her by the screening officer was not lawful, Ms. Fernando should not have been found guilty by the Justice of the Peace.

I am reversing the Justice of the Peace’s decision and entering a finding of not guilty.

https://canlii.ca/t/k5q3t

(See link for article and videos)

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**Comment**

It’s safe to say nobody should be allowing these toxic swabs to be jammed up their nose.

Further, did you ever ask yourself WHY this is the ONLY test allowed?  You should.

I had to travel over two hours to be able to spit in a vial for a mandatory test before I had a procedure done.  Nobody local offered this test.  They are nearly impossible to find but they exist.  This detail was not made public so few know they have a choice about testing.  This is the CDC’s MO and it was followed in lockstep globally.  Again, lots of money to be made.

I also recommend reading Roguski’s article on Nobel Prize winning scientist, Kary Mullis, the creator of the PCR test who emphatically stated this type of test should NEVER be used to diagnose patients.  The CDC has been using PCR ad nauseum for decades to create ‘pandemics’ that aren’t.  The CDC’s centralization of public health and testing has proved deadly and a threat to national security.  This organization must go as it is beyond hope and rehabilitation.

Mullis was an out-spoken critic and opponent of Dr. Fauci and Big Pharma – and was a constant thorn in their sides.  He conveniently died in Aug. of 2019 of supposed complications from pneumonia right before COVID mania.  Conveniently because had he survived, he would have screamed bloody murder over how COVID has been handled – particularly by using the PCR manufacturing test to inflate cases which even the CDC had to admit few deaths are actually caused by COVID despite hospitals being paid by the federal government to list patients as having COVID, getting tested, being put on a ventilator, and being given remdesivir.

It was a huge money-making racket if you blindly followed government edicts.

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New Compound Kills Drug-Resistant Bacteria

https://www.theepochtimes.com/health/scientists-develop-new-compound-that-kills-flesh-eating-bacteria-and-other-drug-resistant-bacteria

Scientists Develop New Compound That Kills Flesh-Eating and Other Drug-Resistant Bacteria

The new compound, PS757, may form a new type of antibiotic drug class, researchers hope.

Twenty years ago, professor Fredrik Almqvist, an organic chemistry professor at Umeå University in Sweden, was asked by his collaborating researchers at Washington University in St. Louis (WashU) to design a compound that would prevent urinary tract infections, which are often caused by Gram-negative bacterial infections.

Almqvist’s team created various compounds that were then screened for their effects.

Rather than controlling Gram-negative bacteria adherence, they found some of the compounds were highly effective at killing various Gram-positive bacteria. These included multidrug-resistant strains classified as concerning threats by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

The researchers singled out one compound, which they named PS757. Lab testing has shown PS757 to be effective against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecalis (VRE), multidrug-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae, and erythromycin-resistant Streptococcus pyogenes (S. pyogenes), among others.

They further studied the effect of PS757 on S. pyogenes, a potentially flesh-eating bacteria, in animals.  (See link for article)
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**Highlights**
  • an animal study shows it may help control the spread of flesh-eating bacteria in rats and aid in recovery.  The study also showed it to be effective against other Gram-positive bacteria.
  • The U.S., China, and the UK has seen resistance to clindamycin.  Linezolid has been a useful alternative.  (I’ve had reports that it’s helped with Lyme/MSIDS)
  • There haven’t been any toxicity studies on PS757 yet.
  • The compound was designed by mimicking a bacterial peptide.
  • The bactericidal effect on wild-type bacteria is only seen with Gram-positives but the scientists are confident they can develop the compound further to affect Gram-negative bacteria.
  • The properties in PS757 make it effective against persister cells, living bacteria that have stopped growing – a particular problem with borrelia, the organism that causes Lyme disease.
  • Without increasing dosage, it can also kill bacteria in biofilms, a protective bacterial community also seen in Lyme/MSIDS patients.
  • So far researchers have not been able to find bacteria resistant to PS757.
  • The compound is now patented and licensed to a company in the hopes of clinical trials and drugs.

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