ANTICHOLINERGIC SIDE EFFECTSWhat is Acetylcholine? (ACh)Anticholinergic side effects would include
Astonishingly, 50% of the American population are taking Anticholinergic drugs, which are designed to counter the effect of Acetylcholine. Acetylcholine (ACh) is a neurotransmitter used widely throughout the brain and in fact the whole body. In order for information to get from one nerve to another (across what is called a synapse) the Nervous System uses chemical transmitters. Acetycholine is required to
 Custom Search Memory LossIn a study reported in the British Medical Journal scientists, commenting on anticholinergic side effects did cognitive tests on a group of persons over 60 who started taking Anticholinergic medicines like sleeping tablets. None at the beginning of the research showed any signs of dementia.Only two years later, fully 80% tested poorly when it came to such cognitive tests as All of these are Anticholinergic side effects of the medication they were taking. These drugs block the neurotransmitter Acetylcholine.
ANTICHOLINERGIC SIDE EFFECTS, Cognitive decline and FALLS"Cognitive decline is a major public health care issue, and a well-recognized clinical manifestation of cognitive decline is falls. Seniors with cognitive impairment fall at twice the rate of peers without cognitive impairment.Exercise training may be an effective strategy against cognitive decline and it is recommended for prevention of falls. We recently reported that 12 months of once-weekly or twice-weekly resistance training improved selective attention and conflict resolution compared with a balance and tone program (BAT) among 155 community-dwelling senior women." Archives of INTERNAL MEDICINE, Dec 2010)
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Which anticholinergic drugs? Iatrogenic Illness.ANTICHOLINERGIC SIDE EFFECTSAre you taking sleeping tablets, sedatives, anti-anxiety and anti-depressent medication? Antihistamines, Codeine, Anti-inflammatories? Blood thinners. And many others. Forgetful and foggy brain? Have a good chat to your pharmacist! Fully 50% of Americans are taking these drugs. Their anticholinergic side effects may be ruining your brain. Johns Hopkins Medical university states that there are 113 000 deaths per year in the USA alone due to side-effects of drugs and medication errors in hospitals (reported in Journal of the American Medical Association). Are we surprised? This makes drugs the fourth leading cause of death in the USA after heart disease and cancer. The third most common disease? Read about Iatrogenic, or doctor-caused disease,
click here: IATROGENIC ILLNESS ... Do you have a question about your health?Do you have a question? Shoot! Please include important details such as when the problem started, what increases and relieves the pain, which movements cause dizziness, whether the pain radiates to all the fingers or just the thumb and forefinger, for example. ALZHEIMERS and EXERCISEIn Alzheimer's disease, nerves in the brain lose their connectivity with other nerves at the synapses. Soon they atrophy and die, and the brain actually shrinks, affecting memory, thinking and ultimately behaviour.Anxiety and difficulty making decisions are amongst the first signs. Ironically, the medication of choice is a pro-cholinergic medicine to increase the supply of Acetylcholine. Chiropractic has many positives. Perhaps few are more important than we keep our patients off these Anticholinergic medications. And because of our emphasis on movement, the Alzheimers and Exercise link kicks in. Medicine does a fine job of crisis care, but when it comes to the day-by-day management of your life, consider Chiropractic First.
ALZHEIMERS AND EXERCISE ... ALZHEIMERS, EXERCISE AND CHOLESTEROLThere's a strong correlation between exercise and cholesterol too. The more you exercise the lower the dangerous LDLs and VLDLs cholesterol in your blood stream. In fact, it's possibly the lowering of cholesterol that is positively affecting the onset of senile dementia and Alzheimers. Get those walking shoes out...
ACETAMINOPHENThe drug Acetaminophen is the leading cause of acute liver failure in the USA. Because it is contained in many different over-the-counter drugs (like Tylenol, Anacin, Excedrin and many flu and cold medicines), and prescription drugs, Americans are seriously overdosing on Acetaminophen.This has directly resulted in 458 deaths per year recently. FDA recommends not mixing Acetaminophen-containing drugs, and to avoid them if you drink alcohol or have a liver condition. The toxic effect is worsened in the presence of anti-cholinergic drugs. Always, consider Chiropractic First for your pain...
"The world is indoctrinated in medicine. People are born in a medicine cabinet and grow up in a drugstore. They have been brainwashed, hypnotized, mesmerized and drugged to believe their life-force comes from the Outside-In. Chiropractic must un-brainwash them and demonstrate that health comes from Inside-Out." - Dr. B.J. Palmer, D.C. MORE DYSLEXIADrug companies are becoming more and more successful at turning us all into drug addicts - Ritalin is high addictive. Today over one million children in the USA are on Ritalin, for Attention Deficit rather than Dyslexia because so many children have symptoms of both... as chiropractors we believe the alternatives should be considered... MORE DYSLEXIA ...
"In all affairs it's a healthy thing now and then to hang a question mark on the things you have long taken for granted. Bertrand Russell TRAGIC ...A 53-year old patient with a history of a suspected mild heart heartattack was placed on Warfarin, a blood thinner. Last year her doctor insisted she had the flu shots to make sure she didn't get the flu as it might overstrain her heart. Within three days she became extremely ill with flu, which lasted over a month.This year? She started getting some flashing lights in her eye, signs of a retinal tear. The ophthalmologist confirmed a small tear and advised routine laser therapy. But he didn't ask her, and she didn't tell what drugs she was taking... the laser surgery caused massive bleeding behind the eye because of the anticholinergic side effects of the blood thinners that she was taking, killed the optic nerve, and she's now stone blind in that eye. Personally I would virtually NEVER take the flu shot. In one year Medicine admits that it caused a doubling of the rate of a very serious neurological disorder called Guillian Barre Syndrome. That year the flu shot killed more people than lives saved. I wonder how many other diseases it also caused? Drugs are dangerous!
HOMOCYSTEINE Cardiovascular diseaseScientists at the Laboratory for Neurosciences in Bethesda looked for a link between the amino acid HOMOCYSTEINE (produced from the metabolism of the protein in meat) and the vitamin Folic Acid.They found that mice deprived of Folate had high levels of HOMOCYSTEINE and were particularly vulnerable to neurotoxins. Then, when the mice were fed Folate, their homocysteine levels dropped and they were able to repair the neurons damaged by the toxin.
HOMOCYSTEINE and MEMORY LOSSAs we've seen the neurotransmitter ACETYLCHOLINE is the brain's memory molecule.SAMe, a vital body chemical, is produced from HOMOCYSTEINE. SAMe helps produce and activate the ACETYLCHOLINE in your brain from CHOLINE, an important foodstuff found in eggs and organ meat. This process requires high levels of anti-oxidants like ZINC and the B VITAMINS and FOLATE. This is complex biochemistry. Don't fuss over these names. But do recognise that anything that lowers ACETYLCHOLINE in your brain will inhibit your short-term memory. That could be Alzheimers or old age dementia. Take these Anti-acetylcholine drugs on a regular basis, eat a diet poor in anti-oxidants and B vitamins and folate, and you are setting yourself up for the early demise of your brain. In short, you'll lose your marbles! Read more about ANTICHOLINERGIC SIDE EFFECTS at ...
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