Most Pain Killers Deplete The Body Of The B Vitamin Folic Acid

With all negative news concerning Non Steroidal Anti Inflammatory Drugs (NSAID's) and the Cox 2 inhibitors Vioxx, Celebrex and Naproxin, it is notable that all the experts - doctors and pharmacists - have failed to mention one salient fact. All of these drugs, including the oldest pain killer Asprin, deplete the body of the B vitamin Folic acid.

Folic acid is one of the most common vitamin deficiencies and it is vital in metabolizing homocysteine, a toxic amino acid that is recognized as one of the most critical independent risk factors to cardiovascular disease. Homocysteine, directly damages the vascular system thereby starting a disease process that leads to atherosclerosis and increases the risk of heart attack and stroke.

Why doctors and pharmacists don't know this or, if they do know it, fail to mention this fact to patients is a sad commentary on the state of nutritional education in the medical and pharmacy faculties of our universities and negligent failure on the part of regulatory authorities who approved the pain killers in the first place.

Croft Woodruff

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posted by Chris Gupta on Saturday December 25 2004
updated on Wednesday December 13 2006

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Readers' Comments

Thanks for this Paul, another less rigorous book of interest is "The nutritional Cost of Prescription Drugs"

Chris Gupta

The most authoritative book in this area that I have come across is the Drug-Induced Nutrient Depletion Handbook, 1999-2000 by Ross Pelton RPh, PhD, CCN; James B. Lavalle RPh, DHM, NMD, CCN; Ernest B. Hawkins RPh, MS; Daniel L. Krinsky RPh, MS.

Also see at: http://www.health-n-energy.com/BOOKSTORE/bookmonh.htm or MySimon.com to purchase.

Also check out the Life Extension Foundation’s review of the book here.

Containing a complete listing of all drugs known to deplete the body of nutritional compounds the handbook also includes abstracts from some of the research in this area (which in the case of aspirin and vitamin C depletion dates back to at least 1936). Other sections include information on nutrient depletion and cancer, food-drug interactions and herb/nutrient depletions.

Highly recommended.

Paul Taylor

Posted by: Chris Gupta on December 29, 2004 03:53 AM

 

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