Hydrogen Peroxide Doesn't Kill Patients, Drugs Do!
Categories..."Apparently, this possibility never occurred to the "journalists" at 60 Minutes. An innocent oversight, I'm sure. It couldn't possibly have to do with the fact that television networks bank $3 BILLION a year from drug ads, could it?...
....In fact, I'd be willing to bet that in the end, this one story about the "dangers" of hydrogen peroxide will have gotten more press coverage than Vioxx, Celebrex, and all the other Cox-2 killers combined....
..."Let's face it, the drug makers are a formidable foe. They've got deep pockets, and the media's in them. All we have on our side is the truth. But that truth doesn't do any good if no one ever discovers it. So I'm offering a free electronic copy of my book on hydrogen peroxide therapy, Hydrogen Peroxide, Medical Miracle, to anyone who visits the following link within the next 30 days: www.h2o2medicalmiracle.com. No strings, no catch, just a free education on this miraculous therapy. Or you can buy a hard copy for $7 from www.drdouglass.com. (It's normally a $20 book.) Get a copy for yourself, then pass this article to anyone you think might find the information valuable....
...In exchange for this free copy of Hydrogen Peroxide, Medical Miracle, I ask only one thing: That you consider making a contribution to Dr. Shortt's defense fund at Free Choice Legal Defense Fund, c/o Transfer Point, 1073 Statler Rd., Columbia, SC 29210."...
This is a great book to understand Hydrogen Peroxide therapy so get it free while you can and please help if you can. More details below....Chris Gupta
See also:
The Story Behind The Peroxide Therapy Death In South Carolina
Ozone, the Observer of Human Ego
"The Truth About Hyperbaric Therapy"
----------------------The REAL story behind the medical martyr accused of murder
If you've been a reader of mine for a while, you've heard me singing the praises of intravenous hydrogen peroxide (H202) therapy for the treatment of all kinds of illnesses. I'm not just paying it lip service because it's an "alternative" treatment, either-I've used the therapy myself hundreds of times to treat desperate patients in Africa and other locales. It really is miraculous.
Yet not surprisingly, the mainstream has COMPLETELY IGNORED this incredible, safe, and low-cost healer. Until now.
Recently, hydrogen peroxide therapy has hit the headlines in a big way-and not for being the miracle-cure it is, but for supposedly killing a Minnesota woman. As absurd as this notion should be to anyone with even the most rudimentary medical knowledge, what's even more absurd is this:
The licensed physician who administered the therapy is being charged by the state's coroner with murder-not malpractice, like what typically occurs with thousands of drug-related deaths mainstream M.D.s cause every year, but MURDER. I hope you're sitting down, because the shocking story of this innocent doc's persecution would knock anyone off their feet in outrage. Here's the "Reader's Digest" version:
Murder or misunderstanding?
According to The New York Times and countless other cookie-cutter articles in newspapers across the country-along with that paragon of journalistic "virtue," CBS's 60 Minutes (home of the disgraced Dan Rather)-South Carolina physician James Shortt, M.D., is being sued in civil court for the so-called "murder" of Katherine Bibeau, a Minnesota woman who sought out the doctor for an alternative treatment for her critical-stage multiple sclerosis.
Tragically, five days following Shortt's administration of intravenous H202 Mrs. Bibeau died. The cause? According to the coroner and pathologists behind the murder charge, the hydrogen peroxide caused bubbles in the bloodstream, which ultimately caused cardiac arrest and multiple organ failure.
But as I mentioned before, this notion is utterly IMPOSSIBLE.
Bursting the bubble theory
The idea that an injection of diluted hydrogen peroxide caused the death of anyone five days after administration is a joke-and I'm not the only one who knows it. R.J. Rowen, M.D., President of the International Oxidative Medicine Association, summed it up in a statement responding to the ludicrous lawsuit and charges currently being leveled against Dr. Shortt. Here, in part, is his explanation:
"The roughly half-teaspoon of peroxide the doctor uses will release about 25cc of oxygen. And since it is administered through an IV, it doesn't go in all at once but over the course of two hours. In order to kill someone... it takes 300cc of air administered instantly. At most, Mrs. Bibeau received only 25cc of oxygen. So even if Dr. Shortt had administered it instantly, it still would have been less than 10 percent of the amount needed to kill her...
The pathologist claims that he found bubbles in Mrs. Bibeau's bloodstream...Could those bubbles possibly come from the hydrogen peroxide therapy? Of course not! Any pre-med student will tell you oxygen is consumed so quickly, it's impossible any bubbles would have lasted all that time. Even if she were given gallons of oxygen fast enough to kill her instantly, her body would have continued absorbing it, even after death. You see, cells remain active and continue using oxygen long after the heart stops.
But only 25 cc of oxygen, four days before and given during a two-hour IV? Your body burns that much oxygen in mere seconds! Oxygen in these amounts simply can't kill someone. And doctors who administer hydrogen peroxide therapy have known this for decades."
Two other factors conveniently "forgotten"
As you can see, something's amiss with both the coroner's report and the mainstream media's reporting on this landmark witch hunt. Beyond simply the shameless crucifixion of a noble-minded, progressive American healer, there's an even darker underbelly to this story-one that involves a mainstream cover-up of mammoth proportions.
Nevertheless, the proceedings against Dr. Shortt march forward, especially in the court of public opinion-with credibility-challenged CBS leading the charge. The 60 Minutes segment on the story conveniently omitted or glossed over what most likely killed this poor woman instead of harmless, beneficial H202.
Prescription drugs.
Let me refer again to the statement issued in response to this absurd witch-hunt by Dr. Rowen:
"The coroner's report said (Mrs. Bibeau) was taking the drugs Tegretol and Copaxone. Look these drugs up... You'll find that they cause a variety of side effects including ecchymosis (bruising), infection, bleeding, thrombosis, and liver damage. These are the exact symptoms found in Mrs. Bibeau when she arrived at the hospital...That fact alone should force the pathologist to look first at the drugs as a primary cause of this woman's death, not peroxide."
Apparently, this possibility never occurred to the "journalists" at 60 Minutes. An innocent oversight, I'm sure. It couldn't possibly have to do with the fact that television networks bank $3 BILLION a year from drug ads, could it?
The more you know, the less you have to fear
It's no secret that Big Pharma spends a lot of dough on slick, prime-time ads for its poisons. But the real question is this: How many journalistic favors are they buying with this money?
Now, I know what you're thinking: They came down pretty hard on Vioxx, didn't they?
Nope-not compared to the body count. Even conservative sources put the death toll from the "Killer V" at 50,000-that's more than 30 times the number of America's brave servicemen and women who've died so far in the Iraq war. But has chemical weapon Vioxx gotten 30 times the press? No way. Clearly, the media has reported on the scandal only enough to maintain the appearance of credibility.
In fact, I'd be willing to bet that in the end, this one story about the "dangers" of hydrogen peroxide will have gotten more press coverage than Vioxx, Celebrex, and all the other Cox-2 killers combined. Perhaps the most ironic example of this is the fact that drug promos monopolize the advertising time on the 60 Minutes show itself. According to consumer advocate Tim Bolen (of Quackpot Watch e-newsletter fame), three of the six commercials leading into the segment on Dr. Shortt were from the major pharmaceuticals makers.
It's a double-whammy. The ads position drugs as the be-all and end-all of medical heroism while the "news" horrifies you into shying away from the safest (not to mention cheapest) and most lifesaving alternative therapies out there. What a racket!
Let's face it, the drug makers are a formidable foe. They've got deep pockets, and the media's in them. All we have on our side is the truth. But that truth doesn't do any good if no one ever discovers it. So I'm offering a free electronic copy of my book on hydrogen peroxide therapy, Hydrogen Peroxide, Medical Miracle, to anyone who visits the following link within the next 30 days: www.h2o2medicalmiracle.com. No strings, no catch, just a free education on this miraculous therapy. Or you can buy a hard copy for $7 from www.drdouglass.com. (It's normally a $20 book.) Get a copy for yourself, then pass this article to anyone you think might find the information valuable.
In exchange for this free copy of Hydrogen Peroxide, Medical Miracle, I ask only one thing: That you consider making a contribution to Dr. Shortt's defense fund at Free Choice Legal Defense Fund, c/o Transfer Point, 1073 Statler Rd., Columbia, SC 29210.
Please support Dr. Shortt in every way that you can-we must win this case.
References:
"Hydrogen peroxide doesn't kill patients, drugs do!" Second Opinion Newsletter , accessed 3/8/05 See below.
"Air Embolism during Insertion of Central Venous Catheters." J Vasc Interv Radiol, 2001; 12(11): 1,291-1,295
Extracted from May 2005 Dr. William Campbell Douglass' Real Health Breakthroughs News letter
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------Hydrogen Peroxide Doesn't Kill Patients, Drugs Do!
This courageous doctor did everything right for his patient. Now they're trying to strip his license and throw him in prison.
By Robert Jay Rowen, MD
You may have heard about Dr. Jim Shortt in South Carolina. Hes accused of murdering one his patients, Mrs. Katherine Bibeau, by giving her intravenous hydrogen peroxide. Maybe you read the story in your local paper or saw the hatchet-job CBS did on 60 Minutes.In charging Dr. Shortt with murder, the coroner and pathologist claim that Mrs. Bibeau died as a result of bubbles in her bloodstream. They allege these bubbles were caused by the hydrogen peroxide infusion Dr. Shortt gave his patient. But this is absolutely impossible. Let me tell you why.
Why Peroxide Therapy Is Safe
Hydrogen peroxide therapy uses the same stuff you pour on your cuts, but at much lower concentrations. The doctor takes a half-teaspoon of peroxide and dilutes it in 8-1/2 ounces of sugar water. That means the peroxide Mrs. Bibeau received was just 1/100th as strong as the stuff you put on your cuts.When you put hydrogen peroxide on a cut, you get bubbles. Those bubbles are simply the hydrogen peroxide releasing oxygen.
When the peroxide enters the bloodstream, it releases oxygen there, too. The roughly half-teaspoon of peroxide the doctor uses will release about 25 cc of oxygen. And since it is administered through an IV, it doesnt go in all at once but over the course of 2 hours.
Is that enough to have killed Mrs. Bilbeau? Well, lets look at what the mainstream medical literature says.
According to one physiology textbook, it takes 50 cc of air to cause damage to the body. That damage can include a sudden drop in blood pressure or changes to the heartbeat. But that 50 cc of air would have to be administered instantly in order to cause the damage.
In order to kill someone, the medical literature says it takes 300 cc of air administered instantly. (J Vasc Interv Radiol, 2001; 12:12911295)
At most, Mrs. Bibeau got only 25 cc of oxygen. So even if Dr. Shortt administered it instantly, it still would have been less than 10% of the amount needed to kill her!
And even if she had been given 10 times as much peroxide, it still wouldnt have killed her. Why? Because theres a huge difference between oxygen and air. Air is composed mostly of nitrogen, which remains in the blood for long periods of time and can do great harm (think of the bends in scuba divers.) Oxygen, on the other hand, is rapidly consumed, easy to absorb, and vital for good health.
Your Body Burns Oxygen Instantly
The pathologist claims that he found bubbles in Mrs. Bibeaus bloodstream. Yet she died four days after her hydrogen peroxide treatment. Could those bubbles possibly be from the hydrogen peroxide therapy? Of course not! Any pre-med student will tell you that oxygen is consumed so quickly that its impossible any bubbles would have lasted all that time.
Even if she were given gallons of oxygen fast enough to kill her instantly, her body would have continued absorbing it, even after death. You see, cells remain active and continue using oxygen long after the heart stops.
But only 25 cc of oxygen four days before given during a two-hour IV? Your body burns that much oxygen in mere seconds! Oxygen in these amounts simply cant kill someone. And doctors who administer hydrogen peroxide therapy have known this for decades.
Wrong. Wrong. Wrong!
Hydrogen peroxide is not the monster therapy the so-called authorities are making it out to be. The medical examiner is wrong. The coroner is wrong. 60 Minutes is wrong.
There are no medical reports ANYWHERE that indicate properly administered hydrogen peroxide could cause any of the skin markings, lab abnormalities, and/or clotting in Mrs. Bibeau when she arrived at the ER. On the contrary, hundreds of reputable doctors (including me) have given millions of peroxide treatments over many, many years. And thousands of grateful patients credit this amazing therapy with saving their lives!
Studies have shown that hydrogen peroxide is effective in the treatment of asthma pneumonia yeast infections lupus Legionnaires Disease Crohns disease, and more. And Ive personally witnessed dramatic improvements in people with cardiovascular disease, cancer, multiple sclerosis, and certain types of arthritis. And in all of those cases and all those patient histories, there has never been any proof that properly administered hydrogen peroxide causes any harm.
So What Killed Mrs. Bibeau?
Well, heres something interesting. The coroners report said she was taking the drugs Tegretol and Copaxone. Look these drugs up in the Physicians Desk Reference. Youll find that they cause a variety of side affects including echymosis (bruising), infection, bleeding, metorrhagia, thrombosis, clotting problems, liver damage, and infections. These are the exact symptoms found in Mrs. Bibeau when she arrived at the hospital.
Peroxide has caused no significant harm in the millions of infusions worldwide given by doctors over a span of decades. Contrast that to a minimum of 140,000 deaths caused by drugs prescribed by doctors every year. That fact alone should force the pathologist to look first at the drugs as a primary cause of Mrs. Bibeaus death, not peroxide.
So why is the system putting a spin on this death and covering up the real cause? Well, it wouldnt be the first time that an effective alternative therapy and doctor was railroaded. Its too easy for the pathologist, the coroner, and the mainstream media to attack what they dont understand. Drugs are good, right? Peroxide must be bad, right? I hope you now know better!
What You Can Do
Please help spread the truth! Share this article with everyone you can. Send them to our website.
If youre a South Carolina citizen, you must write your state-elected officials and demand an independent investigation into the coroners report. Demand that the death certificate reflect the real cause. You can find your state Senators information is here. Your state Representatives information is here.
If youre not a South Carolina resident, you can still help. Please consider a contribution to Dr. Shortts legal defense fund. Send your donation to: Free Choice Legal Defense Fund, c/o Transfer Point, 1073 Statler Rd., Columbia, SC 29210. Any funds left over will be used to secure protection for oxidation therapies and/or press for more medical freedom laws in still unprotected states.
An innocent mans freedom is at stake. And a life-saving therapy is under attack. Please help!
posted by Chris Gupta on Thursday June 2 2005
updated on Saturday September 24 2005URL of this article:
http://www.newmediaexplorer.org/chris/2005/06/02/hydrogen_peroxide_doesnt_kill_patients_drugs_do.htm
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