Prescription drugs/fluoride (and pesticides)
I think..I'd better go read what you guys have already talked about on the
Iodine forum, concerning fluoride. I didn't pay attention...now I am. It's a wonder my liver is functioning at all. Grrr!
How "kind" of them to "give" me the Paxil for a minimum fee of $5.00 a month :(
And fluoride in herbicides I poisoned myself with for work (also found on lots of foods- grapes/grape juice being one at the top of the list)
http://tuberose.com/Fluoride.html
Many prescription drugs contain a hidden dose of fluoride. Several fluoride-containing medications have been banned because they caused death and illness. Fluoride is highly toxic to the liver. In the liver, fluoride interferes with the metabolism of thyroid hormones; it creates thyroid disorders and associated diseases that affect muscles, heart, immune system, etc. Many psychiatric drugs contain fluoride. Siliconfluoride is linked to antisocial behavior in youth. The fluorine atom is attached to the active ingredients in many drugs in order to allow them to cross the blood-brain barrier and enter the brain or other organs more readily, so less of the active ingredient is needed, and more money is saved by the pharmaceutical manufacturer. But the side effects of all these fluoride-containing drugs are rarely known or discussed as health issues.
The fluorine ion is an enzyme inhibitor. The one side effect common to fluorinated drugs is memory loss. These drugs, including Prozac (fluoxetene)--and Paxil--anti
Depression drugs, contain three fluorine atoms in each molecule that kill enzymes in the brain that normally maintain mood stability.
Prozac and Paxil contain Fluorophenyl compounds which contain fluoride and cause liver disease.. Organic fluorides are transformed in the liver, and the resulting metabolites can have higher activity and/or greater toxicity than the original compound. Prozac can cause hepatitis and promote tumors in the liver.