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Chemicals and PharmaceuticalsPharmaceuticals can be of great benefit in emergency and acute conditions and for symptom relief in chronic conditions. At the same time, by their nature, they are also detrimental to the body, and to use them is always a tradeoff between possible gain and possible harm. As well as the general risk inherent in using any pharmaceutical, some people have an individual response to certain pharmaceuticals which increases the harm factor in taking those specific pharmaceuticals. Salicylic Acid |
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Salicylic AcidDr. P. St. Amand contends that lack of attention to salicylic acid caused the University of Oregon's research study into guaifenesin use to be ineffective. Dr.R Bennet's refutes this by pointing out that the uric acid levels did not reflect guaifenesin being blocked by salicylic acid. As well, Dr. P. St. Amand puts great emphasis on salicylic acid rendering treatment with guaifenesin ineffective. People who are self-treating with guaifenesin and report their experiences on line appear to concur. Hence, we were curious about salicylic acid, and considered the possibility of people needing a homeopathic remedy for salicylic acid from the beginning. We did find that 287 people, a very high proportion, needed a remedy to address salicylic acid accumulation in their kidney tubules. This included many who had been taking guaifenesin for a number of years, and had consequently not been exposed to salicylic acid for those years. We also found that if salicylic acid was taken in the form of aspirin or in facial products which listed salicylic acid as an ingredient, or in herbal pills, that people's kidney tubules failed to clear, or might become problematic again once they had cleared. This effect appeared to diminish the longer a person was taking the kidney remedy, so that a number of people reported being able to take aspirin and herbal products with no ill effects after several months on the remedies. For more information see Medicinal Herbs. |
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Salicylic Acid and ADD/ADHDThere is a theory popularized by Dr. B. Feingold that people with ADD are susceptible to salicylic acid, and this is what led us to first consider that ADD might have an overlap with FM. As well, the brain fog and the overactive mind that interferes with sleep that are so common in people with FM bear a marked resemblance to ADD. We did find that people who had been diagnosed with ADD required remedies very similar to those who had been diagnosed with FM. The number of people in the ADD group is not large enough to draw significant conclusions. By the same reasoning, since Dr. B Feingold also includes asthma as due to susceptibility to salicylic acid, it is worth considering whether asthma may be a calcium phosphate accumulation problem as well. We have had one report of long standing asthma resolving as the person took the kidney remedies for calcium phosphates. We have not followed up on this sufficiently to come to any conclusions. |
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SulphonamidesA finding that came as a great surprise to us, and that we have no explanation for, is that it appeared 131 people would benefit from the inclusion of a remedy for draining sulphonamides in both the liver and kidneys. This was not something we considered from the beginning, and therefore we can not draw conclusions regarding proportionality. It does make one wonder whether people with FM/CFS are particularly susceptible to both salicylic acid and sulpha drugs. Another possibility is that in attempting to deal with their disease, this group has consumed more aspirin and sulpha drugs (and possibly MSM?) than the general population. |
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General Pharmaceutical BurdenWe also found the 113 people could potentially benefit from a remedy to address a pharmaceutical burden that we could not specifically identify. |
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Other ChemicalsOur inclusion of considering remedies for pesticides, herbicides and other chemicals came about as the needs of individual people brought these to our attention. The findings in this category include DDT 48 people, tedion 17, paraquat(e )10, PCBs 4. Whereas DDT and PCBs are recognized as toxic chemicals, paraquat(e) and tedion usually are not. It does appear that for a small number for people they can be problematic. |
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