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| 12 October 2010
UK Edition |
 Dear Reader,
Most people think nothing of popping a couple at the first sign of a cold or when they can't get a good night's sleep... Benadryl, Excedrin PM, Tylenol PM... Let's call it all our medicine cabinet staples.
Considered perfectly safe after years of successful marketing campaigns, these drugs hardly raise an eyebrow.
This complacency, though, could be costing us our minds.
A six-year study out of Indiana University School of Medicine, in the US, just wrapped up, and the results are downright scary.
At the beginning of the study, all 1,652 participants (all African American and over the age of 70) had normal cognitive function.
The researchers found that regularly taking one anti- cholinergic significantly increased the risk of cognitive impairment. Taking two of them doubled the risk. We're talking long-term cognitive impairment including gradual loss of memory.
Want some scary perspective on this? More than half of the study participants were using anti-cholinergics.
Though the recent study was only on one portion of the population, the researchers believe the results will be generalized to the whole population through further research.
So it seems these medications aren't nearly as harmless as their makers' marketing departments would have you believe.
Previously, I wrote to you about another risk associated with this type of medication. A four-year study had just been released, and it showed that older people taking anti- cholinergics were at greater risk of falling, which could lead to long-term hospitalization or even death.
The lead researcher of the study, who is a clinical pharmacist and geriatrician, decided these results were enough and started to advise his patients not to take the drugs.
The next step is to find out whether this effect is reversible. Researchers are hopeful on this point, since the drug has been linked to memory loss and mild impairment, but not Alzheimer's disease. In the meantime, the best we can do is spread the word and ban anti-cholinergics from the medicine cabinet.
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Eliminating cataracts naturally
Q: My husband suffers from cataracts. Are there any natural treatments we can try?
Dr. Jonathan V. Wright: In a study published in 2002, researchers enrolled 49 cataracts patients. Twenty-six of the participants used eye drops containing 1 per cent N- acetylcarnosine twice daily, 13 research volunteers used a placebo eye drop twice daily, and the other 10 individuals got no eye drops at all.
After six months, 90 per cent of the N-acetylcarnosine treated eyes showed improvement ranging from 7 per cent to 100 per cent in visual acuity, and 88.9 per cent showed a 27 to 100 per cent improvement in glare sensitivity. And what makes these results even more impressive is that the improvements were sustained over the entire two-year study period — not a single patient taking the N-acetylcarnosine eye drops had any worsening of vision!
By contrast, the control groups showed significant worsening after both six and 24 months. All the patients taking the N- acetylcarnosine eye drops tolerated them well, and there were no reports of side effects in the eyes or anywhere else in the body.
Even though the research is technically in the "preliminary" stages, if you have early or moderate cataracts, you might want to consider trying N-acetylcarnosine anyway, for two important reasons: It may work for you, and it's safe. None of the individuals I have worked with have had even minor side effects, and no adverse effects have been discovered by researchers.
It's always a good idea to have your eyes checked before starting and perhaps six months to a year later, if for no other reason than to help you decide whether to continue using it if you haven't noticed a significant difference by then. (But keep in mind that since cataracts naturally get worse over time, if yours stay the same, that's still progress — although obviously not as much as actual reversal would be.)
Of course, as safe as N-acetylcarnosine is, it's important to work with a doctor skilled in natural medicine anytime you're interested in trying a new therapy.
Bear in mind we are not addressing anyone's personal situation and you should rely on this for informational purposes only. Please consult with your own physician before acting on any recommendations contained herein.
Wishing you the best of health,
Andrew Miller
UK Editor
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Sources:
"Medications found to cause long term cognitive impairment of aging brain," PhysOrg (physorg.com)
"Use of anticholinergics and the risk of cognitive impairment in an African American population," American Academy of Neurology (neurology.org)
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