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SLEEPING PILLS: BENZODIAZEPINES

Because barbiturates could be so dangerous, scientists began searching for an alternative drug. In 1954 Dr Leo H. Stembach experimented with about 40 new chemicals in the Roche Laboratory, New Jersey. He was very disappointed with these chemicals, as they were all inappropriate and did not have any hypnotic or tranquillizing effect He gave up after months of testing and turned his attention to other research projects. There was one last chemical with the code Ro5-0690 that he did not feel like testing anymore and it was left on the bench.
Two years later this last chemical was again looked at. It was tested properly at the Roche Laboratory, and was found to have all the desirable properties—it was a hypnotic, a relaxant, and a sedative. In 1957 this substance was identified as benzodiazepine, which is now better known as Librium. In 1960 the US Food and Drug Administration approved it for human use. The whole pharmaceutical industry then went crazy and started to discover more and more benzodiazepine-like substances. These drugs are sought after by patients and doctors alike, and a multi-billion dollar industry has grown up around them. There are now hundreds of these chemicals, with Valium being the most well known.
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TAKING ESTROGEN

With the onset of menopause, many women suffer from hot flashes and night sweats. Arlene March, 56, a Los Angeles psychotherapist, says she started getting hot flashes 5 years ago. “I’d be working,” she recalls, “and suddenly feel intense heat all over my body. I’d break out in a sweat. I’d have to stop work. Then Dr. Mishell prescribed estrogen pills, and I’ve not had a day of discomfort.”
Some women experience a drying and thinning of vaginal tissues in the absence of estrogen, making sex painful. They also might suffer urinary tract infections and incontinence. Estrogen therapy often helps.
Among the physicians consulted, the most cautious was Dr. Morris Notelovitz, founder of the nation’s first Menopause Center, at the University of Florida, and head of the Women’s Medical and Diagnostic Center in Gainesville, Florida. He says each symptom needs a different treatment and advises that genital tract problems be given estrogen treatment for a couple of years at most. He also urges special measurements of the bones before prescribing estrogen therapy for osteoporosis.
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ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION SYMPTOMS

Most patients have a combination of two or more of these problems. They are usually first given a thorough medical history and examination to determine the extent of the prob­lem and to hopefully pinpoint a cause. I want to briefly outline the nature of these four symptoms so that your problem will make more sense to you as a patient if you are experiencing any of them.

PRESCRIBED DRUGS

Taking prescribed medications with most vitamins is safe as is taking herbal complexes that are available through health food stores. However, you should always check with your doctor, your pharmacist or your naturopath. They are all trained to know what can go with what.

Weight loss

Overweight is most commonly a result of overeating and lack of exercise. Overweight and fluid retention often go together with people who have glandular problems or under-active thyroids. In such cases an iodine and phosporous deficiency may be the cause.

 

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