Comments on: Natural Remedies for Cold and Flu http://www.mind-mart.com/coldflu/natural-remedies-for-cold-and-flu Holistic Health Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:13:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: James@Personalized Banners http://www.mind-mart.com/coldflu/natural-remedies-for-cold-and-flu/comment-page-1#comment-9200 James@Personalized Banners Tue, 15 Mar 2011 23:33:30 +0000 http://mind-mart.com/?p=1940#comment-9200 Its always good to know there are natural ways to cure physical problems. Thank you for sharing. Its always good to know there are natural ways to cure physical problems. Thank you for sharing.
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]]> By: Ed http://www.mind-mart.com/coldflu/natural-remedies-for-cold-and-flu/comment-page-1#comment-7910 Ed Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:56:50 +0000 http://mind-mart.com/?p=1940#comment-7910 My personal remedies include boosting my vitamin c intake, as well as taking some oregano oil. That stuff will literally stop most viruses in their tracks. Colloidal silver can also help, but you have to have a good source before drinking it. .-= Ed @ Natural Health´s last blog ..<a href="http://www.globalhealingcenter.com/natural-health/oregano-oil/">The Health Benefits of Oregano Oil</a> =-. My personal remedies include boosting my vitamin c intake, as well as taking some oregano oil. That stuff will literally stop most viruses in their tracks. Colloidal silver can also help, but you have to have a good source before drinking it.
.-= Ed @ Natural Health´s last blog ..The Health Benefits of Oregano Oil =-.

]]> By: windyridge http://www.mind-mart.com/coldflu/natural-remedies-for-cold-and-flu/comment-page-1#comment-5326 windyridge Tue, 07 Oct 2008 01:49:31 +0000 http://mind-mart.com/?p=1940#comment-5326 Daddydoctor, I knew a little about the kids and cold remedies but I didn't know about the buckwheat honey. I think it's appalling that the FDA now exists solely for the drug companies and the people's well being be damned. <abbr><em>windyridges last blog post..<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MusingsAtWindyridge/~3/410211131/palin-is-useless.html">Palin is Useless</a></abbr></em> Daddydoctor, I knew a little about the kids and cold remedies but I didn’t know about the buckwheat honey.
I think it’s appalling that the FDA now exists solely for the drug companies and the people’s well being be damned.

windyridges last blog post..Palin is Useless

]]> By: daddydoctor http://www.mind-mart.com/coldflu/natural-remedies-for-cold-and-flu/comment-page-1#comment-5205 daddydoctor Tue, 30 Sep 2008 19:40:11 +0000 http://mind-mart.com/?p=1940#comment-5205 As a dad and a doctor, I find this a very scary topic. I used to think that as long as my patient’s or I dosed the children’s cold & cough medications right, then everything would be OK. But when I researched this further, it turns out that children have died from “over dose” of ALL THE MAJOR CHILDRENS COLD AND COUGH MEDICINES even when given the correct dose (http://bit.ly/ehBn1m). Here are a few interesting facts: 1. Last October 2007, the drug companies promised the FDA that they would change all their labeling to say “do not use” for children under the age of 2, but I was just in the store last week, and a number of packages still had the old labeling! 2. The FDA reviewed safety and effectiveness data this last fall and its expert panel said that “right now the current cold & cough medications should not be given to children under 6.” Here is a link to the FDA’s minutes, “http://www.fda.gov/ohrms/dockets/ac/07/minutes/2007-4323m1-Final.pdf”, see page 6. The FDA made a public advisory in January 2008 about never using it for children under 2, because the Drug companies are fighting them on the panels ruling to never use cold and cough medications on children 2 to 6. Since these drugs were previously allowed by the FDA, the FDA is forced to go though “due process” before they are willing to make an official public statement about never giving these medications to children 2 to 6. 3. The number of infant deaths attributed to cold and cough medicines is dramatically underreported. New research published in the Journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics demonstrated that there were at least “10 unexpected infant deaths that were associated with cold-medication” in 2006 alone in the state of Arizona. Extrapolated over the US and Canadian population, that would be over 500 deaths a year associated with cold-medication! (http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/content/abstract/122/2/e318) The thing that the drug companies don’t want anyone to know is that these medications never underwent the rigorous safety and effectiveness studies modern medications have to go though, they we grandfathered in the early 1970’s because at that time experts felt like they seemed to work, and they seemed safe enough. Interestingly, some researchers from Penn State have shown that Buckwheat honey is better then the OTC drugs for children’s cough. There is a web site that talks about this, and gives lots of research to help parents be better informed about how to help their kids. Check out <a href="http://www.honeydontcough.com/">http://www.honeydontcough.com/</a> -Daddydoctor As a dad and a doctor, I find this a very scary topic. I used to think that as long as my patient’s or I dosed the children’s cold & cough medications right, then everything would be OK. But when I researched this further, it turns out that children have died from “over dose” of ALL THE MAJOR CHILDRENS COLD AND COUGH MEDICINES even when given the correct dose (http://bit.ly/ehBn1m).

Here are a few interesting facts:

1. Last October 2007, the drug companies promised the FDA that they would change all their labeling to say “do not use” for children under the age of 2, but I was just in the store last week, and a number of packages still had the old labeling!

2. The FDA reviewed safety and effectiveness data this last fall and its expert panel said that “right now the current cold & cough medications should not be given to children under 6.” Here is a link to the FDA’s minutes, “http://www.fda.gov/ohrms/dockets/ac/07/minutes/2007-4323m1-Final.pdf”, see page 6. The FDA made a public advisory in January 2008 about never using it for children under 2, because the Drug companies are fighting them on the panels ruling to never use cold and cough medications on children 2 to 6. Since these drugs were previously allowed by the FDA, the FDA is forced to go though “due process” before they are willing to make an official public statement about never giving these medications to children 2 to 6.

3. The number of infant deaths attributed to cold and cough medicines is dramatically underreported. New research published in the Journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics demonstrated that there were at least “10 unexpected infant deaths that were associated with cold-medication” in 2006 alone in the state of Arizona. Extrapolated over the US and Canadian population, that would be over 500 deaths a year associated with cold-medication! (http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/content/abstract/122/2/e318)

The thing that the drug companies don’t want anyone to know is that these medications never underwent the rigorous safety and effectiveness studies modern medications have to go though, they we grandfathered in the early 1970’s because at that time experts felt like they seemed to work, and they seemed safe enough.

Interestingly, some researchers from Penn State have shown that Buckwheat honey is better then the OTC drugs for children’s cough. There is a web site that talks about this, and gives lots of research to help parents be better informed about how to help their kids. Check out http://www.honeydontcough.com/

-Daddydoctor

]]> By: Tony Isaacs http://www.mind-mart.com/coldflu/natural-remedies-for-cold-and-flu/comment-page-1#comment-5203 Tony Isaacs Tue, 30 Sep 2008 13:58:53 +0000 http://mind-mart.com/?p=1940#comment-5203 For my own take on avoiding and beating the flu: http://www.tbyil.com/flu.htm For my own take on avoiding and beating the flu:

http://www.tbyil.com/flu.htm

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