Pain Killers… Kills Us!

I experienced some terrible days at the beginning of last year due to awful health conditions. I had been falling ill pretty often. Head trembles and always had stable fever. Most days I got home early from office since had a hard time at work too. No doctor could figure out what was wrong with me. It all happened so suddenly. Things were terrible! One morning, couldn’t eat anything just felt like sleeping, but couldn’t sleep either! I was so distressed. Parents were worried too.

The same evening I left abroad for my treatment. There I had to do lots of tests, one thing I hated most. And above all, taking blood freaks me out! Almost fainted each time they took blood. Reports showed nothing but only a little blood disorder. It sounded so simple than how I had been suffering. For nearly six months I had to do all those tests each month. But they could not diagnose what was the actual cause for this iron deficiency in my blood so instantly!

Later on, I figured out, this is most likely to be caused due to the anesthetics (Not the Panadol) I took three years back. I was at a lot of stress back then. …Studies, extra activities plus other responsibilities at school. So everyday I kept taking two or three tablets of this particular pain killer, as it was handy at home. (Parents never knew I took it). Later, (After two years of continuous intake of it) it was out of stock so I gradually had to give up and that’s when I realized I was actually addicted to it.

Today, I received an e-mail. ...As I read through, I freaked out! I was totally right! Anemia was from the anesthetic I took. So I thought I would share my experience and the particular mail for you all to be aware of! Please try to avoid all sorts of anesthetics!

The mail reads as below!

PANADOL

"My husband was working in a hospital as an IT engineer, as the hospital is planning to set up a database of its patient. And he knows some of the doctor quite well. The doctors used to tell him that whenever they have a headache, they do not take PANADOL PARACETAMOL. In fact, they turn to Herbal Medicine or find other alternatives. This is because Panadol is toxic to the body, and it harms the liver. According to the doctor, Panadol will reside in the body for at least 5 years. And according to the doctor, there used to be an incident where an air stewardess consumes a lot of Panadol during her menstrual as she needs to stand all the time.

She's now in her early 30's, and she needs to wash her kidney (DIALYSIS) every month. As said by the doctor that whenever we have a headache, that's because it is due to the Electron/Ion imbalance in the brain. As an alternative solution to cope with this matter, they suggested that we take 1 or 2 cans of isotonic drink (eg.100PLUS), and mix it with drinking water according to a ratio of 1:1 or 1:2 (i.e. one cup 100plus with one cup water or 2 cups water). My husband and I have tried this on several occasions, and it seems to work well. Another method is to submerge your feet in a basin of warm water so that it brings the blood pressure down from your throbbing head. As Panadol is a pain killer, the more Panadol you take, the lesser would be your threshold for pain (your endurance level for pain). We all will fall ill as we aged, for woman, we would need to go through childbirth. Imagine that we had spent our entire life popping quite a substantial amount of Panadol (Pain Killer) when you need to have a surgery or operation, you will need a much more amount of general. If you have a very high intake of Panadol throughout your life (for Migraine, Menstrual cramps, etc.) it is very likely that normal general anesthetic will have no effect on you as your body is pumped full with Panadol and your body is so used to a painkiller that you would need a much stronger painkiller.........like Morphine???? The thought is scary enough to turn me to Herbal Medicine or other healthier alternative. Value your health, value your life, THINK TWICE before you easily pop that familiar pill into your mouth again.

Please don't always take PANADOL."