Petition Against Prozac

[Guest guest]

I want to congratulate those people who worked this Petition and

created it. My hat off to you! This is really a much needed

Petition and very important to get known and signature and then of

course something really done about this KILLER drug.

I myself worked hard for a couple of years while I was a member of

the Citizens Commission on Human Rights. Maybe you know about this

grassroots organization. CCHR was formed in 1969 to investigate and

expose psychiatric abuse. After a show held on television, the

Huraldo ______ show, talk show, thousands of people contacted our

headquarters reporting their adverse reactions to Prozac and Zanax.

Prozac took the tarnished blackened ribbon for giving people the most

adverse side effects; several of them died unnecessary deaths and

their surviving loved ones suffered on.

Good for you guys--HURRAY!

Let me know how it goes. Many of my friends have signed this

Petition. I of course signed it. Please let me know what is the

status of the Petition and what do you do from here.

Please address me at andrea_bz@...

Thanks much.

Sincerely,

Zastawny-Moreno

[Guest guest]

I want to congratulate those people who worked this Petition and

created it. My hat off to you! This is really a much needed

Petition and very important to get known and signature and then of

course something really done about this KILLER drug.

I myself worked hard for a couple of years while I was a member of

the Citizens Commission on Human Rights. Maybe you know about this

grassroots organization. CCHR was formed in 1969 to investigate and

expose psychiatric abuse. After a show held on television, the

Huraldo ______ show, talk show, thousands of people contacted our

headquarters reporting their adverse reactions to Prozac and Zanax.

Prozac took the tarnished blackened ribbon for giving people the most

adverse side effects; several of them died unnecessary deaths and

their surviving loved ones suffered on.

Good for you guys--HURRAY!

Let me know how it goes. Many of my friends have signed this

Petition. I of course signed it. Please let me know what is the

status of the Petition and what do you do from here.

Please address me at andrea_bz@...

Thanks much.

Sincerely,

Zastawny-Moreno

[Guest guest]

I want to congratulate those people who worked this Petition and

created it. My hat off to you! This is really a much needed

Petition and very important to get known and signature and then of

course something really done about this KILLER drug.

I myself worked hard for a couple of years while I was a member of

the Citizens Commission on Human Rights. Maybe you know about this

grassroots organization. CCHR was formed in 1969 to investigate and

expose psychiatric abuse. After a show held on television, the

Huraldo ______ show, talk show, thousands of people contacted our

headquarters reporting their adverse reactions to Prozac and Zanax.

Prozac took the tarnished blackened ribbon for giving people the most

adverse side effects; several of them died unnecessary deaths and

their surviving loved ones suffered on.

Good for you guys--HURRAY!

Let me know how it goes. Many of my friends have signed this

Petition. I of course signed it. Please let me know what is the

status of the Petition and what do you do from here.

Please address me at andrea_bz@...

Thanks much.

Sincerely,

Zastawny-Moreno

[Guest guest]

I want to congratulate those people who worked this Petition and

created it. My hat off to you! This is really a much needed

Petition and very important to get known and signature and then of

course something really done about this KILLER drug.

I myself worked hard for a couple of years while I was a member of

the Citizens Commission on Human Rights. Maybe you know about this

grassroots organization. CCHR was formed in 1969 to investigate and

expose psychiatric abuse. After a show held on television, the

Huraldo ______ show, talk show, thousands of people contacted our

headquarters reporting their adverse reactions to Prozac and Zanax.

Prozac took the tarnished blackened ribbon for giving people the most

adverse side effects; several of them died unnecessary deaths and

their surviving loved ones suffered on.

Good for you guys--HURRAY!

Let me know how it goes. Many of my friends have signed this

Petition. I of course signed it. Please let me know what is the

status of the Petition and what do you do from here.

Please address me at andrea_bz@...

Thanks much.

Sincerely,

Zastawny-Moreno

[Guest guest]

Petition against Prozac

> Dear All,

>

> Please click on the link below, read and sign the petition against Prozac.

> I just did and feel better for having done so.

>

> Thanks much.

>

> ML, Debba

>

>

> http://www.PetitionOnline.com/lilpro/

[Guest guest]

One can also petition with their wallets, and using knowledge about

natural alternatives. Have a look at...

http://myseroctin.com/2914WE/

> >

> > Please click on the link below, read and sign the petition against

> > Prozac. I just did and feel better for having done so.

[Guest guest]

>

>

>allow me please to ask a personal question, Are you making any money from the

sales of this product? Bob

>

That question was just begging to be asked. I notice a repeated pattern in these

lists. An " orthodox " product is invalidated just because it *is* orthodox, and

then an " alternative " product is offered for sale in it's place just because it

*is* alternative, with no further qualifications of any sort. We're supposed to

automatically embrace anything that opposes the " Evil Pharmaceutical Industry "

or some other imaginary governmental regulatory bugaboo and pay money to the

sellers of the " alternative " with no comparable evidence for why we should do

so. To me this only validates the usefullness of the product lamely attempting

to be copied. Has the " natural " alternative jumped through the same hoops as the

product it arrogantly presumes to substitute itself for? Does it have comparable

data regarding safety and effectiveness? I doubt it. If it did, then why is it

advertising in an obscure list instead of a more public, more visible,

more closely scrutinized medium?

[Guest guest]

The Brain's Pharmacy

It's Relationship to Diet and Emotional States

@1995 Dr. Flanagan, MD (MA)

Dr. Gael Crystal Flanagan, MD (MA)

Reprinted from EarthPuIse Flashpoints, New text Number Two.

Editors Note: Drs. and Gael Crystal Flanagan are

independent scientists and researchers. They are regular

contributors to the Earthpulse Flashpoints. Their work is

the subject of the book, Towards a New Alchemy: The

Millennium Science.

The most intelligent pharmacist is inside our head. Our

brains generate a complex cocktail of biologically active

drugs, hormones and chemicals. Through the use of diet and

other techniques, we can consciously affect the balance of

these materials and their effects on our emotional states.

Moods and behavior are largely influenced by the ratio of

five central nervous system chemicals known as amines. These

include: norepinephrine (noradrenaline), epinephrine

(adrenaline), serotonin (5-HT), dopamine and

phenylethylamine (PEA). The first three excite the CNS

(central nervous system) while the last two inhibit or

modulate that excitement. The ratio of these amines controls

our levels of irritability.

1. Epinephrine triggers anxiety. (Excitatory)

2. Norepinephrine triggers hostility and irritability.

(Excitatory)

3. Serotonin, at increasing levels stimulates nervous

tension, drowsiness, heart palpitations, water retention and

inability to concentrate and perform. (Excitatory)

4. Phenylethylamine is a mood elevator that makes us feel

euphoric at low levels. At higher levels it causes paranoia.

Phenylethylamine is found in chocolate and is considered to

be the reason why many people are chocolate addicts.

(Inhibitory)

5. Dopamine modulates or off sets the negative effects of

the excitatory amines by inducing relaxation and mental

alertness. (Inhibitory)

So we can see that adequate dopamine and phenylethylamine

levels are extremely important to balance the excitatory

amines for enhanced emotional stability.

We can readily see that an increase in the levels of the

first three of these amines can result in an irritated,

agitated state. A person with an excess of these brain

chemicals is easily irritated.

The activity of these amines is largely determined by an

enzyme known as MAO or monamine oxidase. MAO is divided into

two types. MAO type A deactivates epinephrine,

norepinephrine and serotonin while MAO type B deactivates

dopamine and PEA (phenylethylamine). An increase in type A

MAO and a lower level of type B MAO is ideal for creation of

emotional stability.

The types of food we consume can have a powerful effect on

the interplay of these biological amines. Amino acids from

dietary proteins act as precursors for these activities. For

example:

A. L-phenylalanine is a precursor for PEA

(phenylethyla-mine).

B. L-Tyrosine is a precursor for dopamine, norepinephrine

and epinephrine. The conversion of tyrosine to any of these

amines is determined by the amount of magnesium and vitamin

B6 in the body.

C. L-Tryptophan is a precursor for Serotonin.

The conversion of all these precursors into their various

amines is controlled by one enzyme. This enzyme is called

decarboxylase. The activity of decarboxylase is greatly

affected by the active form

vitamin B6. The vitamin B6 we take in vitamin pills

(Pyridoxine Hydrochloride) is inactive and must be activated

before it can be used by the body.

Steroid type hormones also affect the balance of these

amines. For example, estrogen and testosterone suppresses

type A MAO while increasing type B activity therefore

increasing the levels of excitatory amines such as

adrenaline, noradrenaline and serotonin.

Progesterone and dihydro-testosterone increases type A

activity while suppressing type B activity therefore

decreasing the excitatory amines therefore increasing

biological levels of the modulating amines doparnine and

PEA.

Magnesium and Vitamin B deficiencies cause a reduction in

the production of dopamine. Studies in animals have shown

that a magnesium deficiency causes a depletion of brain

dopamine without affecting brain serotonin and

norepinephrine. Active Vitamin B6 increases the cellular

absorption of magnesium and therefore works in concert to

increase the production of dopamine.

When we eat a lot of sugar, the body transfers the amino

acid tryptophan from the blood stream into the central

nervous system where it is converted into serotonin.

Continued high daily use of sugar can result in a chronic

state of sertonin excess with a dopamine deficiency,

resulting in irritability.

The Ideal State

The ideal state is to have a ratio of amines such that the

inhibitory modulating amines such as dopamine and PEA are in

greater abundance than the exicitatory amines such as

adrenaline, noradrenaline and serotonin. This can be easily

accomplished by a change in diet.

Tyrosine can be converted into either excitatory or

inhibitory amines. Vitamin B6 is the key nutrient in the

production of the beneficial biogenic amines dopamine and

PEA. As stated previously, Vitamin B6 in the form of

pyridoxine hydrochloride is biologically inactive. In order

to activate it, it must be converted into a chemical known

as pyridoxal phosphate (PLP). This conversion to the active

form requires magnesium and riboflavin (Vitamin B2).

Adequate levels of vitamin B6 and magnesium along with the

other B Vitamins will help to insure the conversion of

dietary amino acids into the preferred amines.

Animal fats in the intestine contribute to the formation of

bacteria that stimulate the conversion of inactive estrogen

to the active form. Increased estrogen levels suppress type

A MAO and enhance type B MAO causing an excited neural

state. Studies have shown that vegetarian women are far more

stable and have significantly lowered levels of premenstrual

tension as compared with non-vegetarians. The estrogen like

activity of insecticides and chemicals used in plastic

manufacture may also be enhanced by this process. Increased

estrogen levels are also associated with increased levels of

cancer.

In general, if a person is suffering from irritability due

to an excitatory/inhibitory biogenic amine imbalance, the

following dietary suggestions should be followed:

1. Serotonin production is increased by higher levels of

carbohydrate. Therefore, carbohydrate intake should be

limited to no more than 20% of total calories.

2. Limit or eliminate dairy products because they tend to

suppress the absorption of dietary magnesium and the animal

fat contributes to higher estrogen levels as explained

previously.

3. Eliminate all animal fats and replace with vegetable

based fats to no more than 30% of daily calories.

4. Eliminate or reduce the use of animal proteins as much as

possible. Use vegetable proteins instead.

5. Eat plenty of high fiber foods because higher dietary

fiber helps to eliminate estrogens and precursors from the

intestines.

6. Reduce caffeine intake as it is a powerful CNS stimulant.

7. Supplement diet with 1,000 mg per day of magnesium, 100mg

per day of vitamin B6 and take a vitamin supplement that

contains the other B Vitamins.

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Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:

Petition against Prozac

Rhodiola Rosea does not influence serotonin or melatonin,

our natural

" mental balance and sleep " hormones... rather, it influences

opioids and

monoamines.... monoamines are relatives to cocaine -

stimulants - and

opioids are related to endorphins and heroin. Sounds like

fun, but not

what I was looking for. There are many adaptogens.

" The adaptogenic, cardiopulmonary protective, and central

nervous system

activities of Rhodiola rosea have been attributed primarily

to its

ability to influence levels and activity of monoamines and

opioid

peptides such as beta-endorphins. "

PMID: 11410073 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

>

> The herb/adaptogen Rhodiola Rosea is the best

antidepressant. Just search

> medline (for papers) or deja (for testimonials) or try it

and see for

> yourself; and, it has no side effects at normal dosages.

Duncan Crow

Duncan BC Canada