Re: Lidocaine

[Guest guest]

> It is interesting and not surprising though that

> we are not told there is a problem with one

> substance, Lidocaine, if that is true, until

> there is another one, in this case, Septocaine.

Hi Barb,

" we " aren't told " anything. " I believe getting a clear picture of

the whys and wherefores of the medical world (orthodox and

alternative alike) is the single most challenging task anyone can be

facing. Reading between the lines, pattern recognition skills, the

powers of integration, observation, personal sensitivity and the

ability to read and interpret " bodytalk, " mountains of research,

info on who paid for this research, and lots and lots of other

things have to be accounted for before one's trust can be invested

into (or withdrawn from) " anything " out there. Too bad too few

professionals are interested in meeting this kind of challenge, and

it's a lay person's (often a sick person's) quest to become

knowledgeable about what " anything " is really all about... And

there's no 100% certainty anywhere, so risk vs. benefit assessment

is another skill to master... I could go on and on. On the plus

side, having to deal with a serious illness (or care for someone who

has it) is the single most enlightening, reality-revealing

experience one can ever hope to have.

I don't expect Septocaine to be safer, I expect it to be more

expensive, is all. I don't think I need to even see any research to

know it. Pattern recognition...

Anyway, on the subject of root canals: I had a tooth with a root

canal (obviously infected) removed just a little over a week ago,

followed by the anti-cavitation procedure with cleaning out the

ligament and part of the bone. It was more than twice as expensive

as an ordinary extraction would be, and the procedure itself was

very invasive and didn't feel " minor " at all. I was pretty sick for

a few days afterwards, and in quite a bit of pain (and no, I don't

take painkillers for the kind of pain I can tolerate, since I've

empirically established, with scientific corroboration available,

that everything heals much faster and " cleaner " without the

painkillers. The body needs to _know_ it has been wounded in order

to not slack on healing the wound. Painkillers render it partially,

or sometimes completely, ignorant of the nature, extent, location of

the wound, and consequently much less competent at allocating the

healing resources to the site.) I would exercise caution with this

proceudure if I was in poor overall health.

What happens to root canals that haven't been filled? Hard to tell,

but here's again from my experience. A few years ago, a tooth

chipped that had root canals done in it before, and the dentist who

was repairing it told me that it needed an additional canal filled,

since his predecessor filled only two while the tooth had three. (I

have never come across a dentist who wouldn't denigrate the work of

his or her colleage done previously.) Anyway, I reluctantly agreed

(the guy was going to use Biocalex, currently knownw as Endo-Cal,

which is supposed to be much safer in terms of root canal toxicity),

the dentist started drilling, started cursing, and then gave up. He

said, " The canal has calcified, and the calcification inside it is

so strong I can't drill through it. " Now I don't know what it means

to a dentist, but to me it means that the body went about its

healing routine, recalcifying the empty canal, and essentially

mending it with its own all-natural material to perfection. (I still

have this tooth, and it's one of my favorite ones, since

it " behaves " much better than any tooth with prior dental

interventions ever did in my experience.) Similar strong

calcifications, much stronger than the original bone, are known to

be intentionally created in other areas of the body by practitioners

of some Oriental martial arts, you've probably seen those of them

who break boards and stacks of bricks with their fists? -- well, the

repeated subclinically traumatic stress to the bones induced in the

course of such training causes them to replace parts of their

structure with iron-strong calcifications. My guess is, a root

canal (a site of a trauma to a bony structure) left alone behaves

similarly... at least mine did. Since there's no money in finding

the best (infection-preventing) way to just let it happen, I don't

think any practical applications for this info are to be

expected... unless I (or someone else who isn't a dentist!) figure

out how to do it. Dentists, the last frontier... ;-)

Elena

[Guest guest]

I don't believe, that Lidocaine fits into this category (the wording

of which comes straight from the LDN website: narcotic medication - such as

Ultram, morphine, Percocet, Duragesic patch or codeine-containing

medication. I love these patches!

[Guest guest]

Darn it I forget what I wrote previously. Lol! Good ole ms brain

freeze. Isn't lidocaine freezing? Did I ask what Lidocaine was? Oh

this poor wee brain! And I do mean wee!

Lol! Take Care

>

> I don't believe, that Lidocaine fits into this category (the

wording

> of which comes straight from the LDN website: narcotic medication -

such as

> Ultram, morphine, Percocet, Duragesic patch or codeine-containing

> medication. I love these patches!

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