CDC says Alzheimer’s death rate soaring. Could this be why?
The numbers are in… and they’re absolutely shocking.
New data, just released by the CDC, revealed the grim news that during the last 15 years, the numbers of Americans dying from Alzheimer’s disease has gone up by a giant 55 percent.
If you ask the CDC, or any other health agency why this is, you’ll hear the same old excuses, which includes my favorite — our rapidly aging population.
But that’s not the whole story — not by a long shot.
With such a sharp rise in the number of deaths due to Alzheimer’s, you would think the FDA would take a big step back… say, to 1993.
That’s the year it approved the very first, ineffective and highly risky drug for the disease.
It took until 2013 for that med, called Cognex, to be discontinued due to its disastrous effects on the liver. But no matter — many more were waiting in the wings to take its place.
And despite the fact that these meds have shown to have minimal, if any, benefit in helping those with Alzheimer’s, docs now have a choice of five of them to give out — sometimes at the very first signs of dementia!
As Public Citizen’s Health Research Group says, the “strategy” used in selling these drugs is “based on hope, fear and guilt.” And Big Pharma wants us to believe that if they’re not started quickly enough, “all will be lost.”
But here’s where things are getting lost: The time frame that the CDC covered in its alarming report, 1999 to 2014, just so happens to be the same one during which the top four of today’s Alzheimer’s drugs hit the market.
And if you look beyond all the hype and slick Madison Avenue commercials, what you’ll find is a recipe for disaster.
Take a look at the Exelon Patch, for example, approved by the FDA in 2000 — right when the Alzheimer’s death rate started skyrocketing.
First, the most commonly-reported side effects include depression, anxiety, dizziness, stomach pain, weakness, tiredness and problems sleeping.
Can you believe that the FDA would approve a drug for a disease that, on its own, can cause these problems? Now, compound that with these “common” side effects and you’ve got a tragedy waiting to happen.
But that’s not all the Exelon Patch has to offer.
How do “fainting or slow heart rate,” “difficulty breathing” and “seizures” sound? And that’s just the short list.
That patch, however, isn’t the only Alzheimer’s-approved treatment that can cause life-threatening reactions. Every one of these drugs has side effects that can easily lead to death.
Every single one.
According to a large review of existing research done over a decade ago that was published in the BMJ, Aricept, Exelon and Reminyl all can cause a “broad spectrum of adverse events” that most commonly include nausea, vomiting, diarrhea and weight loss.
Plus that, the researchers said that the entire “scientific basis” for recommending any of these drugs “is questionable.”
Even the FDA has admitted that, in the Aricept original trials, patients “experienced no change or became worse on Aricept treatment.”
And yet the agency still approved it.
Alzheimer’s is a cruel disease, but Big Pharma’s drugs for it are the cruelest hoax of all. And these meds may very well be the reason the death rate has soared to such astronomical numbers.
Another big danger seniors are currently facing is the rush to medicate any kind of perceived early dementia, or what’s called “mild cognitive impairment,” with meds that, if they don’t kill you, can make your life so miserable you may not even care if they do.
There are, however, excellent, well-researched ways to keep your mind sharp that don’t involve a risky drug.
These include upping your omega-3 intake, either through diet (fatty fish, nuts and seeds), or with a daily supplement. Also important are getting enough vitamin D, either from daily sun exposure or a supplement that provides a minimum of 2,000 IUs daily, and incorporating good fats — especially coconut oil — into your daily meals.
But whatever you do, make sure you keep a country mile between yourself or a loved one and all of these so-called Alzheimer’s treatments.
“Alzheimer’s deaths are skyrocketing, CDC reports” Mary Brophy Marcus, May 25, 2017, CBS News, cbsnews.com
