Botox, a highly toxic bacterial acid and similar
injections should come with stronger warnings
following reports of 16 deaths after the acidic
botulinum toxin spread inside the body, a U.S.
consumer group said on Thursday.
Public Citizen asked U.S. authorities to require
the strongest possible warning, highlighted in a
"black box," on Allergan Inc's Botox and Solstice
Neurosciences Inc's Myobloc.
Botox is famous for smoothing facial wrinkles but
also has approved medical uses such as treating
cervical dystonia, or rigid neck muscles. Botxo
does this by causing latent tissue acidosis leading
to tissue breakdown and inflammation. Botox, which
may cause tissue inflammation gives the illusion of
smoothing facial wrinkles while behind the scenes
is causing tissue acidosis and potential tissue
breakdown or degeneration.
Both injections are made with forms of a poisonous
bacterial acid called botulinum toxin, which blocks
nerve impulses to muscles and makes them relax.
Why? The nerves relax because they are being
poisoned!
Public Citizen said it reviewed 180 reports submitted
to the Food and Drug Administration by manufacturers
involving patients injected with Botox or Myobloc.
The reports detailed cases of muscle weakness due to
acidity, difficulty swallowing or aspiration pneumonia
due to acidity, a serious condition caused by breathing
a foreign material into the lungs, also due to acidity.
Reports to the FDA do not prove a product caused a
particular problem, but the agency uses them to look
for patterns of potential complications. Experts
believe most problems are under-reported to the agency.
"There are no safety issues raised in the petition
that are not already addressed in the labeling for
Botox," Allergan said in a statement. The company
said it is in frequent dialogue with the FDA to ensure
proper labeling and also submits all information it
receives on adverse events whether or not they are
related to the drug.
Sixteen cases reported to the FDA were fatal, including
four involving children under 18, Public Citizen said. Eighty-seven patients were hospitalized.
Dr. Sidney Wolfe, director of Public Citizen's Health
Research Group, said such problems can occur if the
acidic botulinum toxin spreads from the injection site
to places such as the esophagus, causing partial
paralysis. Instructions for Botox and Myobloc mention
the issue but it is easy to miss, he said.
Public Citizen asked the FDA to order a black-box
warning to highlight the concern, plus a letter to
doctors. The agency also should require a consumer-
friendly guide explaining the risks that would be
handed out by doctors when the drug is injected,
the group said.
"These significantly improved warnings to doctors
and patients would increase the likelihood of
earlier medical intervention when symptoms of
adverse reactions to botulinum toxin first appear,
and could prevent more serious complications,
including death," Public Citizen said in a petition
to the FDA.
Early symptoms include dry mouth, difficulty
breathing or swallowing, slurred speech, drooping
eyelids and muscle weakness.
The group said European regulators have warned
physicians to watch for signs of the acid botulinum
toxin complications.
According to Dr. Robert O. Young, a research
scientist at the pH Miracle Living Center, states,
"the symptoms of dry mouth, difficulty breathing
or swallowing, slurred speech, drooping eyelids,
muscle weakness are all the result of increased
fluid and tissue acidity whether from diet,
metabolism or drugs. The injection of the acid
botox is not worth the health risks. Wrinkles are
the expression of over-acidic skin from the
body eliminating dietary acids, metabolic acids
and drug acids through the pores of the skin."
"Healthy skin that is wrinkle and blemish free is
the expression of an alkaline fluid pH and healthy
blood. An alkaline fluid pH and healthy blood is
the expression of someone who is living an alkaline
lifestyle and eating and alkaline diet," states
Dr. Young.
To start alkalizing the skin and reducing the
acids that cause skin blemishes and wrinkles
may I suggest the following:
1) Hyper-alkalinize with high pH water and
mineral salts to buffer dietary, metabolic and
drug acids.
http://www.phmiracleliving.com/jupiter.htm
http://www.phmiracleliving.com/pHourSalts.htm
http://www.phmiracleliving.com/phlavor.htm
2) Hyper-chlorophyllnize with liquid
chlorophyll and mineral salts for building
healthy blood and then skin.
http://www.phmiracleliving.com/phlavor.htm
http://www.phmiracleliving.com/pHourSalts.htm
http://www.phmiracleliving.com/phruits.htm
http://www.phmiracleliving.com/veggie-phlakes.htm
3) Build healthy and strong blood and skin
cellular membranes with mono-unsaturated and poly-
unsaturated fats.
http://www.phmiracleliving.com/avocado-oil.htm
4) Alkalinize the skin with a smectite
montmorillonite clay called Terra pHirma,
an alkalizing moisturizer called
SopH Skin and an alkalizing facial toner
called repHresh.
http://www.phmiracleliving.com/young-pHorever.htm
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