Welcome back to the program,
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I'm Charles Mills
here with Dr. James Marcum.
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Now Dr. Marcum, I know
for a fact that you would not
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be saying what you're
saying here if you didn't
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have an alternative...
because there are people
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out there who are
taking medicines...
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they are spending a lot
of money, a lot of time,
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and a lot of energy
doing what their doctor says,
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and you're saying,
"Now wait a minute...
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be careful, medicines can kill"
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Give them some encouragement
that there may be something
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they're missing in all of this.
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What would that be? Right
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You know, medicines can
change a body's chemistry,
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can help things work out okay.
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But a long time ago,
there was someone that said,
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"Listen, have this apple, EAT it
you're going to live FOREVER!"
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You know, what's said is
not always entirely true.
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and 98% truth
can still be a lie.
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And so medications
do change our chemistry,
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and some medications are needed,
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but what I want our
listeners and our viewers
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to understand today,
is these same medications
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that can help us
are also killing us.
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Not because we choose that,
we don't want that to happen,
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but a lot of people don't
realize that these medications
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can cause addictions.
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There are
mistakes that can be made.
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There are adverse reactions.
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There are all sorts of
things that can happen with
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these medications that
can make a body go poorly.
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Now what's the alternative
if we don't take our medicines?
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Well, I want
people to ask and say,
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"Listen, why am I
on this medication,
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do I need to take it?"
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Now luckily for us,
when I was struggling with
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all this medication,
when people were dying
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not only from medications,
from many other things,
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I think about chemotherapy...
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I had a patient once,
Charles, that had a bone marrow
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transplant and before
we do that we gave him very
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powerful chemotherapy
to treat a condition
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called "multiple myeloma"
a bone marrow disease...
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Well, the chemotherapy,
everyone knows that
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is a very dangerous thing.
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It drops your blood counts.
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It makes you
susceptible to infections.
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It wipes you out basically.
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But we give that in
order to hopefully have
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the good cells
rise up and take charge,
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but no matter what we
did on this gentleman,
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the medicine killed him,
and he didn't have a chance.
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He knew that was a side-effect,
we knew it was a side-effect.
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We looked at the risks and
benefits in this treatment...
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But I felt so bad
that we didn't have
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something more to offer him,
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and in that soul-searching,
looking for answers,
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that's when I realized, the
real answers are in the Bible.
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The real answers, the
Biblical technologies are there,
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and I wish I had known
what I know now then...
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because I would have
said, "Listen, the medicines
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this chemotherapy is risky
and it might take your life"
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"It also might
help save your life. "
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"But at the same
time, I know a person,
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a GOD that can give
you life, that can heal you
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no matter what happens here. "
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I wish I had given that.
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And then as I studied, I
realized there's Biblical
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technology, there are
Biblical prescriptions
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that God has given us
that changes our chemistry
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and can treat the
very same things that these
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medications can do and yet
we've gotten far away from that!
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If I was an evil one, wanting to
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destroy the world,
that's what I would do...
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I'd give everyone a
bunch of quick fixes;
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I would get them depending
on us, depending on doctors,
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and not looking at
the Great Physician.
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If I was out there and I
had a bunch of television shows
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about a bunch of
doctors that could have
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all this fancy
technology, and we could do a
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brain transplant, we
could do this medicine
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and that medicine and
look at what we can do...
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Or better yet, I'd have
a bunch of lifestyle people
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telling people, "Listen if you
exercise and eat the right foods
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you can live forever!
Eat this you'll never die!"
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And yet, I would take everyone's
attention off the true God,
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the Master
Physician and His Plan
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that He gave us way back then.
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Well our alternative
is to get back to the way
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God wanted us to live,
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the way God wanted us to think,
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the way God wanted us to eat,
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the way God wanted us to
love and serve each other.
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That's the real
solution to healthcare dilemma.
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And as we look at
these medications,
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it's not only the medications
that are destroying us, Charles,
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EVERYTHING ELSE
is destroying us too!
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It's just not ONE thing,
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but we need to
look at the big picture,
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and we need to get back
and look at God's picture,
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and God's Plan
for each one of us.
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This can never be legislated.
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You can never go in a doctor's
office and get a magic pill,
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but this comes from God
and your relationship with Him.
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And that's why I want
to point out to everyone
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that this is the ultimate
prescription that we have.
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That's why we named this program
"The Ultimate Prescription"
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We wanted to be the
ONLY health program out there
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...we don't want to be the
only one, but I think we are
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that points to God as the
Prescription FIRST that we go to
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before we even go
to modern medicine
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even though
there's a place for it...
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Because we want to have LIFE!
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We want to know
the SOURCE of life...
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And it only makes sense, if you
want real answers to the world,
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you go back to the
One that created us.
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You don't go to the one
that's trying to DESTROY US!
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So anyway, in this
battle with medicines,
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I've learned that - and I
know that medicines can kill,
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but also know that there are
many other things that can kill
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and there's only one
thing that can give LIFE,
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and that's the ultimate
prescription with our Creator...
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and that's what I want to
take our viewers back to...
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To realize
medicines have its place,
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but let's get back
to Biblical technology
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and learn from our Creator,
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and let Him HEAL US!
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Maybe He can take
us off these medicines.
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Maybe He can help us realize
that this is DANGEROUS for me.
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Maybe there is another
way I can get off of it.
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And even if we
are killed some day,
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we could have TOTAL peace
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and we can have ultimate
healing in that relationship.
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Hmm-mmm, my, my, my
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I'm sorry I got
off on my soapbox here!
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I LOVE that soapbox!
That's a wonderful soapbox.
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But you know what... how many
times are we talking like that?
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Are we afraid to
say things like that?
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You know, why not when you
go to the doctor's office...
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you have doctors that say,
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"Listen the Great
Creator, the One I serve,
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let's deal with
what He says FIRST,
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and THEN we'll go
to modern medicine,
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then we'll go to
lifestyle second.
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And you can be safe in
that every single time.
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We don't hear that enough
and that's what we want to give
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AN ALTERNATIVE...
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Another way for people to think
about their health and healing.
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Well, let's look at some of the
questions that have come into
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heartwiseministries.
org on this subject
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First question - What
is anaphylactic reaction,
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and what causes it?
I've heard about this.
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Yeah... Pretty bad stuff.
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Anaphylaxis is probably
the most dangerous thing
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that can happen when a
person takes a medicine, Charles
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And we normally see
it with antibiotics,
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but any medication
can cause anaphylaxis...
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And that's literally when
you put something into your body
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your immune
system has not seen it,
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and literally some antibiotics,
specifically the body attacks it
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and you have the worse
reaction you can imagine.
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the body attacks and in
the process of attacking,
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your blood pressure goes low,
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all sorts of bad
organ systems happen...
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We call this anaphylactic SHOCK
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because the blood pressure...
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the system attacks
this foreign object
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it sees this as DANGEROUS.
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So the body, in all
of its immune system,
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and all of its power,
attacks this foreign object
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and then it can lead to all
sorts of organ system damage.
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Unfortunately, every year
people die from anaphylaxis.
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This terrible reaction that
comes when they put something
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in their body that
they don't know what it is.
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And we see that in
other substances too..
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you get a shot
or some vaccination.
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Sometimes there
are other reactions,
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so any medication that you take,
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there's always a chance
that your own immune system
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might attack it.
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So what do you do as a doctor
when you prescribe something,
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how do you watch them?
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Well first of all, we'd say
that there's always a chance
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So if you have this,
go to the emergency room.
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If we get them right away
sometimes we can reverse it
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with medications to
support the circulatory system
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which goes into
collapse when this happens,
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and then of course,
if they've ever had this,
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they never ever can
take that medication again...
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because the body is
just going to attack again.
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We see this quite
a bit and, you know,
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some people have reactions to
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blood products
that were given them.
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Some people have reactions
to common things like shellfish
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or a certain antibiotic.
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We see that in
penicillin quite a bit.
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They have anaphylactic shock.
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So anaphylaxis is
an extreme body attack
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to a foreign object
that can be life-threatening.
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Okay - all right!
Question number 2...
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I know where you're going
with thing and this is going to
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surprise a lot of people too.
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Are there any medications that
have absolutely NO side effects?
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Let me think... Not
that I know of - okay
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I don't know any
medication that never has had
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a handout with
zero side-effects.
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I was trying to think...
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Well, you know, a
placebo, a sugar pill,
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but then I started thinking,
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well, a sugar pill
could change your sugar,
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and it could
change the way you think,
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so there's really no
medicine that doesn't have
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at least A side effect.
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And you think of
some side effects that
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aren't too dangerous,
but almost any one could
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cause
anaphylaxis, some of them can
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lower your blood pressure.
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some of them
could cause bad rashes,
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they interact
with other medicines...
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So there isn't any
medicine that I KNOW of
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...even oxygen - some
people say that's a medication
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but you can give too
much oxygen to some people too
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...THAT could be toxic!
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So no, I don't know any
medicine that DOESN'T have
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at least A side
effect. All right!
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I guess what we're
trying to say is that..
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Be careful... When
you take a medication
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talk to your doctor about it;
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find out what's possible
here, and what might happen,
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and be prepared for it.
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Don't just simply...
take that little bag home
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open it up and swallow it down
and think everything's fixed!
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That's not true - not yet.
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So just make sure
you're careful about that -
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I guess is the message
you're trying to say here.
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All right - question #3 here...
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I am on a statin
and have muscle aches,
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should I stop the medication?
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I would say, "yes you should"
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One of the side effects
of statins is "myositis"
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or muscle weakness.
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Muscle weakness - if it's severe
enough can make a chemical
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called "CPK"
creatine phosphokinase
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If that's in a high enough level
that can shut down your kidneys
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So the absolute - if
you're having muscle aches,
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that could be a sign
of myositis that could be
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a dangerous side
effect of medicines.
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In fact, some of the statins
have been pulled off the market
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because it caused
these dangerous side-effects.
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All right, very good.
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I think we have
time for one more - yes!
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Very quickly, when I
read the information on a
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medication handout,
it scares me to death.
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How do I know if a
medication is really SAFE?
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Is it possible to be safe?
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Yeah - No
medicine is entirely safe,
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and that's why you have
to balance the risk of the
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medication versus the benefits,
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and you have to look
at that very closely.
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And if you're bouncing
your head against the wall...
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over and over,
you're smacking your head...
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Well, is the treatment to
give you morphine for that?
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...Or to quit banging
your head on the wall?
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So the real treatment
might be to quit banging
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your head on the wall.
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So unfortunately, as a society,
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we're banging our
heads on the wall.
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We're taking
medicines and we're not
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getting at the problem.
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So no medicine
is absolutely safe.
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See if you can be on
as little as you can,
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and see if there are
natural things you can,
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based on the
Biblical technology,
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and your
relationship with the Creator,
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to change your chemistry.
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And that Biblical
technology is put God
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put in place
during Creation week.
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We'll be talking about
that on other programs.
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We'll take a short
break and when we come back,
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let's talk -
the Master physician
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Stay where you are...
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We've been
talking about medications,
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and I hope you realize
the fact that medications
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can kill you.
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Medications can be dangerous.
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Medications do have
a place in treatment.
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And as you can see, I'm very
passionate about this subject.
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Well why am I so passionate?
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Well I've been seeing first-line
over the last 20 years
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what medications can
do, what they don't do...
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and it's time for someone to
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step up to the
plate and tell the truth!
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Medications have a
place but they can kill.
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And I hope each one
of you today realizes,
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if you're taking
medications, LOOK at them,
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and be very careful.
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Learn what they interact with.
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Learn what these medications do.
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And also, ask the person that
put you on these medications
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whether there are any way
you can be off 1 or 2 of them
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Perhaps you can make
some lifestyle changes
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and improve your chemistry.
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There might be someone out
there that needs prayer today.
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They might be on a medication,
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they might need special help
from God, the Master Physician,
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and on this program,
"The Ultimate Prescription,"
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we want to always look for
the ultimate source of healing,
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the ultimate
source of power - Our God.
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Let's bow our heads together...
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Father God... We want to
thank you for leading us,
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and help us ALL to look to
You as the Ultimate Physician,
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the Ultimate Source of Healing,
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and to use Your Bible as the
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source of healing us, Father...
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And if someone else out there
might need healing, Father,
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please step into
their life and be the salve,
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be the Ultimate
Physician for them...
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Is our humble prayer... Amen
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Well I hope you've
learned something today
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about medications.
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I hope that you take
this home and if nothing else,
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realize that medications
are a source of problems
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in the United
States and the world.
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God be with you today.
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