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Facts about Narcotics

This article was written by one of nurses at Caring Medical and Rehabilitation Services,
MaryLou Daguio, R.N.

What are narcotics?
The term narcotic is derived from the Greek word for stupor. At one time, the term applied to any drug that induced sleep, but primarily refers to drugs that have morphine-like strong analgesic properties. Narcotics are medications that are morphine-like, whereas a similar analogy is NSAIDS, which are aspirin-like. There are numerous NSAIDs available because each NSAID company believes that their product is safer and more efficacious than the others are. The same is true with the various narcotics. Each pharmaceutical company producing narcotics tries to develop an even stronger pain reliever with fewer side effects. By definition, narcotics, which act in a manner similar to morphine, are immunosuppressive.

Different kinds of narcotics:

Vicodin
Darvocet
Duragesic
Morphine
Oxycontin
Codeine
Percodan
Other addictive substances

Known Effects of Narcotics on the Immune System:

Suppress the cytotoxic activity of natural killer cells
Enhance the growth of implanted tumors
Depress T-Lymphocyte responsiveness to stimulation
Ablate delayed hypersensitive skin response
Cause spleen atrophy
Cause thymus gland atrophy
Decrease T-lymphocyte numbers
Decrease T-cell function
Inhibit antibody production
Inhibit B-cell activity
Decrease levels of interferon
Increase incidence of infections
Depress the function of all cells of the immune system

What does medical literature say?

The Journal of Neuroimmunology, 85:36-44, 1998, in an article from T. K. Eisenstein and M. E. Hilburger from the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at Temple University School of Medicine, stated plainly, “In aggregate, the literature supports the existence of in vivo neural-immune circuit through which morphine acts to depress the function of all cells of the immune system.” In other words, taking the medical literature as a whole, narcotics suppress every cell of the immune system.

How does this affect you?

The body needs an intact immune system to heal. inflammation only occurs if there is an immune reaction. If complete healing is to take place, use of narcotics must be stopped.

We tell you this information at Caring Medical on the first visit to our office. Often people who are in chronic pain have become narcotic-dependent. It is not absolutely necessary to be off of narcotics to begin Prolotherapy, though this is preferred, but there must be a willingness to get off of them. The person unwilling to do this has little hope of curing the chronic pain.

How do I get off of narcotics?

The narcotic dose is typically weaned by 5 to 10mg/week, until the patient is completely off of narcotics. It is always helpful for the patient to also undergo Diet Typing, nutritional testing, and hormonal assessments to enhance the immune function. By using this approach, we have had success, even with heroin addicts, of not only curing the chronic pain, but also curing the addiction.

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Ross Hauser, M.D. Dr. Hauser received his M.D. from the University of Illinois, Chicago; completed his residency at Loyola-Hines VA-Marianjoy Hospitals in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation; and received his Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Dr. Hauser is the Medical Director and co-founder of the physician-run, comprehensive natural medicine clinic, Caring Medical & Rehabilitation Services in Oak Park, Illinois. Dr. Hauser is one of the leading experts in the treatment of chronic pain and sports injuries with Prolotherapy. He, along with his wife Marion, have written seven books on the topic of Prolotherapy, a comprehensive book on the natural medicine approach to cancer, as well as a myriad of articles and newsletters for the general public. Read more Ask A QUESTION
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