HEARING LOSS FROM ALEVE AND TYLENOL

A health warning for women: Those painkillers may take away the headaches…but they may take away your hearing, as well.

FOX News Radio’s Chris Hoenig reports in today’s “Housecall for Health”:
New research says household pain relievers like Tylenol and Aleve can cause hearing loss in women. A 14-year study from Brigham; Women’s Hospital in Boston found women who take ibuprofen or acetaminophen more than two days a week have a 13% higher risk of hearing loss. The risk for women who use them more than six days a week rose to 24%.
The bad news is that Naproxen (Aleve) is known to cause both hearing loss and tinnitus (and a bunch of other ototoxic side effects as well). In fact the “official” figures (which I think are much too low) indicate that Naproxen causes hearing disorders in up to 3% of the people taking it, and tinnitus in up to 9% of the people taking it. It looks like you are one of the “fortunate few”.

It’s hard to know whether the damage will be temporary or permanent. In one study 40% recovered their hearing and 60% had permanent hearing loss after taking Naproxen. Tinnitus results are mixed too. In some people it is permanent, and in others it goes away after some hours or days.
Watch for these and other symptoms:
http://hearinglosshelp.com/weblog/naproxen-aleve-can-cause-both-hearing-loss-and-tinnitus.php
http://www.ehealthme.com/ds/aleve/hearing+loss
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Doctors in Brazil use this product, sell it over the counter and have done much research on this herb.
CHANCA PIEDRA
Pain Relief: Three studies report seven times more potent as a pain-reliever than aspirin or acetaminophen. (Published 2000)
(Chanca Piedra (Phyllanthus niruri) Doctors in Brazil in medical school educate new doctors about the ability to treat kidney stones with this remedy.
In 1999 in vitro study Chanca Piedra extract exhibited the ability to block the formation of calcium oxalate crystals (the building blocks of most kidney stones) and aids in the prevention of urolithiasis. It has been reported to facilitate bladder calculi. (Urinary relaxant effect) It reduces the excess of uric acid and increases urination.Peru’s study found it to be successful in eliminating stones within a week or two. Gallstone increases bile secretions and lowers blood cholesterol levels in rats.
Studies as far back as 1929 in India, they produce a tablet called Punarava and sold as a diuretic there. (same)
Dr. Baruch Blumberg reported that Chanca Piedra could clear up the chronic carrier state of Hepatitis B in 1988, it was a big deal. Dr. Blumberg was the winner of the 1963 Nobel Prize for discovering the HBV antigen.
I wanted to make the point that this herb as been studied and a great substitute for Aleve and Tylenol, if it's organic, no GMO's here, and you use it reg as you would a drug i.e.
We know many other's ways to stop pain without resulting in hearing loss. This is what I've said before. If this was an herb...they'd take it off the market, but not here.
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 Ibuprofen will cause breathing difficulty and many other drugs. Read your labels.