Schmerzmittelgruppe
Anhang 5
[Christa-Johanna Bub-Jachens]
The dangers of painkillers are often not fully recognized. They are
widely advertised, but potential consequences only rarely made known.
Painkillers are widely used in the highly industrialized countries, were
analgesic-induced nephropathy is remarkably common. 20% of patients requiring
dialysis present with analgesic-induced renal failure (Switzerland). At the
dialysis center in Luebeck, Germany is this 10%. It is not generally known that
10% of all patients with analgesic-induced
renal failure develop urothelial carcinoma.
"Phenacetin kidney" was first described in 1950. In 1986, the
registration of drugs containing phenacetin was canceled. Concerning the
history of phenacetin: large quantities
of p-nitrophenol were obtained as a byproduct in the manufacture of
certain pigments; the search for an industrial use led to the development of
phenacetin.
Anilines also have analgesic, anti-inflammatory and antipyretic properties
but proved too toxic. Acetanilide (an antipyretic), obtained by acetylation,
was in use for a long time
before it was banned for causing methemoglobinemia. In was known as
early as 1887 that acetanilide converts to paracetamol [N-(4-hydroxy-phenyl)
acetamide] in the organism. "This substance is much more effective and is
better tolerated. Wanting to 'detoxify' paracetamol
still further, chemists produced the ethoxy compound phenacetin. Today we
know, therefore, that phenacetin is converted into paracetamol in the
body."
The February, 1986 issue of Arznei-telegramm states: "The
pharmacological and toxicological data establish the same kind of nephrotoxic
and carcinogenic risk as for phenacetin. Epidemiological data that might go
against this are not available."
Today, we know that paracetamol (has taken the place of phenacetin) is
no less nephrotoxic than phenacetin (in combination with acetylsalicylic acid
+/o. coffein.
All non-steroidal anti-inflammatory agents cause renal damage. The
histology shows non-purulent interstitial nephritis followed by papillary
necrosis. There is no dose-effect relation. Some patients taking large doses of
analgesics do not show damage, whilst others may develop nephropathy after even
relatively low doses.
Generally speaking, it is true to say that renal damage is all the more
likely the higher the cumulative dose. Non-steroidal antirheumatic drugs also
play a considerable role in both chronic and acute renal failure.
We note that drugs have been produced from waste products. Let us hear
R.S.: "It is not admissible simply to try substances out... without
considering what is revealed
to the world in them. People test aspirin... or phenacetin, etc., giving
them to patients. If they give one after the other like this, there is no need
to activate the soul...".
He described the way this attitude had come from the Academy of
Gondishapur and said there must be no such science, devoid of all spirit, in
the future. He spoke of the way medicines were found by Intuition in the past,
when people observed the inner connections. Today scientists experiment and try
substances out on a number of people. R.S. pointed out that such an approach
would have negative consequences in due course, though these would not have
been noted by the initial experimenters. Chemical analysis in the modern sense
will not reveal the world mission of a substance. R.S. showed that it is
important to know and perceive the relationship between macrocosm and human
being and that there is less and less such knowledge (in medicine). "I
went through the martyrdom of the intellect and of sentience when phenacetin
was tried out. This method of trying something out, without anything to guide
one, shows that science has lost not only the spirit but also its seriousness.
Today we must clearly distinguish where we have caricatures of a science
and where true insight is gained out of the spirit."
These words were spoken in 1908! Consider how long it took until
scientists discovered and admitted to facts which R.S. had known through the
science of the spirit.
Analgesics with peripheral action inhibit prostaglandin synthesis and
thus prevent sensitization of pain receptors. Prostaglandins are hormone-like
substances involved
in many processes, e.g. inflammatory processes and platelet aggregation.
The question is, why do peripheral analgesics and anti-inflammatory
drugs cause kidney damage leading to kidney failure and urothelial carcinoma?
The kidney is a secretory organ which enables the human organism to become a
self-contained entity capable of self experience. Processes of conscious
awareness are connected with the kidney. The kidney is also the organ from
which the astral body radiates, which makes it the organic basis for
sentience.(9) Pain signifies increased awareness in the organic region
concerned. It is experienced in astral body and ego. (The pain vanishes as soon
as ego and astral body depart, e.g. in sleep, even if the wound is still
there.).
If we see pain as something that brings awareness, waking us up, we may
also consider it to be our helper, a chance to perceive the need for specific
measures both externally and inwardly. If this awareness-creating symptom is
simply suppressed, with no other suitable measures taken, this may create
deep-seated problems for the individual concerned.
Apart from kidney damage, potential side effects of all the types of
drugs mentioned above include hypersensitivity (skin reactions,
analgesic-induced asthma, etc.)
and changes in blood profile (agranulocytosis). It is evident that a
shift occurs in the astral body's direction of action and also an attack on the
ego-organization.
The above mentioned drugs not only eliminate pain but also have
anti-inflammatory and antipyretic properties. Relative to reduced awareness,
the suppression of inflammatory reactions and the effect on the warmth
organization are of much greater account. They add to the damaging effects of
modem civilization, increasing the diseases of our time.
The question is, what is the effect of drinks containing paracetamol
used to treat colds (Contac Night-Time, Larylin, and others)? They sound so
harmless and are used with terrible frequency. What does it mean if we use
acetylsalicylic acid to treat inhibition of platelet aggregation, which is a
common practice today?