Is a Multi-Million Dollar Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Clinical Study Needed in Order to Take Certain Actions for Your Health?

With modern advances in science, humanity has overcome health problems that have debilitated us and cut our lives short throughout history. This is the golden age of Science and Medicine, right? However, we must not overlook the outside forces that have shaped and manipulated science in the past or present.

When John Snow discovered the most likely cause of Cholera in 1854 using data and maps, he was met with years of scrutiny before his findings were adopted as common knowledge decades later. The term for this public reluctance to accept new information that clashes with existing doctrines is called the Semmelweiss Reflex.

If we aim to learn from history, we must remember to maintain an open mind about who or what could be stopping valuable medical information from being scientifically-proven and integrated into the medical literature.

One well-known example of this would be Monsanto's suppression of data that show RoundUp causes cancer. Before this was proven, and before the cover-ups revealed to the public, RoundUp was on the market for about 50 years, stationed at the ready to severely damage our health. Only recently -- after decades of illness, suffering, and death -- has justice and validation been brought to those who were affected. Due to the timing, not all those who were affected ended up living to see their justice.

Empowered by advances in technology and with entirely too much control over our government and legislation, Monsanto and companies like it continue to profit from products that pose health risks to both humans and the environment. Pesticides are well-known to be among the most poisonous substances, and as a result they are used in a significant chunk of suicides in the U.S.A.

Along with the fact that pesticide companies are not required to disclose any of the "Inert Ingredients" in their products, this all points to a gaping opportunity for already-suspect companies to take further advantage -- perhaps in even sneakier ways than before.

It would be frivolous and non-logical to suggest that nothing is wrong with pesticides that are currently on the market, especially when the public is not entitled to see all of the ingredients.

In this same line of reasoning, we can deduce that data on other topics remain suppressed or untested due to being unprofitable. For example, it is common knowledge now that toxins in our environment cause us inflammation and illness, such as BPA and PFAS, yet there remains little research into detoxicants that might help clear the body of such toxins. This may be due to the fact that none of the existing detoxicants would be profitable to test and sell on the market. These include things like Holy Basil, Ginger, Milk Thistle, Cilantro, Garlic, and much more.

Medications such as Activated Charcoal and Cholestyramine are currently used to detoxify the gastrointestinal tract after a toxic exposure or poisoning, however Cholestyramine is mainly used to reduce cholesterol and move blockages in the bile ducts. Despite its effectiveness in off-label use to detoxify the body from certain toxins, since no randomized, double-blind, placebo-control clinical study exists yet to prove or disprove the hypothesis, Cholestyramine still has a fair amount of skepticism in the medical community for its detoxifying properties.

Of course I only encourage skepticism and questioning everything within the context of science and medicine. However, it is not scientific to claim with certainty that Cholestyramine does not work as a detoxicant, because that hypothesis has not yet been disproven. It is only reasonable to show a certain amount of skepticism for new products or new off-label uses for medications. When it comes to addressing new-age illnesses, however, we are not in the wrong -- nor are we unintelligent -- to suggest that an existing treatment is helping to reduce our pain and suffering.

It should be a natural next step after hundreds or thousands of claims, to put the hypotheses to the test rather than to shut them down immediately. Given the nature of the funding for these medical studies, treatments that would result in no or low profit for the pharmaceutical companies producing them will rarely receive the funding needed to formally prove their efficacy.

I am sick now. I am in pain now. Why would I wait 10, 20, 50 years for an expensive, patented medication when thousands of my fellow Lyme Disease / Multiple Chemical Sensitivity sufferers (along with their doctors) claim that these existing treatments work. There would be no logical reason for us to not shop around and try existing medicines or historical remedies on a health problem that was created and perpetuated by large corporations that only see us as dollar signs.

Try that detox. Attempt to get Cholestyramine from an open-minded doctor. Try anything that will cause no harm but creates hope for healing. Do not let the cynicism of others stop you from seeking answers in this age of blindness.

Most importantly, let everyone else know what worked for you!