“At high doses, opioid painkillers actually seem to amplify pain by changing signaling in the central nervous system, making the body generally more sensitive to painful stimuli.”
Category: ContraRisks
Vaccinating against dengue may increase Zika outbreaks
“New research shows that vaccinations for dengue increase the number of people contracting Zika. It also shows that the more people in a particular population that are vaccinated against dengue, […]
ContraReport Opioid/Cannabis 2016 Video Sources
link to video: https://youtu.be/VY9udZKzUEg?si=LDZP6xTBsUkdBkN4 “78 Americans die every day from an opioid overdose.” – CDC ‘Understanding the Epidemic’ Since 2000 opioid overdose deaths have increased 200%. – Rudd, R. (2016). […]
Study investigates absorption of artificial sweeteners in blood
“The results of the study demonstrate that, compared to adults, children had double the concentrations of plasma sucralose after ingestion of a single twelve ounce can diet soda. The same […]
Big Pharma’s Manufactured Epidemic: The Misdiagnosis of ADHD
“This was all orchestrated behind the sheen of academic institutions—it’s easy to get away with it when the doctors performing the studies have affiliations at Harvard, Johns Hopkins and Cal, […]
Exposure to SSRIs during pregnancy associated with increased risk of speech/language disorders
“SSRIs cross the placenta and enter the fetal circulation.”
Dementia study lists everyday risk factors
“They found that a lack of vitamin D – produced by the body through exposure to sunlight – and exposure to air pollution were implicated, along with occupational exposure to […]
Formaldehyde damages proteins, not just DNA
“…the findings might explain why formaldehyde may be toxic to the nervous system. Neurons don’t divide or replicate DNA, so they aren’t as vulnerable to the kind of damage formaldehyde […]
Call to Action on Neurotoxin Exposure in Pregnant Women and Children
“After reviewing evidence for brain and nervous system effects of more than 10 different chemical groups from studies of early life exposures and child development, the group—dubbed Project TENDR—called out […]
How the sugar industry has distorted health science for more than 50 years
“Through an examination of archival documents, the JAMA paper shows how a sugar trade association helped boost the hypothesis that eating too much saturated fat was the major cause of […]