Dentists (again)

Here's the latest in the bizarre world of children's dentistry.  I can think of  only one reason a dentist would be able to get away with this degree of cruelty and for so long.

Brandi Motley exposed Florida dentist Howard Schneider about his children's practice | Daily Mail Online

Whenever I see a story about torture with people standing around doing nothing but watch somebody scream it says one word to me.  Versed.  Want to bet these drugged up looking children were given a little "sedative"?  I'd like to see what gave this dentist the idea that this much pain and suffering were OK.  Did he really do this without "anesthesia"?  Are they talking about "without novacaine/articaine" or without anything?    Versed is sometimes called anesthesia (it isn't, Versed does nothing to alleviate pain) and sometimes called a "sedative". (it isn't in non medical parlance)

Unfortunately this exhibition of depraved indifference has become quite common since Versed.  The medical/dental providers have discovered that they can torture with impunity because most of the time, the patient won't remember it.  Watch the video if you want to see how people, even innocent children are treated while they are on Versed.  I don't KNOW that the child was "sedated" but I'm thinking the kids would have ratted out this dentist a long time ago if they had remembered the mistreatment.

Supreme Court Death Penalty Case Focuses on Versed/Midazolam

The Supreme Court is going to weigh in on Versed as a lethal injection drug.  Due to several "botched" death penalty cases, the convicts and their lawyers are going to argue that the use of Midazolam constitutes cruel and unusual punishment, because the individual isn't unconscious at all and is cognizant of pain and suffering.

Again I ask, why, if this drug is not good enough for lethal injection, why is it good enough for patients?  Why are our medical workers using this torture drug?  Why are they so ADAMANT that they are allowed to use it, knowing that one of the problems with it is that the patient feels all of the pain associated with the procedure.  God help you if you don't get amnesia of the horror.  Anyway here is yet another article.


Supreme Court Death Penalty Case Focuses on Lethal Injection Drug - US News

Here are the documents from the pharma people on Versed/Midazolam 

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In light of this, why are the medical workers still using Versed on their patients?  Remember that this is only ONE of the reasons this drug should be banned for use on humans.

Vaccines Ineffective

We have had an outbreak of Whooping cough here which I have previously spoken of.  The outbreak consisted of vaccinated children, which the health board was not forthcoming about.  Here is their spin on just why it was only vaccinated kids who got sick.  So is this a ploy to force people to get more vaccines and help out big pharma?  Or are they going to do some REAL INVESTIGATIONS into vaccines to find out if we are all merely shoveling money at big pharma for dubious benefit?

Whooping Cough Epidemic Hit Vaccinated Kids Hard | Medpage Today

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Whooping Cough Epidemic Hit Vaccinated Kids Hard

Researchers found Tdap vaccine effectiveness fell off after 2 to 4 years.

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The 2012 pertussis epidemic in Washington state affected a surprising number of adolescents who were vaccinated on schedule, researchers reported.

Compared with over 1,200 controls, 450 adolescent cases of pertussis showed similar rates of having received five rounds of their vaccinations on the recommended schedule, but the vaccine's effectiveness rate dropped dramatically over time from 73% within 1 year to as low as 34% after 2 to 4 years from the last dose, Anna M. Acosta, MD, of the CDC, and colleagues, reported in Pediatrics.

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The pertussis vaccine and its schedule have been through several changes in the past 2 decades. Through 1997, children received five doses of a whole-cell vaccination. After 1997, those five doses were switched to an acellular pertussis vaccine. And in 2005, a sixth dose of the tetanus, diphtheria, acellular pertussis (Tdap) vaccine was recommended.

In 2012, Washington state experienced a pertussis epidemic with 2,520 cases reported by June of that year, a 1,300% increase over the previous year.

Acosta's team noticed an unexpectedly high rate of infection among older children and adolescents -- those potentially exposed to either a mix of whole-cell and acellular vaccines, or acellular vaccines only.

For this study, the researchers looked at Washington residents born from 1993 to 2000 in the seven Washington counties that reported more than 50 cases, and matched the adolescent pertussis cases with three controls based on vaccination records.

The participants were grouped by vaccination years, 1993-1997 for children who received five total vaccines in a mix of whole-cell or acellular form, or 1998-2000 for children who received five total vaccines in the acellular form only.

In order to be considered "complete and on schedule" for vaccination, the child had to have records indicating five total doses of diphtheria-tetanus toxoids-pertussis (DTP) or DTaP parsed as doses one-three before turning 1-year-old, dose four on or after the first birthday, and dose five on or after the fourth birthday, but before turning 7.

Within the seven counties, 959 cases of adolescent pertussis were reported. These cases represented 83% of all adolescent cases in the state, and 73% of all healthcare providers reporting cases of adolescent pertussis.

The primary analysis by Acosta's group included 450 cases and 1,246 age- and provider-matched controls with a median age of 14.

In the cohort, only 74% of cases and 75% of controls had proof of five vaccination doses, and only 60% of cases and 58% of controls received the five doses on schedule.

Tdap was given to 81% of the cases, and 90% of the controls, and overall, 84% of the cohort had been vaccinated again at 11 to 12 years of age.

The researchers estimated that Tdap demonstrated vaccine effectiveness at a rate of 63.9% (95% CI 49.7%-74.1%).

When stratified by time since Tdap vaccination, the effectiveness fell dramatically over time:

• Within 12 months, it was 73.1% (95% CI 60.3-81.8)
• At 12 to 23 months, the effectiveness rate dropped to 54.9% (95% CI 32.4-70.0)
• By 24 to 47 months, vaccine effectiveness was 34.2% (95% CI -0.03 to -58)

When Acosta's group performed subgroup analysis limited to confirmed cases of pertussis -- those with on-schedule only vaccinations -- or by excluding those with suspected cases, the results weren't much different from the findings in the primary analysis.

In the mixed group, 386 cases and 1,076 controls, the overall vaccine effectiveness was 51.5% (95% CI 26.1-68.1). But, the authors wrote, a direct comparison of the mixed group and the acellular only group wasn't possible due to differences in the age and time since vaccination between groups (P<0 .0001="" p="">

Although they could only confirm the vaccine brands, Boostrix by GlaxoSmithKline or Adacel by Sanofi, in 76% of study participants, the researchers found that Adacel was used more often in adolescents who caught pertussis (P=0.05), even though Adacel was used in only 17% of cases compared with 59% of cases vaccinated with Boostrix.

And regardless of vaccine group, Boostrix demonstrated slightly higher effectiveness when compared with Adacel. The estimated vaccine effectiveness for Boostrix was 60.1% (95% CI 47.7-69.6), and 48.8% (95% CI 28.8-63.2) for Adacel.

The study authors hazarded a few guesses as to why vaccine effectiveness fell short. One explanation could be suboptimal, post-vaccination, cell-mediated immunity with the acellular vaccine. Another could be that the vaccine prevented symptoms, but not infection and transmission. Also, there could have been genetic mutations in the pertussis strains that were not accounted for in the vaccine.

Study limitations include small sample size in comparison with the overall epidemic.

Medical Jargon...A Doctors Take On The Same Problem *I* Have

I have had a real problem with the mangling of the English language and the (deliberate, in my case) misinterpretation of certain words.  Words like "amnesia", "pain relief", "relaxing", awake and alert", etc.  We all think we know what they mean, but even the simple word "no" has a different meaning to medical workers.  Here is a doctor who feels the same way *I* do about words.  Words mean something.

In My Humble Opinion

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Words Posted: 26 Apr 2015 06:48 PM PDT It's metoprolol. m-e-t-o-p-r-o-l-o-l The nurse on the other end of the phone sighs as she tolerates my tirade regarding pronunciation.  They all know that I am particular about such things.  For metoprolol is neither metoclopramide or metalazone, and the difference could be life altering. I live in a world of words.  Trained in a language created to parse pertinent details.  Dysarthria or dysphagia?  Paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea, dyspnea on exertion, or orthopnea? Each variant a spectrum of flavor.  A morsel chewed, swallowed, and digested into its basic parts to be rattled off in staccato sentences between physicians.  A meaning conveyed to bring like minds to similar conclusions.   A common language among colleagues to convey a story, to solve a mystery, to make a plan of attack. And my patients words carry similar weight.  The accent on a particular syllable drawing significance unconsciously to a hidden meaning.  An atypical descriptor pushing the diagnostic engine toward a nefarious path.  The absence of content, words carelessly unspoken. My patient's future becomes precariously perched on such ambiguities.  My ability to interpret separates durable medical care from chaos. So you will have to excuse me if I occasionally get caught on words.  If I become stuck on pronunciation or am a stickler about meaning. I gently correct the cardiologist as we pass in the hall. It's Rothberg not Rothschild.  R-o-t-h-b-e-r-g.    And she died two nights ago.

Midazolam REJECTED For Lethal Injection!

Here's an article for you!  Midazolam aka Versed (VERsatile SEDative) aka "Vitamin V" is creating controversy within the lethal injection crowd.  Apparently it is "cruel and unusual punishment".  The opponents of the use of Midazolam are complaining that there is "SEARING PAIN" that the poor little inmates are expected to bear as the other drugs are injected.   The ones that finish them off.  Here's the weird part...we patients are subjected to Midazolam and searing pain, not just from the other drugs, but also the procedures themselves...but we don't count.  How is it that the final moments of a convicts life are important but innocent patients are expected to deal with "searing pain"?   Midazolam is unacceptable for use as a part of lethal injections and it is unacceptable to use on blameless, trusting patients.  BAN THIS DRUG!

Here is the article in situ;
Manufacturer asks Oklahoma to return any execution drugs - AOL.com

Stop Saying "Memory Loss"

I'm so sick of medical workers calling things by some kind of gentle euphemism I could scream.  The favored one is "memory loss".  The real word is AMNESIA.  Memory loss sounds more palatable because it really doesn't describe what Versed does.  Memory loss sounds innocuous, especially when they proclaim that you might not remember the procedure or even claim that you will be asleep.  NO boys and girls you will have AMNESIA.  You will be awake and aware, suffering and screaming, but you will have AMNESIA of the event and lots of other time as well.  Your brain will be short circuited like Alzheimer's does.  Damaged by the drug Versed.  You really think that a poison which acts upon the brain, selectively like this, is benign and without the possibility of permanent problems?

When they say the drug will "relax" you, it isn't relaxing at all, like you would think of relaxing.  Your muscle control will be knocked out, but you will be wide awake inside a body which is flaccid.  You will not be able to do anything but weakly struggle and scream if the pain becomes too great.  Who cares about this if that very same drug scrambles your brain and causes AMNESIA (not possible memory loss)  Of course the medical minions have NO WAY OF KNOWING if you have amnesia or not.  Why is that?  Because you are not asleep, nor are you unconscious.  You are still acting like you are awake and alert.  So even if you really ARE awake and alert, cognizant of the pain and torture, they can't tell the difference.  If your muscle control is negated with Versed and you are lying there basically paralysed by Versed, how will they know that you are still wide awake, without that "memory loss" and suffering?  They can't tell.  My own crna claimed that I was "very relaxed" during the time that I wanted to murder him.  Thinking of murdering somebody but being unable to respond isn't relaxing.  I was FURIOUS, not relaxed.  The Versed kept me from properly reacting to the threat and forced me to lie there seething.

This is such a bad drug it should be banned.  All this talk about preventing anesthesia awareness by using a drug like this is ludicrous.  They don't give a damn if you have awareness with Versed!  They will just tell you, "Oh well, everybody reacts differently to anesthesia.  We are sorry YOU are UPSET."   The implication being that YOU are the problem and really have no right to be upset.  The medical minions have become so hardened and callous by using this torture drug, that they just don't care.  It amazes me that they get away with this.  Versed is given for the benefit of an uncaring medical behemoth.  They do not care about the horror of this drug, they don't care about the torture and they DON'T CARE about the long term problems with their drug of choice.

All of the actions of the torture committee are designed to be hidden with their little "memory loss" drug.  Stop saying that!  Be honest about this drug and the reasons you use it.  It's chemical AMNESIA!  Say the word.

Another Vitriolic Comment Attempt

As I have written numerous times, I post what I want to.  I have an O-P-I-N-I-O-N about the state of medical care today and the abuse of a very bad drug called Versed/Midazolam.  I have warned many times that I do most definitely pick and choose particularly vile posts to show what medical workers think of us.  That's just how I want to do it.  I don't care what a control freak wants me to do here.  In this place medical workers are not in charge.  I continuously encourage the anti-social rantings from medical workers.  Why is that?  Don't think for one minute that I actually enjoy being attacked verbally!  It's so that I can show, without any question, the thought processes of certain medical workers, in particular those who claim to be anesthesia nurses.  Aside from the money, there are other reasons why somebody might want to work in anesthesia.  I like to point them out.  Here is a recent HATE comment from a wonderful, caring medical worker. (cough)

Anonymous has left a new comment on your post "Heart Cath and Amnesia":

"Along with elderly, substance abusers, and people with preexisting mental issues, patients receiving cardiac procedures are the number ONE patient class to suffer POCD. Please do your research properly before opening mouth and inserting foot. Also, myself and others have noted that you FAIL to put entire posts that include researched data, but rather only post exerts that you can use to further your slander. Why not show the public EVERYTHING if you are so honest? Please, just take your medication."

I want you to know the absolute disregard for the patient and for the patients brain function from this "sympathetic" person.  The very first sentence says it all...  You may infer from this comment that ONLY the "elderly, substance abusers, and people with preexisting mental issues" suffer from POCD.  Does that make sense to you?  POCD "post operative cognitive dysfunction" ISN'T caused by the drugs used in the surgery?  Really?  (heavy sarcasm)  Oh it's those people who are SUBSTANDARD IN SOME WAY that suffer from the side effects of the drugs used in surgery.  That's right boys and girls, it isn't the fault of the drugs, it's ALL YOUR FAULT!  If you weren't such an inferior creature you wouldn't have POCD!  If you have a bad reaction to Versed, then it's your own fault.  It is never EVER the fault of the Versed, nor is it the fault of the idiot who gave Versed to a person whom they suspect might be a candidate for POCD.  So if you seem normal to the anesthesia person you will get Versed and if you AREN'T normal you will get Versed because, what the hell, if the patients gets POCD from their administration of Versed, then it's a matter of supreme indifference at best or comments such as the above at worst.

The "research" I have done, combined with my own experience with Versed is called into question by this commenter as well.  Here's the deal.  This person exemplifies why their own idea of "research" is flawed.  Look at how they try to deny that Versed is causing problems.  It's so transparent.  Versed is the main culprit in this.  Medical workers are in denial.  It's the ABV (anything but Versed) syndrome I have written about.  Why would I trust ANY so-called "research" done by medical workers who so LOVE this poison called Versed that they will actually blame the victim instead of the poison?  After ADMITTING that post operative cognitive dysfunction is a problem, they then go on to blame US for it.  How about not using a drug known to cause POCD no matter how narrowly defined their little explanation of why this is so?  Is that too hard to do?

Why is the incidence of POCD so high with heart patients?  I'm not drawing a correlation from this comment.  Are they saying that POCD is OK because these are old people (one of the "flaws" in patients which causes POCD because, apparently, Versed doesn't cause this) and they are already substandard due to age?  That makes it OK?  Actually it looks like older people are at risk from Versed, according to our esteemed medical worker and maybe should NEVER be given it.  I still am not sure why this medical worker tried to insult me over this.  It's TRUE people are getting POCD from heart surgery.  (and everything else where Versed is featured) What difference does it make to point out that people with heart problems are the number one group of patients at risk for POCD?  Does that number make any difference whatsoever to what I wrote about or the people who commented on askapatient?  Does that make it OK to go ahead and create POCD with Versed, just because they are already at risk for it?  Talk about cya!  Research has shown that Versed is a major player in developing POCD and dementia in the hospital.  There is no denying it.  The facts are the facts.

As far as slander?  I have your post here slandering me, now don't I?  Let's see, implying that I am a substance abuser, alcoholic, have preexisting mental issues and am on medication for same isn't slander?


Oddly this person is conflating POCD and the effects of Versed as if they are one and the same.  OK, so POCD IS something that Versed creates or causes?  I've been saying that for a long time, but it appears that this person is agreeing with me.  Or are they trying to pretend that something ELSE is at work here...  It's the Versed.  I was the Versed in my case and judging by the sheer numbers of people who have had a bad experience with Versed, it was the Versed in their case as well.  It's a mental disorder, in my opinion, to come on this blog and attack, insult, threaten and deny.  What is the commenter hoping to accomplish?  Their very own words prove my point and condemn themselves.

Why don't MEDICAL WORKERS THEMSELVES show us all that research that shows that Versed is detrimental to our health?  They want me to show slanted "happy clouds" "research" that somehow "proves" that Versed is a "good" drug".  Wow.  Really? What's the name of this blog?  That's right: NO Midazolam.