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The Top Pharmaceutical Drugs Causing Cognitive-Related Damage

Mike Barrett
By Mike Barrett
Posted On March 15, 2012

Pharmaceutical drugs pushed by the mainstream medical establishment are notorious for causing countless side-effects leading to even more problems. In fact, the average drug label contains 70 negative side-effects on average, with many drugs reaching the 100’s. Helping to make up the outrageous amount of side-effects caused by pharmaceutical drugs are brain-related side-effects, known to be causing serious damage to many prescription drug users.

Top Pharma Drugs Linked to Cognitive Damage

Collecting data from the FDA Adverse Event Reporting System, a company known as AdverseEvents, Inc. conducted a survey of pharmaceutical drugs potentially causing brain-related side-effects. In their quest, the company found more than 50,000 individual adverse event case reports linking to “common brain-related side-effect categories” such as:

  • Memory loss (amnesia)
  • Loss of libido
  • Compulsive behaviors

After analyzing the data collected, the company found which top drug culprits cause the greatest adverse impact on the brain. Used by thousands of individuals to ‘treat’ insomnia, a drug known as Ambien CR was the top drug linked to memory loss-related side-effects. Interestingly enough, it was recently reported that consuming sleep medication not only completely ignores the underlying problem of what is causing sleep issues, but also leads to an increased risk of cancer and premature death.

With about 41 percent of adults diagnosed with insomnia turning to prescription drugs, it is imperative to pass along this information. The top drug shown to lead to the most side-effects, causing inhibition of libido and more, is a hair loss medication known as Propecia. Other drugs making the top 25 count were commonly used antidepressants. Ingested by more than 1 in 10 Americans, antidepressants have also been shown to cause your arteries to thicken 400 percent more than aging.

These pharmaceuticals, as shocking as it may sound, have even been shown to worsen depression and cause suicidal thoughts. As for causing the greatest amount of side-effects related to compulsive behavior, a Parkinson’s medication called Mirapex won the gold trophy. Instead of resorting to this medication, brain exercises have been shown to provide significant relief to Parkinson’s patients. In addition, tai chi can improve balance and lower the risk of fallsin those suffering from mild or moderate Parkinson’s disease.

“This is a very timely and insightful report. While the warning signals in this report don’t necessarily prove a causal relationship, they are often the first sign of such a link. Therefore, it is critical for consumers and prescribers to be aware of such potentially adverse effects. Some of these side effects, such as loss of libido or amnesia, can have a devastating impact on a person’s quality of life,” P. Murali Doraiswamy, M.D., a professor and leading neuropsychiatric drug safety researcher at Duke University Medical Center said.

According to MarketWatch, the top drugs linked to amnesia are:

        Primary Suspect Drug       PRR             ROR
        ----------------------------------------------------
              AMBIEN CR           49.72           84.72
               AMBIEN             32.02           42.98
              NEURONTIN            7.81            8.29
                XYREM              6.86            7.22
               TYSABRI             6.10            6.35
             PEG-INTRON            5.71            5.94
               TOPAMAX             5.54            5.77
               LIPITOR             5.43            5.64
                PAXIL              5.13            5.31
              KLONOPIN             5.03            5.21

Top Drugs Linked to Inhibition of Libido:

        Primary Suspect Drug       PRR             ROR
        ----------------------------------------------------
              PROPECIA            167.29          200.10
               PROSCAR            84.01           91.69
               AVODART            44.03           45.96
          DEPO-TESTOSTERONE       37.19           38.62
                JALYN             26.04           26.72
             COMBIPATCH           22.63           23.14
                PAXIL             17.53           17.80
                BEYAZ             15.23           15.46
              ANDROGEL            14.18           14.37
               NARDIL             12.02           12.15

Top Drugs Linked to Compulsive Behaviors:

        Primary Suspect Drug       PRR             ROR
        ----------------------------------------------------
               MIRAPEX            51.79           79.45
               REGLAN             42.17           56.61
               LANOXIN            25.47           30.67
               EX-LAX             14.45           16.01
               REQUIP             12.71           13.88
              PROPECIA            11.79           12.79
             LITHIUM QD           11.61           12.58
              REQUIP XL           10.67           11.47
                LUVOX             10.30           11.04
               PERMAX              9.84           10.51

Mike Barrett
Post written byMike Barrett:
Mike is the co-founder, editor, and researcher behind Natural Society. Studying the work of top natural health activists, and writing special reports for top 10 alternative health websites, Mike has written hundreds of articles and pages on how to obtain optimum wellness through natural health.

8 responses to “The Top Pharmaceutical Drugs Causing Cognitive-Related Damage”

  1. kona ohana says:
    September 23, 2014 at 4:26 pm

    Why haven’t you added the drugs that cause Alzheimer disease, Dimentia, multiple sclerosis, suicide, murder, depression these and far more damage. The culprits are the antidepressants commonly known as SSRI’S. The only common link of ALL theses diseases and mass murders are Prozac & the others: Celexa, Wellbutrin, Lexapro, Zoloft, Paxil, Sarafem, Luvox, Pexeva, Vilazodone etc,etc. No matter the name these SSRI’S are extremely dangerous. Look to. http://www.drugawareness.org

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  2. Laurie says:
    July 13, 2013 at 4:58 am

    Was given an anti-depressant in 1997 and ended up a full-blown mental health patient for 8 years. Got off of all meds on my own in 2004, the hardest of which was .5mg Klonopin. After 2 years of natural therapies failing, I asked for Seroquel for insomnia. After developing a heart arrhythmia and the Seroquel not working well, I tapered off. I have permanent chronic insomnia. I believe the years of Klonopin damaged my brain. I have tried every natural therapy/sleep hygiene, repeatedly. This is criminal behavior by big pharma. They've known about the dangers of benzos since at least the early '80's, but choose to profit. I was lied to about Klonopin, plain and simple. But I am one of the very few who recognize or live to tell. Especially with benzos it is easy to blame the victim. For scores of people worldwide, this is a "trail of tears."

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  3. Susie says:
    August 4, 2012 at 12:26 am

    How can I wean off of Cymbalta? I get headaches, sweaty, dizziness, etc. whenever I try to wean off!

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    • theresa says:
      September 3, 2012 at 7:45 am

      first tell your doctor you want off it they wont like it .what does are you on . get doctor to p[rescribe a lower dose the losest dose possible than . first start with healthly living supplements like ameo acids magnesuim amd calcium etc eetc . go to see a naturalath doctor who can monitor you . cut back all sugar as depression and hypoglcime have identical symptoms i am 50 and have been prescribed antidepressants of every time since age 23 . now find out the likely hypoglocemic. i have had sever side effects and have the arties harden to that of an 80 year old . they dehyrate you and also cause all symtos from deydration like muscle weakness, lowere immune system, cellulite. i am still weaning off myself at 30 mg now . i will finsih the last of them this month and am never taking them again not matter what . but they are dangerous and you should be under medical supervison while goin off them just dont let your tradional doctro try to repalce them witha differnt antidrepeants thats whay my doctor did and i can tell you from experience that they all have dangerous side effects that are far worse and more dangerous than the depression itself .again go to anautural ptha start trating the deprssion natural while you wean off ie exercise in the sun, take supplements, dont take st johns wart while on them.

      hope this helps

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  4. Natalee says:
    July 24, 2012 at 11:24 pm

    There are natural alternatives for every problem out there. Do research on the internet. Drugs are not the answer. Why substitute one bad thing with 70 to 100 others?

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  5. ReBecca says:
    July 23, 2012 at 5:57 pm

    There's an excellent website http://www.askapatient.com to find out the side effects of every drug out-there. It is from patients themselves as well.

    Reply
  6. Melissa says:
    July 21, 2012 at 1:59 pm

    How can I stop taking paxil? What can I take for constant blushing? (That's the main reason I continue to take Paxil). Thank you

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  7. The Blue Ridge Canna says:
    March 18, 2012 at 8:37 am

    As a chronic pain patient I have benn on a lot of pharmaceuticals in the past ans have realized first hand their destructive nature and now choose to use a more natural approach to my treatment. thanx for the info

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