Here's something to get you thinking.
This important article by Dr. Gary G. Kohls was first published on September 13, 2016 *** “The desire to take medicine is perhaps the greatest feature which distinguishes man from animals.” –– Sir William Osler *** “More than 50 conditions can cause or mimic the symptoms of dementia.” and...
www.globalresearch.ca
Worth a read. From a paper it quotes:
Since the first mitochondrial dysfunction was described in the 1960s, the medicine has advanced in its understanding the role mitochondria play in health and disease.
Damage to mitochondria is now understood to play a role in the pathogenesis of a wide range of seemingly unrelated disorders such as schizophrenia, bipolar disease, dementia, Alzheimer's disease, epilepsy, migraine headaches, strokes, neuropathic pain, Parkinson's disease, ataxia, transient ischemic attack, cardiomyopathy, coronary artery disease, chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia, retinitis pigmentosa, diabetes, hepatitis C, and primary biliary cirrhosis. Medications have now emerged as a major cause of mitochondrial damage, which may explain many adverse effects.
All classes of psychotropic drugs have been documented to damage mitochondria, as have stain medications, analgesics such as acetaminophen, and many others. While targeted nutrient therapies using antioxidants or their precursors (e. g.,
N-acetylcysteine)
hold promise for improving mitochondrial function, there are large gaps in our knowledge. The most rational approach is to understand the mechanisms underlying mitochondrial damage for specific medications and attempt to counteract their deleterious effects with nutritional therapies. This article reviews our basic understanding of how mitochondria function and how medications damage mitochondria to create their occasionally fatal adverse effects.
Medication-induced mitochondrial damage and disease - NIH
There was talk of them making
NAC prescription only - it was in the health food stores the last I knew. So relatives that are "getting old" may just be suffering from the side effects of their medication. It was suggested, early on during COVID, that it was an important supplement to take to counteract the inflammation of the blood vessels.
Kennedy's muckraking might be on to something. Look at
what they're getting up to over there.