"Statin Sluts"

Fellow Physicians:
As I continue to see pressures everywhere in medicine to over-prescribe statins to lower cholesterol, I wonder why we sold out the medical profession on this issue.  Are we for sale?  Are we just "Statin Sluts"?

Are we a CT scan sales force?  Are we shareholders in chemotherapy manufacturers?

When did we decide that "More is always better"?

When did we decide that "Life is medical"?

When did we decide to ignore the principles of medical ethics and expose our patients to "Bonus Based Medicine"?

Let's stop being leaderless lemmings and act like physicians.  Not spineless, un-scientific shills for hospitals and the pharmaceutical industry.

What do you think?

N Acetyl Cysteine: A Powerful Glutathione Precursor

Getting a NAC for Health                               A. Patrick Jonas, MD

Institute of Holistic Leadership        Presentation          April 9, 2015

1.       Introductions

2.       We covered some methylation issues before

3.       Tonight we’ll add some sulfation issues, especially N Acetyl Cysteine and Glutathione

4.       In the beginning, 60 trillion cells- each with 100,000 chemical reactions per minute

5.       Genomics ID 30,000 genes.  At OMIM.gov 20,000 single gene disorders, etc. etc. etc.

6.       Look at methylation sheet starting with leafy, green and yellow vegetables

7.       B’s to methylation to homocysteine to methionine to SAMe and back.

8.       If methyl toxic or homocysteine remains too high, CBS mutation may be operative

9.       See the confusing handout:  NAC comes to the rescue. Usual dose: 600mg twice daily

10.   N Acetyl L Cysteine, N Acetylcysteine, NAC -carries the amino acid L Cysteine.

11.   Precursor to Glutathione “The Mother of All Antioxidants”

12.   What happens then?  Let’s start low in the body and work up

13.   Connective tissue, immune system, autoimmune effects

14.   Ovaries –PCOS ovulation/pregnancy

15.   Liver- hangover cure, Tylenol toxicity and others, fatty liver, cholesterol, hepatitis, etc.

16.   Pancreas- Diabetes, Insulin Resistance, Weight

17.   Kidneys- IVP dye reactions

18.   Heart- increased blood flow, enhanced work outs, lower LDL Cholesterol, Lower Homocysteine

19.   Lungs- mucolytic in CF, CB, Flu

20.   Brain- “Brainitis” (All psychiatric diagnoses, all addiction diagnoses studied), chronic pain, cognitive impairment (see methylation page briefly), (Maybe gliaden addiction from wheat) CN & NA

21.   Infection, degeneration, malignancy, toxic, stroke, dental plaque, gambling, nail biting,

22.   Fibromyalgia

23.   Negative:  Cysteine kidney stones, nausea

24.   Etc.  NAC- WOW!

Questions?

Interview with Therese Zink MD, MPH on the Dr Synonymous Show

Dr. Synonymous Interview with Therese Zink, MD, MPH Department Chair, WSUBSOM Family Medicine

Tuesday April 7 9:40PM  Click Here for Link to interview

Guiding Questions for direction:

1.        Congratulations, again for becoming Chair of Family Medicine at Wright State.  How long have you been on the job?

2.       How is it going?  What’s fun?  What’s challenging?  What’s surprising?

3.       What’s different compared to MN?

 

4.       How does a community based medical school keep focused on the mission these days?

5.       How is your writing going?  I really enjoyed The Country Doctor Revisited which we discussed on a show a couple years ago.  I have Confessions of a Sin Eater.  Would you explain the title to our listeners?

6.       Where is the department headed next?  What’s your vision/ plan?

7.       What do you notice in the WSU medical students that’s different/ similar to MN?

8.       How about our specialty?  What’s the future?  How are medical schools adjusting for the coming needs of society?

9     How’s your life away from the farm?  The cold of MN?

1   What else should our listeners know about you?  Your career?  Life?

Etc.
http://www.theresezink.com/                       http://www.med.wright.edu/fm