Here is yet another story about drugs that do more harm than good. This one is about a drug Bevacizumab, which is sold under the name AVASTIN. It is used to prevent the production of blood vessels. As I don’t use such drugs I can only presume that Avastin is used for Prostate Cancer Treatment as well as other types of cancer.

The UK medical journal, The Lancet Oncology, has reported that when taken in concert with chemotherapy treatment, cancer patients are at risk of suffering from perforations in the gastrointestinal track.

Published in NaturalNews.com on July 3. 2009 and written by S. L. Baker, features writer

Go to: Widely Used Cancer Drug Causes Potentially Deadly Holes in GI Tract

Today’s quote:

“If the people let the government decide what foods they eat and what medicines they take, their bodies will soon be in as sorry a state as the souls who live under tyranny”. Thomas Jefferson

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