How did you get that info on the Narconon witholding prescription meds?
This could put Narconon in a compromising position by giving medical advice contrary to the advice of the person's personal Physician.
Is prescription medication withheld on the Purification Rundown? I know it is on the Narconon programme but what about the Purification Rundown?
Is prescription medication withheld on the Purification Rundown? I know it is on the Narconon programme but what about the Purification Rundown?
When I was on the Purif in 1985 at Saint Hill, I knew a lady who had to keep taking her blood pressure medication while on her Purif.
She did the usual doctor visit before routing onto it and got the okay to go ahead.
I love the stupidity in that - as if anyone in Scientology was qualified to decide whether someone should keep taking their blood pressure meds. Totally unqualified idiots who's only claim to an education is to have read some bullshit by Hubbard!! Oh the fucking hubris.
I remember a Sea Org member who had high blood pressure and would not take the meds for religious reasons or something. So we researched it out (yeah, read the Adele Davis book) and discovered that potassium was supposed to lower blood pressure. So she took an entire bottle of it every day. I am talking about 250 tablets of 100 mg each. And it did bring down her blood pressure to at least a decent range. (If I remember right, I think her name was Josie Mellor).
A couple of years later I heard she passed away from a heart attack. So sad. I bet the potassium stopped working, or she stopped taking it. But she was never on blood pressure meds.
Not Purif related really, but interesting info re: the cult and vitamins.
(If I remember right, I think her name was Josie Mellor).
A couple of years later I heard she passed away from a heart attack. So sad. I bet the potassium stopped working, or she stopped taking it. But she was never on blood pressure meds.
I remember a Sea Org member who had high blood pressure and would not take the meds for religious reasons or something. So we researched it out (yeah, read the Adele Davis book) and discovered that potassium was supposed to lower blood pressure. So she took an entire bottle of it every day. I am talking about 250 tablets of 100 mg each. And it did bring down her blood pressure to at least a decent range. (If I remember right, I think her name was Josie Mellor).
A couple of years later I heard she passed away from a heart attack. So sad. I bet the potassium stopped working, or she stopped taking it. But she was never on blood pressure meds.
Not Purif related really, but interesting info re: the cult and vitamins.
Hyperkalemia is common; it is diagnosed in up to 8% of hospitalized patients in the U.S. Fortunately, most patients have mild hyperkalemia (which is usually well tolerated). However, any condition causing even mild hyperkalemia should be treated to prevent progression into more severe hyperkalemia. Extremely high levels of potassium in the blood (severe hyperkalemia) can lead to cardiac arrest and death. When not recognized and treated properly, severe hyperkalemia results in a mortality rate of about 67%.
Adele Davis was an idiot who researched about as well as Hubbard and got sued for her 'advice'
When she stuck to the blindingly obvious (eat balanced food, eat natural and all the stuff you can probably get from eating at a Hare Krishna restaurant) she was OK. But the "research" she claimed - most of it is utter hogwash.
did anyone actually research the effect of elevated potassium in the blood or what actually caused high blood pressure? I am willing to bet not. Not ragging on you Bea but the just the attitude of "Scientology"
If she persisted in following the asinine advice she got then it was probably what killed her.