According to the 31st Annual Report of the American Association of Poison Control Centers’ National Poison Data System, there have been no deaths from vitamin supplements, while deaths from a drug overdose are now the leading cause of all injuries and deaths in the U.S.
Too bad they don’t widely publicize this fact.
Statistics are important to track social patterns, but they are not as important as noting the fact that vitamins have never caused a recorded death while medications and black-market drugs are causing more deaths every year.
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Poison professionals at the nation’s 55 poison centers managed about 2.2 million human poison exposures prior to COVID, with children younger than 6 accounting for half of all poison exposure cases, and over 800,000 information calls.
Eighty percent of the poisonings were unintentional, and 16% percent were intentional, with suicidal intent suspected in 11% of all cases.
The statistics during and after COVID are now being finalized, and the drug overdoses due to the rush of drugs over the open southern border have yet to be formalized. That said, no matter the statistics, no one has died from a vitamin or mineral supplement, but people die everyday from taking pharmaceuticals, vaccines, and other drugs.
Dangerous Drugs
The substances most frequently associated with poison-related deaths are:
- sedatives
- hypnotics
- antipsychotics
- cardiovascular drugs
- opioids
- miscellaneous stimulant
- street drugs
- alcohol
Medication categories with the greatest increase of serious exposures are:
- sedatives
- hypnotic
- antipsychotics
- analgesics
- antidepressants
- cardiovascular drugs
When At Home
Other findings from the Poison Control Centers:
- The top five substance categories most frequently involved in human poisonings were analgesics (12%), cosmetics/personal care products (8%), household cleaning substances (8%), sedatives/hypnotics/antipsychotics (6%) and antidepressants (4%)
- About 72 percent of all cases reported to poison centers were calls from people’s homes.
- About 70 percent of the 2.2 million poison emergency cases reported to poison centers were treated at home, saving millions of dollars in medical expenses.
Zero Vitamin Deaths
Do you see any vitamins, essential oils, or any health products on the lists above? Nope because there are zero deaths from taking:
- Amino acid
- Herbs
- Asian medicines
- Ayurvedic medicine
- Botanicals
- Creatine
- Blue-green algae
- Glucosamine and chondroitin
- Melatonin
- Homeopathic remedies
- Dietary minerals
- Multiminerals
So, the question to ask is why do our lawmakers, whose campaigns are financed by Big Pharma lobbyists, want to regulate vitamin and natural supplements, yet continue to approve toxic drugs, vaccines, and food chemicals?
I’ll wait.
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Disclaimer: This article is for informational purposes only, and is educational in nature. The FDA may not have evaluated some of the statements. This article is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. Please discuss with your own, qualified health care provider before adding supplements or making any changes to your dietary program.
