The Health Blog

Yes they can – arthritis, drugs, steroids, water tablets, beta blockers to name a few. Check with your doctor that the medication you are taking is necessary and if it is, take care to keep the bowel as clean as possible and take supplements or live yoghurt to encourage the growth of helpful bacteria.
Caution: do not stop taking any medication without consulting your doctor.
Street Drugs
All hard drugs cause absorption problems and in addition users often have little appetite. Ideally a good diet and supplements should start several weeks before detoxification begins. Bowel problems and Candida are frequently seen after withdrawal from hard drugs.
Complete List of Benzodiazepines
Only those marked with an asterisk (*) are now available on the NHS.
Medical Name
1.Alprazolam
2.Bromazepam
3.Chlordiazepoxide”
4.Clobazam”
5.Clorazepate potassium
6.Diazepam”
7.Flunitrazepam
8.Flurazepam
9.Ketazolam
10.Loprazolam
11.Lorazepam*
12.Lormetazepam
13.Medazepam
14.Nitrazepam”
15.Oxazepam*
16.Prazepam
17.Temazepam*
18.Triazolam”
Brand Name(s)
1.Xapax
2.Lexotan
3.Librium, Tropium
4.Frisium
5.Tranxene
6.Valium, Alupram, Atensine,
7.Evacalm, Solis, Tensium
8.Rohypnol
9.Dalmane
10Anxon
11.Dormonoct
12.Ativan, Almazine
13.Noctamid
14.Nobrium
15.Mogadon, Nitrados, Noctesed
16.Remnos, Somnite
17.Serenid-D
18.Centrax
Normison
Halcion
Caution: these drugs have been known to cause dependence;
consult your doctor, withdraw slowly, and read Coming off
Tranquilizers and Sleeping Pills by Shirley Trickett, Thorsons.

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If you try to fight the panic and give yourself messages like, ‘I am going to be sick, pass out or wet myself each time you have a panic attack, you are planting a seed in your mind that will make you react in the same way the next time. It will be the trigger for stimulating more adrenalin, more fear. If on the other hand you teach your body to give the correct messages to your brain, you can break this chain reaction. It is not suggested that it is easy to accomplish and it is not always possible to think clearly enough about what to do when you are actually in the throes of an attack. This is why it is so important to practise your response when you are relaxed and give yourself the firm command: ‘This is panic and I can control it.’
First Aid for Panic Attacks
Since the main cause of the unpleasant feeling is an imbalance of oxygen and carbon dioxide the aim is to stabilize this as quickly as possible. Let your breath out in a long sigh and then cupping your hands around your mouth. This enables you to re-breathe your own carbon dioxide (don’t hold your breath). If you are home you could place a paper – never plastic – bag around your nose and mouth. Do not blow or breathe deeply into the bag, just let the breaths come; they will slow down naturally as you get your own carbon dioxide back from the air in the bag. You can also slow the breathing down by splashing cold water on the face or by putting cold cloths or ice packs over the cheeks and nose. A packet of frozen peas wrapped in a dish towel has often been used to good effect.
If breathing is the first thought during panic the second thought should be: ‘Eat or drink something sweet as soon as possible’.
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