Miracle Cures Part II

The following information is from Dr. Mercola on gamma-hydroxybutyrate (GHB) and how it was used as a sleep aid, in his article of July 26, 2024, The FDA’s Disastrous War Against Sleep.  It was by some considered a “miracle medicine”, because of how well it worked with no known bad side effects.  Of course then it was “out-lawed” by the FDA. 

How It Began

While most sleeping medications are unsafe and ineffective, one drug, gamma-hydroxybutyrate (GHB), has shown remarkable results. Developed in 1874, GHB was marketed in Europe as an intravenous anesthetic in 1964. Despite its benefits, it wasn’t practical for surgeries but was useful in intensive care due to its unique properties:

Decades of research followed and demonstrated GHB’s extraordinary properties and low toxicity. It metabolizes to succinate and water, has a high LD50, and no deaths have been conclusively attributed to it. GHB is a powerful sleep aid, restoring deep sleep cycles and leaving individuals refreshed — in many cases after just 3 to 4 hours of sleep.

As more scientists the public began exploring the drug, according to Ward Dean MD (who provided extensive references to support his claims), through decades of research, they found a variety of benefits from GHB including:

Given these remarkable benefits and the decades of research supporting its use, why has no one ever heard of it?

The Ivermectin of Sleep Medicine

GHB’s story mirrors the pattern of how Ivermectin was shut down.. In the early 1990s, as it gained popularity as a supplement (largely due to bodybuilders recognizing the value of it increasing growth hormone in the body), the FDA and CDC publicized adverse reactions to it, despite no fatalities…..

As recounted by Ward Dean MD,this led to an FDA ban, highly deceptive press releases, and a variety of illegal enforcement actions that were eventually overturned in court.

The FDA then helped create a media hysteria over GHB, fueled by comparisons to Rohypnol (“Roofies”) and made up GHB tragedies, which led to its portrayal as a dangerous date-rape drug. This culminated in a 2000 Federal anti-date rape drug law 2000 that made GHB a Schedule I drug, while simultaneously enshrining a pharmaceutical GHB preparation as a Schedule III drug.

Note: To be a Schedule I drug, the substance cannot have an acceptable medical use, which is hence irreconcilable with the FDA-approved preparation of it being a Schedule III drug.

In reality, GHB was rarely involved in sexual assaults and had a distinct easily detectable taste. Misleading media reports and government actions overshadowed the actual data and research. Most remarkably GHB, Rohypnol (Roofies) avoided similar bans due to effective lobbying by its manufacturer, is still a schedule IV drug in America (where it was never brought to market), and remains legal in many countries.[1]  For more information see Dr. Mercola’s full article: The FDA’s Disastrous War Against Sleep.  

Here are two videos on this matter:

Jimmy Dore – The suppression of Sleep Medicine

Rogan and Dore on the Ivermectin of Sleep Medicine

Hope this has been helpful, next week we will continue the study of “Miracle Cures”

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Amy Willis MH, CTN

Sources:
Dr. Mercola – The FDA’s Disastrous War Against Sleep