If this thread is any indication, I'll be on the edge of my seat until your next one in 2005!
This is a concerted effort on the part of the liberals to discredit everything that the conservatives of this nation hold dear. War has been declared by the liberal media and the Democrats. It is not going to end until they are shut down or until they re-gain power. We have to fight back in a way that tells them we are not going to take it anymore.
GOD, I LOVE a good fight........BRING IT ON!
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Rush's two symptoms are: (1) Hearing loss; and (2) A Drudge siren about pain medication abuse (a possible third symptom is impolitic remarks on ESPN). One disease explaining all symptoms is hydrodone abuse.
Another point to consider, is if you really wanted to destroy someone without leaving a trace, how would you do it? Wouldn't getting someone addicted be the ideal method? How did he get started on the medications? Who was supplying him?
ASPIRIN, NSAIDS and other ANALGESICS Aspirin and Nsaids (non-steroidal anti-inflammatory agents) -- commonly used, and apparently only toxic to hearing . These include Advil, Nuprin, Motrin (Ibuprofen), Aleve, Naprosyn, Anaprox (Naproxen), Feldene, Dolobid, Indocin, Lodine, Relafin, Toradol, Volteran, Salicylates: Aspirin, disalcid, Bufferin, Ecotrin, Trilisate, Ascriptin, Empirin, Excedrin, Fiorinal. Arthrotec (diclofenac and misoprostel) has been associated with tinnitus and hearing reduction (Bombardier, Peloso et al. 1995).
Hydrocodone in combination with acetaminophen has also been associated with hearing loss (Friedman, House et al. 2000; Oh, Ishiyama et al. 2000).
Fiorinal contains aspirin, which is well known to be an ototoxin capable of causing a sensorineural hearing loss and tinnitus (Brien 1993).
Over the counter headache powders also commonly contain aspirin or related compounds (salicylates) and therefore have a potential for causing hearing toxicity.
Permanent hearing disturbances are possible but rare. They are most commonly seen in individuals who take aspirin in large doses for long periods, such as for treatment of severe arthritis. Occasionally persons with Menieres syndrome will develop a hearing disturbance from a small amount of a NSAID.
Acetaminophen is not generally thought to be ototoxic although in combination with hydrocodone as noted above there have been cases of hearing lost.
References: · Bombardier, C., P. M. Peloso, et al. (1995). "Salsalate, a nonacetylated salicylate, is as efficacious as diclofenac in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Salsalate-Diclofenac Study Group." J Rheumatol 22(4): 617-24.
· Brien, J. A. (1993). "Ototoxicity associated with salicylates. A brief review." Drug Saf 9(2): 143-8.
· Friedman RA and others. Profound hearing loss associated with hydrocodone/acetaminophen abuse. Am J Otol 21:188-191, 2000
· analgesics: clinical experience." Med Toxicol 1 Suppl 1: 86-92.
· McKinnon, B. J. and L. F. Lassen (1998). "Naproxen-associated sudden sensorineural hearing loss." Mil Med 163(11): 792-3.
· Oh AK, Ishiyama A, Baloh R. Deafness associated with abuse of hydrocodone/acetaminophen · .Naproxen has been associated with deafness (Kewitz 1986; McKinnon and Lassen 1998). I have also encountered patients reporting tinnitus and hearing reductions after taking Naproxen.
If he's not hooked, he will have suffered an groundless, all-out attack by the mainstream media; Rush will be filled with an unquenchable drive to turn more ordinary folks against their TV's. That's what he did to me, anyway, and that was without really even trying.
I'm now going on my 6th year of NO TV --I do not own one, and count myself immeasurably the better for it.
"I am unaware of any investigation by any authorities involving me. No governmental representative has contacted me directly or indirectly. If my assistance is required in the future, I will, of course, cooperate fully." -Rush Limbaugh