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Barbara J. Poirier's avatar

From personal experience, fluoride not only harms expectant mothers and children, but adults, as well. Case in point: many years ago I was suffering with bilateral achilles tendonitis. Long story short, after 3 years of physical therapy, treatment with prednisone and prescribed topical creams, with little to no relief, it just so happened I had moved from CT to FL and ran out of the toothpaste my dental hygienist had been giving me for decades. Within 2 days if discontinuing the prescription toothpaste, I had spontaneous remission of the achilles tendonitis. Since then, I am very careful about exposure to fluoride. Unfortunately, as you stated, fluoride is in a lot of products, as well as our water, and there have been times when I have been inadvertently exposed. Each time, I develop achilles tendonitis and other connective tissue issues. I have done a lot of research and use Clearly Filtered water filtration for drinking and cooking, along with non-fluoride dental products. Also, 30% of pharmaceuticals contain fluoride, so I have to be careful with that, as well. I hope those in power to correct this situation. Thank you.

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IAOMT's avatar

That is an amazing story and it makes us wonder how many other people might unknowingly be effected. The pharmaceuticals with fluoride are another big, mostly unknown problem.

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Barbara J. Poirier's avatar

Yes. You will find a wealth of information on SecondLook

http://www.SLweb.org

Deb Moore shares a wealth of information on the subject. She was extremely helpful to me as I learned about my sensitivity to fluoride. It is at times like that we are challenged by healthcare providers who are very close-minded; especially dentists and staff hygienists, who have been trained to use fluoride products and recommend fluoride toothpaste to their patients.

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Barbara J. Poirier's avatar

Yes, and when I contacted my dentist to inform them of the situation, I was met with a defensive posture and told the dentist felt the benefits of using this prescription toothpaste outweighed the risks. My reason for telling them was to increase their awareness that others may be experiencing side effects like mine. Who knows if someone else might be spared years of debilitating pain…

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David Kennedy, DDS's avatar

Besides the many psychiatric mind altering and diet drugs like FenFen with fluoride it is also in the antibiotics like Cypro. Because of that the antibiotic is limited to two weeks of use. The post office to protect against anthrax gave it for months and crippled many workers as well.

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