Join Heather and Lee as they explore the risks of popular health treatments that could harm you, interview special guests, share powerful stories from real people impacted by mainstream medicine, and educate their listeners to become their own experts.
Heather McCarthy and Lee Ford are two loving moms, a lawyer and a nurse, connected by the shared misfortune that no parent should ever have to experience. Both of their children were harmed unnecessarily by inappropriately prescribed medications.
Through social media, Heather and Lee have connected with thousands of others suffering from the same fluoroquinolone and psychotropic drug toxicity, akathisia, and adverse-treatment reactions. Several of them, including Heather, have lost loved ones. The experience has compelled Heather and Lee to create this platform to increase awareness of the importance of informed consent and evaluation of risk vs. benefit of any health treatment.
In today’s world, with medicines being incentivized for profits, you need to educate yourself. Knowing the risks of health treatments can protect you and your loved ones from being harmed.
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Heather McCarthy’s son Shea had just completed his freshman year of college when he was given a large dose of Levaquin, a fluoroquinolone antibiotic, prior to surgery to correct a deviated septum. After beginning a 21-day course of the prescription, Shea began to experience a host of adverse effects, including digestive issues, confusion, and anxiety, which he immediately connected to the drug.
In 2016 Lee Ford’s daughter, Charlie, then a 13-year-old competitive swimmer in Canada, was prescribed the fluoroquinolone antibiotic Levaquin. Within a week of taking the drug, Charlie experienced a multitude of symptoms that included extreme joint and nerve pain, severe headaches, cardiac issues, gastrointestinal problems, insomnia, and unexplained anxiety.
Heather and Lee have experienced firsthand how, when people share their experiences, it can prevent others from being harmed and save lives.
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