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Avena syrup, an extract of wild oats that is marketed as a natural impotence cure, was listed on the medicine shelf at his compound.
Evidence pulled from the medicine cabinet in his hideout, and interviews with his young wife in the Pakistani media, appear to show bin Laden, 54, was not in bad shape.
They also show his fondness for herbal remedies.
NBC News got hold a list of medications found in the Pakistani compound. None are used to treat long-term chronic illness.
There were drugs to treat high blood pressure, ulcers, shingles, nerve pain and common childrens' complaints.
Aside from its use to increase sexual desire and potency, Avena syrup is also used as an artificial sweetener often used for a sour stomach.
"The caution is, we don't know who used what," said Cynthia Reilly, a pharmacist and director of practice development for the American Society of Health System Pharmacists. "And we know that in the United States, 40 per cent of medication use is off label," meaning it is used to treat conditions for which it has not been approved.
Bin Laden's youngest widow Amal, 29, told Pakistani investigators: 'He was neither weak nor frail. He believed in his own medication.'
Amal, a Yemeni national who was only 17 when she wed bin Laden, said he had recovered fully from two kidney surgeries a decade ago.
The Saudis are thought to have hired an assassin to poison Bin Laden in 1999 and the toxin gave him kidney failure.
Amal said he was not on dialysis and helped treat himself by eating a lot of watermelons.[/qiote]
edit on 10-5-2011 by acrux because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by acrux
They try defamation in the lowest common denominator, by saying Osama was impotent, talk about pathetic journalism. That is really scrping the bottom of the barrel.
Originally posted by boondock-saint
and just how the hell did NBC get a hold
of a list of medicines ????
Originally posted by acrux
reply to post by MrKnoxx
Well said.
It is pathetic isn't,
Murder him so he can't stand a chance to clear his name in court which should a human right, then demonize by saying less than a man.
Originally posted by acrux
reply to post by boondock-saint
Sorry fix now
www.telegraph.co.uk...
Originally posted by SigmundFRAUD
Oh good greif!!!!!
Our Seal Team took the equivalent of a small college library from his hovel.
Obama portrayed himself as a virile fighter, in charge of the world, and with the mental acuity to lead his "SANE" attacks on everyone on the planet.
The PERTIENENCE of showing the real OBAMA is to show he was not the pius martyr what he so desperately tried to portray. He was vane, videotaping himself sitting for HOURS upon hours trying to watch himself on TV. Since he was not on TV for so long, he went back and watched VHS tapes all day. He continued collecting girls and yes I mean GIRLS from other countries for cash, and used western medicine and derivites to help his ailing penile function. In his vanity, rather than appear as himself, he died his hair and had it cut and was propped up for his "addresses" He made many practive videos because he could not get his madness riddled mind to keep it's train of thought for long.
I am indcredulous at the dissent on here. It's amazing.
Originally posted by Chance321
But he should be happy, he's got a drink named after him. It's called the osama, you take two shots and a splash of water.