Andreas Moritz
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 LIPITOR, you can understand the incentive that the pharmaceutical industry has to push their products and make them a mass commodity.
What Statins May do to You!
Statins are drugs that inhibit the production of cholesterol. Now, most people would think that this is a good thing. The statins manage to lower cholesterol by inhibiting the body's production of mevalonate, which is a precursor of cholesterol. When the body makes less mevalonate, less cholesterol is produced by the cells and thus blood cholesterol goes down as well. This sounds good to most people. |
Joerg Gruenwald, Ph.D.
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 Used in the pharmaceutical industry as a syrup for masking flavor.
BERBERIDIS RADICIS CORTEX
Medical use: For opium or morphine withdrawal. In folk medicine, the bark is used for liver malfunctions, gallbladder disease, jaundice, splenopathy, indigestion, diarrhea, especially linked to scrofulosis and tuberculosis, piles, renal disease, urinary tract disorders, gout, rheumatism, arthritis, lumbago, malaria, and leishmaniasis.
Efficacy has not been proven. Use for these indications is not advised. |
Ray D. Strand
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 Physicians and insurance companies have placed all their hopes in drugs as the way to approach and hopefully slow down this epidemic of chronic degenerative disease—much to the delight of the pharmaceutical industry. Yes—we love our drugs.
I have not met a person yet who does not want to have excellent health. Most of us assume that we always will. But the truth is that many of us (doctors included!) are losing our health each day. I know, because health care is my job. Every day of my career involves informing patients that they have lost their health in one aspect or another. |
Dr. Sharon Moalem
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 As cholesterol builds up, it attaches to the walls of your arteries—eventually, it can build up so much that it results in a blockage that causes a heart attack or a stroke.
The pharmaceutical industry has begun to take the genetic differences of populations into account. This study of how genetic variation can affect pharmaceutical treatment is called pharmacogenetics, and it's already producing results. There's a general consensus that some of the usual therapies for hypertension, for example, don't work as well for African Americans. The U.S. |
Too Profitable to CureBrent Hoadley, Ph.D.
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| Reuters)-The pharmaceutical industry spends tens of millions of dollars each year on lobbying for numerous issues on its behalf, such as keeping importation of cheaper prescription drugs from other countries illegal and getting favorable language written into Medicare legislation.
The following is the total amount spent by some of the biggest drug companies on lobbying in the United States for 2002 and for the first six months of 2003, as filed with the Senate Office of Public Records. |
| The pharmaceutical industry can be likened to the serial killer who moves, undetected, about the country, finding victims who satisfy his profile. Another analogy might be that the pharmaceutical corporations behave like the pedophile who quietly takes up residence in your respectable neighborhood. He mows his lawn, he goes to church on Sunday...and he waits for the opportunity to prey on your children. While the label "mentally ill" is often attached to the serial killer or the pedophile, no such label fits the pharmaceuticals. |
| When corporate business plans' lowest common denominator is greed, the criterion shaping the pharmaceutical industry's conduct becomes "don't kill the client, just keep him/her chronically ill." How is this different from the principle that guides the despised peddlers of illegal drugs?
Glossy advertisements that show celebrities, athletes, movie stars, and even your next door neighbor 'cured' by a new miracle drug are an anomaly of pharmaceutical business law. The greedy bastards cannot make money if they cure a disease, especially one of a chronic nature. |
| The pharmaceutical industry holds a unique place in American corporatehood. These individuals who seek power and prestige within the corporate structure are doing so at the expense of people with serious, chronic disorders. The quest for ever-increasing profits and power for their corporations leads them on an egomaniacal trip that encompasses arrogance and corruption. They, as a group, exhibit sociopathic behavior, which is nothing new, of course, but transcends elitism.
I grew up in New England, and was always fascinated by the Revolutionary War. |
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• The Big Fix: How the pharmaceutical industry Rips Off American Consumers (2003) by Katharine Greider
• Racketeering in Medicine (1992) by James P. |
Connie Bennett, C.H.H.C. with Stephen T. Sinatra, M.D.
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 Basically, I'm saddened to admit, most doctors are indoctrinated or educated by the pharmaceutical industry. Drug representatives often come to doctors' offices with briefcases full of samples of cholesterol-lowering medications. These drug reps are there to talk about how the meds work, and they're armed with all kinds of literature—periodicals and copies of research studies—that "prove" the meds work.
Of course, these drug reps aren't talking about studies that show the relationship between excess sugar consumption and heart disease, despite the fact that so much information is out there. |
Joerg Gruenwald, Ph.D.
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| Sophora is used by the pharmaceutical industry in the production of rutin (a substance which influences the resolution and porousness of the dilation of the capillaries). The drug is contained in medicinal preparations, which are used to stabilize blood circulation and as a cure for nervous disorders and inflammation.
Sorbus Aucuparia
Mountain Ash Berry
DESCRIPTION
Medicinal Parts: The medicinal parts are the ripe, dried fruit or the dried and then boiled fruit. |
Bill Sardi
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 This approach to controlling inflammation has been called "one of the most exciting things going on in the pharmaceutical industry today." [Reuters, Feb. 9, 2003] Sales of p38 blockers are expected to exceed $2 billion a year. One analyst predicts sales of $6 billion for this new class of drugs by 2009. [PR Newswire Oct. 28, 2002]
It's easy to see why Wall Street is so excited about the prospects of p38 blockers. The p38 kinase enzyme blockers are being hailed in medical reports as a "new therapeutic option in the treatment of inflammatory diseases. |
Joerg Gruenwald, Ph.D.
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| In the pharmaceutical industry, it is used for rheumatic pains, headaches and varicose veins. In folk medicine, it is used for blisters and as a poultice for festering wounds and ulcers.
PRECAUTIONS AND ADVERSE REACTIONS
No health hazards or side effects are known in conjunction with the proper administration of designated therapeutic dosages of the dehydrated drug. Extended skin contact with the freshly-harvested, bruised plant can lead to blister formation and cauterizations which heal poorly, due to the released protoanemonine, which is severely irritating to the skin and mucous membranes. |
| It is ground and used as an alcoholic extract and further processed in the pharmaceutical industry.
LITERATURE
Huang ZJ et al., (1982) J Pharm Sci 71(2):270. Marquardt P et al., (1976) Planta Med 30:68. Rees S, Harborne J, (1984) Bot J Linn Soc 89(4):313. Ruban G et al., (1978) Acta Crystalogr Sect B 34(4): 1163. Further information in:
Kern W, List PH, Horhammer L (Hrsg.), Hagers Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, 4. Aufl., Bde. 1-8, Springer Verlag Berlin, Heidelberg, New York, 1969.
Lewin L, Gifte und Vergiftungen, 6. Aufl., Nachdruck, Haug Verlag, Heidelberg 1992. |
Benjamin H. Natelson, M.D.
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 As I mentioned, MAOIs are not without risks, although the pharmaceutical industry is currently developing less risky ones. Patients cannot start taking MAOIs until any SSRIs they've taken previously are completely out of their system. They must also watch their diet and avoid certain over-the-counter medicines (see the table on the next two pages). Eating smoked foods, some aged cheeses, and certain other foods while taking the full dosage of an MAOI can be life-threatening, because this mixture can cause your blood pressure to go very high. |
Bottom Line Health
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| THE GENDER FACTOR
Until quite recently, the pharmaceutical industry mainly tested new drugs on men. Women were not included in drug trials in an effort to protect them and any children if the women became pregnant during the testing. In addition, the hormone fluctuations experienced by women were thought to make them less desirable study subjects than men.
In 1993, after researchers discovered that men and women respond differently to drugs, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) began requiring that women be included in drug trials for medications that would be taken by them. |
Craig Pepin-Donat
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 As the pharmaceutical industry grows, so too does the number of potentially harmful drugs that we take without asking the right questions. As the side effects add up, so do the number of drugs we take to mask the symptoms.
Here's a vivid example of how lifestyle changes, rather than drugs, would provide huge benefits. The major causes of heart disease, stroke, high blood pressure, high cholesterol and diabetes are tobacco use and obesity (caused by poor diet and physical inactivity) . Tobacco and obesity are the number one and two causes of preventable death in the nation. |
Jack Challem
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 John's wort is widely used to treat depression in Europe, where herbs have been used medicinally for at least two thousand years, but the U.S. pharmaceutical industry has convinced most American physicians that its higher-priced drugs are superior. The herb can also help to alleviate symptoms of premenstrual syndrome, including anxiety, depression, nervous tension, confusion, and crying.
Dosage: The chemical constituents of St. John's wort will vary between batches, so shop for a standardized product. (This will be identified and explained on the label. |
Joan Liebmann-Smith, Ph. D., and Jacqueline Nardi Egan
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 In 2003, the National Institutes of Health and the pharmaceutical industry discussed the possibility of studying the use of fig plants as a treatment for anthrax. were deemed damned, disgusting, dangerous, or diabolic. The sufferers paid for their "sins" by being stigmatized and socially isolated. Even birthmarks were considered a bad omen, and those who had them were considered evil.
Physicians and others also read skin not only for indicators of evil but for signs of illness as well. |
Bill Sardi
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| It's all about money and stock prices, not cures. The pharmaceutical industry responds by saying there are newer types of monoclonal antibodies under development or in clinical testing. But the simple fact remains, cancer patients are guinea pigs and the FDA approves ineffective therapies for cancer.
In contrast to the failures of monoclonal antibody drugs, a recent report says "/'/ is well established that mushroom-extracted compounds are commonly used as immune boosters" ... and that "over 30 mushroom species have shown anticancer action in animals. |
Too Profitable to CureBrent Hoadley, Ph.D.
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| Oraflex as an Example
The power and profitability of the pharmaceutical industry is mind-boggling. Consider the money stream generated by a single drug. Five percent of arthritis and chronic pain sufferers will be switched to a "new" and "better" product shortly after it enters the marketplace. Conservatively, 2.5 million people will take this pill every day, producing a $2/ pill profit for the pharmaceutical patent holder. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 It's simple: The pharmaceutical industry is a criminal organization engaged in crimes against humanity. This industry is far more dangerous than any terrorist group, has killed far more Americans than any war (including World War II), and now represents the single greatest threat to the safety of American citizens. The number of Americans killed each year by FDA-approved pharmaceuticals is -- I kid you not -- equivalent to dropping a nuclear weapon on a major U.S. city. Think Hiroshima in World War II, but that it keeps happening every year, right here in the United States. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 It wants to protect the U.S. pharmaceutical industry and make sure that customers have to buy prescription drugs here in the United States at monopoly prices. That's a protectionist philosophy that goes against every free market economic principle we've known to be true in this world.
Similarly, the FDA wants to regulate and even outlaw most nutritional supplements and medicinal herbs. That's once again a protectionist strategy to protect the profits of the pharmaceutical industry. |
Tori Hudson, N.D.
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 With therapies more acceptable to the public, subsidies from wealthy foundations, the support of the developing pharmaceutical industry, and political savvy and legislation in its favor, conventional medicine was able to restrict the use of unorthodox doctors, midwives, herbalists, and others and gain a virtual monopoly on the health-care system.
Fortunately, alternative medicine and naturopathic medicine have seen a rebirth in the last 15 to 20 years, and especially in the last 5. |
Sophie D. Coe and Michael D. Coe
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 As we have said before, most of them sell this at a very tidy profit to the pharmaceutical industry, where it has many uses. But where cacao butter would have a natural place, such as in milk chocolates, instead of adding it during the conching or earlier steps in the process, large-scale manufacturers prefer to substitute cheap vegetable fats such as lecithin and palm oil. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 The real benefit of these drugs is that they generate profits for the pharmaceutical industry, which the FDA seems sworn to protect. The pharmaceutical industry is the one reaping a benefit.
What about the risks of the drugs? Well, it's very clear that the FDA takes no risk in allowing these drugs to be used. The pharmaceutical companies take no risk in allowing them to be used. The only people taking the risks are the patients themselves. The patients are the ones suffering the heart attacks, strokes and the acceleration of heart disease from consuming these drugs. |
T. Colin Campbell, Ph.D. and Thomas M. Campbell II
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 In essence, the vast bulk of biomedical research funded by you and me is basic research to discover products that the pharmaceutical industry can develop and market. In 2000, Dr. Marcia Angell, a former editor of the New England Journal of Medicine, summarized it well when she wrote20:
... the pharmaceutical industry enjoys extraordinary government protections and subsidies. Much of the early basic research that may lead to drug development is funded by the National Institutes of Health (ref. cited). |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 For you to realize those things would result in the loss of customers for the pharmaceutical industry, and that's why you're only going to get this information from champions of health freedom -- folks like me who tell it straight and have nothing to gain or lose from what we're saying. I have no financial ties to the pharmaceutical industry or the supplements industry, and I do not sell any such products or receive commissions on any such products. That's why my information is 100 percent unbiased and uninfluenced. |
Craig Pepin-Donat
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| The second school sees the pharmaceutical industry and drug technology as the keys to improved quality of life and longevity. The third school of thought, which has been growing at phenomenal rates, realizes that the other two views have some basis in truth, but sees the need for constant questioning, due diligence, information gathering and natural alternatives whenever possible in the quest for optimal health. To the third group, gone are the days of blindly following whatever your physician or pharmacist recommends. |
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