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American Medical Association calls for wholesale reforms of the FDA Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

The vast majority of decision makers at the FDA either have worked for drug companies in the past or are likely to work for drug companies in the future. Furthermore, it should be illegal for any person who works at the FDA to own stock of drug companies or to be on the payroll of drug companies, because if these people are being funded by drug companies then obviously it is in their financial interest to make sure that drug companies succeed financially. It is an obvious and potentially deadly conflict of interest that must be immediately rooted out and eliminated.

Whistleblowers wanted: Truth Publishing seeks insiders to speak out about drug companies, health insurance and conventional medicine Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

Share your story with us, and help show the world that MDs are fed up with drug companies, too. Click here to contact us or call us at (520) 232-9300. Do you have inside information on medical associations, diabetes associations or other disease groups who seem to focus more on promoting disease than preventing it? Non-profit cancer groups are of special interest, as many of them take money from drug companies, then actually block prevention efforts while promoting chemotherapy. If you have inside information on any of these organizations, click here to contact us or call us at (520) 232-9300.

Drug companies allegedly defraud state Medicaid programs with 54,000% markups Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

We'll cover the lawsuit as it progresses and find out whether the drug companies will ever have to face the music on this one. Hopefully, this will have some real bite and not end up being settled behind closed doors with little more than a slap on the wrist. It is the ongoing tolerance of this sort of behavior by drug companies that has allowed it to continue so far. And it will only be public outrage and legal action that will force changes to occur. In the mean time, I have some salt...

Antidepressants, Bipolar Disorder and the Chemical Enslavement of Humankind by Drug Companies Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

As long as there's more money to be made, drug companies will do whatever is necessary to generate more profits, including bribing doctors, subjugating medical school curricula, committing deliberate scientific fraud, paying off medical journals, handing kickbacks to FDA decision makers, buying lawmakers, controlling the media and directing the very course of medical belief in the western world. The number of children harmed, killed or mentally lobotomized by their dangerous drugs is of no concern: The only number that counts is the share price at the end of the day.

The massive scientific fraud behind the sickness industry It is altogether curious that these "brain chemistry diseases" like ADHD and bipolar just happened to emerge in the population immediately after the drug companies started advertising drugs to treat them. If you are to believe the hucksters pushing these drugs today, diseases like ADHD and depression have spontaneously appeared in tens of millions of children and dogs.

When that market was saturated, drug companies began selling the idea that antidepressants were "happy pills," suitable for use in not merely serious depression states, but even as "depression prevention!" (So-called "early intervention," where you use antidepressant drugs in perfectly healthy people in order to "prevent" depression from appearing.) This was a major breakthrough for Big Pharma: Now they could sell drugs to healthy people and were no longer limited to merely selling drugs to the sick. When that market was saturated, they went after the children.

When a sufficient number of children were drugged with antidepressants and amphetamines (like Ritalin), the drug companies realized there was still one non-drugged entity in a typical household that could potentially become a new revenue source: The family dog. So Big Pharma lobbied the FDA for the approval of antidepressant drugs for dogs, and in February, 2007, the FDA approved Prozac for dogs. Because, apparently, dogs have "chemical imbalances in their brain" requiring treatment with patented synthetic chemicals, just like children and adults, right?

Dr. Jacob Teitelbaum, author of "Pain Free 1-2-3," discusses natural pain management, without dangerous drugs Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

Teitelbaum: Well, look at all the drug companies, and where they advertise. You know, doctors should wear a button that says, "I do what the drug companies tell me to do," because all of our journals and all of our conferences, by and large, are paid for by the drug companies -- and also, our professors for the research. If you look at the study, the natural remedies are far more effective. But the headline reads, "Natural remedies don't work, use Celebrex." Why? I suspect it's because 11 of the authors on the study -- 11 -- were on the payroll of drug companies that make pain medications.

JAMA says doctors should stop accepting bribes from drug companies Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

Exclude doctors who have financial ties to drug companies from serving on the hospital panels that determine which medicines should be on the preferred prescribing lists. Prohibit drug companies from providing direct financing for educational programming. Prohibit medical faculty from belonging to pharmaceutical companies' speakers' bureaus or publishing drug company articles as their own. Require faculty members that receive financial support from pharmaceutical companies to post them on public Internet sites.

Drug companies allegedly defraud state Medicaid programs with 54,000% markups Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

Let's take a closer look at some of the actual figures that reveal just how egregious the drug companies have been in their overcharging of prescription drugs: (this is from the Office of Alabama Attorney General) Where will all this go? Stay tuned to this site. We'll cover the lawsuit as it progresses and find out whether the drug companies will ever have to face the music on this one.

Whistleblowers wanted: Truth Publishing seeks insiders to speak out about drug companies, health insurance and conventional medicine Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

The truth is more powerful than all the lies, distortions and propaganda the drug companies can muster. Telling the truth is a noble act for which each whistleblower will be highly regarded, once the corruption of modern medicine has been fully revealed. History will judge Dr. David Graham kindly, for example, as it will all those who summon the courage to speak out against the grave injustices currently being perpetrated against the American people by drug companies and the sick-care industry.

Experiment shows medical doctors to be glorified drug dealers, easily manipulated by drug companies Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

Somebody's got to provide the so-called scientific evidence that provides some sort of justification for all of this, and that's what the medical journals do, and of course, they're largely funded by the drug companies. Finally, someone has to give all this the stamp of government approval, and that's what the FDA does. So this whole sham, this whole drug racket, has many different players, most of whom are highly-paid professionals and smart people.

They learn how to diagnose diseases and think of them all as being chemical disorders that can be treated through pharmacology and prescription drugs. The drug companies practically run many of these medical schools. Glorified drug dealers And now, experiments like this one reveal most general practitioner doctors as the glorified drug dealers that they are. They just write prescriptions for anyone who walks through the door.

Introducing nine new made-up diseases for drug companies to exploit with mind-altering drugs (satire) Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

I decided to pitch in and help the drug companies by listing quirky human behaviors that deserve to be called diseases right now! There's hardly a person alive who hasn't exhibited one or more of these behaviors, meaning there's a huge untapped drug market out there for the taking! So this is my goodwill deed for Big Pharma today: my list of human behaviors that should be diseases, but aren't. So far, at least. (Note: some of these diseases are considered "real" by organized medicine! See if you can spot them...

Drug companies discredit negative studies and blacklist honest researchers Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

This character which really cannot be disputed based on everything we've seen with the evidence surrounding COX-2 inhibitors, antidepressant drugs, the dishonest nature of the FDA, the cover-ups of drug companies and so on. It would be very difficult to argue that the pharmaceutical industry today is out to actually help humanity. It doesn't mean some people aren't trying to those arguments, it's just they are painfully difficult to make.

The Detox Strategy: Vibrant Health in 5 Easy Steps Brenda Watson and Leonard Smith See book keywords and concepts

You may have noticed the deluge of advertisements from drug companies in the media in the past several years. Direct-to-consumer ads is a new trend and one that is predicted to strengthen; in 1997 drug companies spent about $1 billion on direct-to-consumer ads, but by 2004 that number had increased to more than $4 billion. drug companies rely so much on profit generated from drugs, especially new ones attached to active patents, that they've begun persuasive marketing campaigns targeting consumers direcuy.

Introducing nine new made-up diseases for drug companies to exploit with mind-altering drugs (satire) Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

REPPED: As the drug companies are running out of real diseases to boost their pharmaceutical sales, they're increasingly inventing new, fictitious diseases in order to scare people into thinking they have some sort of disorder or dysfunction. Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is perhaps the best known fictitious disease invented to sell psychotropic drugs, but there are many other made-up diseases such as General Anxiety Disorder (GAD).

American Medical Association calls for wholesale reforms of the FDA Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

Furthermore, it should be illegal for any person who works at the FDA to own stock of drug companies or to be on the payroll of drug companies, because if these people are being funded by drug companies then obviously it is in their financial interest to make sure that drug companies succeed financially. It is an obvious and potentially deadly conflict of interest that must be immediately rooted out and eliminated.

Experiment shows medical doctors to be glorified drug dealers, easily manipulated by drug companies Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

And then the drug companies say, “Let's start bribing doctors and giving them free trips, vacations, and lunches and let’s send them checks for $10,000 as a 'consulting fee.'" "Let's get those doctors to prescribe all of these drugs." And that's how the system works. It's all circular reasoning. There is no real science happening. The whole thing is a giant charade. To top it off, the real healing efforts in alternative medicine are routinely discredited by organized medicine.

Dr. Jacob Teitelbaum, author of "Pain Free 1-2-3," discusses natural pain management, without dangerous drugs Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

You know, doctors should wear a button that says, "I do what the drug companies tell me to do," because all of our journals and all of our conferences, by and large, are paid for by the drug companies -- and also, our professors for the research. If you look at the study, the natural remedies are far more effective. But the headline reads, "Natural remedies don't work, use Celebrex." Why? I suspect it's because 11 of the authors on the study -- 11 -- were on the payroll of drug companies that make pain medications.

American Medical Association calls for wholesale reforms of the FDA Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

Furthermore, it should be illegal for any person who works at the FDA to own stock of drug companies or to be on the payroll of drug companies, because if these people are being funded by drug companies then obviously it is in their financial interest to make sure that drug companies succeed financially. It is an obvious and potentially deadly conflict of interest that must be immediately rooted out and eliminated.

Medical tyranny in Texas turns teenage girls into HPV vaccination profit centers (opinion) Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

This debate is not merely about one vaccine, it's about surrendering your health freedom to a medical system that is owned and controlled by Big Pharma. drug companies practically run the FDA, the EPA and even control the FTC (when was the last time the FTC investigated and prosecuted drug company monopolies?). drug companies influence the DEA to keep their own drugs legal while the exact same "street" drugs are illegal. They own our elected officials, almost all of which accepted at least some money from drug companies in their last election campaign.

Senate, House agree on FDA reform; key provisions remain but FDA remains threat to America Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

Big Pharma will not have immunity to lawsuits brought by consumers harmed by dangerous prescription drugs. As you may know, drug companies (and even the White House and FDA) have lobbied for granting drug companies blanket immunity from all injury lawsuits. This would have been the ultimate insult to American consumers, but a huge victory for drug companies (whose products arguably are the most dangerous products currently being consumed by Americans, with the exception of tobacco products).

Drug companies discredit negative studies and blacklist honest researchers Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

In both cases, drug companies were well aware of the negative side effects of these drugs and yet chose, for their own reasons, to avoid going public with the information. It's probably not difficult to imagine what those reasons might have been. It’s interesting to note that two years ago, when I was saying much of the same thing you're reading here, my views were considered extreme. Today this position on Big Pharma, and the corruption of the FDA, and the suppression of scientific evidence, is quite widely recognized as the way things really operate in the world of medicine.

We're going to see far more pronouncements and new evidence emerging of how drug companies covered up the facts, distorted the science and misled the public just in order to generate more profits. As that happens, more and more people are going to wake up to the reality that Big Pharma is really a Big Lie. Organized medicine, simply put, is one giant money-making sham based on junk science.

The drug companies know this: Advertising works. Thus, they continue to run those ads and they continue to focus on the promotion of pharmaceuticals for profit rather than education about chemical agents that should be used with caution, and only in specific circumstances. For example: We've learned that Vioxx, Bextra and other COX-2 inhibitors were widely prescribed to people who didn't need them. They were over-prescribed, over-exaggerated, over–hyped and over-marketed.

It's also reasonable to say that if drug companies were truly interested in the welfare of the patients, they wouldn't engage in direct-to-consumer advertising. Instead, they would focus on providing information to doctors to allow them to make informed decisions about what pharmaceuticals might be beneficial to their patients.

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