The Drug Companies
Not too long ago miracle drugs were developed that
literally saved millions of lives. If not for the vision and perseverance
of giants of the past people would be dying of things we take for
granted today as curable. Most of the leading causes of death of the
prior century have all but been eliminated.
That has changed. The path of developing life
saving drugs for the betterment of humanity has given way to the
drive for huge profits. How we have allowed corporations to evolve
in to mega-giants with only one purpose, profitability, is our own
fault. But that is another subject. This page is to discuss the
questionable influences the huge drug companies of the US and Europe
have on the health and well being of the people of this
planet.
I realize many of you may consider this to be a
controversial topic. I ask that you read this information then give
me your opinion. I arrived at these conclusions after doing a lot of
research on the topic. You make your own decision, but do so from an
informed perspective.
Key Points:
 | Suddenly Sick
- a series run in the
Seattle Times about the influences drug companies have on
establishing the guidelines for doctors in order to get them to
prescribe drugs to you. You have to read this.
Click
here to get this pdf. |
| Common Medications
Poison The Elderly One third of all emergency room
admissions for drug interactions are for three prescription
drugs. Coumadin is responsible for over 17% of those admissions.
What is Coumadin and what kind of a threat is it to elderly
people? |
| The Cholesterol Conspiracy - Most people
that die from heart disease have normal cholesterol. Why are
statin drugs a multi-billion dollar industry when what they
"cure" is a symptom not the issue? What is the issue? |
| Medical Schools
- Ever wonder how drugs and doctors became so inseparable? There
is an interesting history of how this marriage occurred. It
isn't what you think. Read this for a real eye opener involving
John D. Rockefeller & Andrew Carnegie, a whole bunch of money,
some drug companies, the American Medical Association, a lot of
medical colleges, and a couple of brothers named Flexner. |
| The Conspiracy against Supplements -
Supplements can keep you healthy. Why is there so much
misinformation being put out that they are worthless or can kill
you? Who is putting this information out? Guess... |
| The FDA and the Drug Companies - Who is
regulating whom? |
| Cancer is Big Business - There are more
people making a living off cancer than there are people with
cancer. There is no medical cure for cancer but there are lots
of things to spend money on to treat it. Many of the cures will
kill you before the cancer does. |
| Diabetes is Big Business - More than
$150 billion dollars have been spent in the last ten years on
diabetes. Less than 5% of that amount was spent on prevention.
Diabetes is the leading cause of blindness today and a raging
epidemic. Money well spent. |
| Homocysteine levels can cause coronary
artery disease & stroke - Studies show people with these
diseases have high levels of homocysteine and low levels of
folic acid, B12 and B6. If you take vitamin B supplements it
will lower your homocysteine levels. There are no large profits
in people taking B supplements. Next time you have an annual
exam and a blood test, ask them to check your homocysteine
levels. The lab tech will probably not know what you are talking
about, yet there is clinical proof of a direct relationship
between that level and coronary problems. |
| The Human Body is a miraculous thing with
a powerful way of healing itself - if you take care of and feed
it properly so your immune system can do what it is suppose to
do |
| There is no such thing as a safe drug -
all drugs have side effects. You should read those before you
take a drug. Prescribing a drug for you should not be your
doctor's first choice. Changing to a healthy lifestyle is a
safer alternative than giving you a drug and very likely more
effective. |
| Interesting marriage of companies -
Pharmacia
Corporation was created in April 2000
through the merger of Pharmacia & Upjohn with the Monsanto
Company and its G.D. Searle unit. Pharmacia employs 59,000
people worldwide and has research, manufacturing and
administrative sales operations in more than 60 countries. Can
you imagine what that could mean to have a drug company linked
to a chemical company that also in involved with genetic
engineering? |
"The most dramatic improvements in longevity
over the last couple of hundred years have been through public
health not through medicine. But public health is notoriously
unprofitable. People don't make a profit preventing disease. They
make a profit through medicine - treating critical, advanced stages
of disease." - Dr Kilmer McCully
In ancient China, people paid their doctors when
they were healthy. If they got sick their doctor wasn't doing the
job so he didn't get paid. Think about that. If you are healthy you
don't go to the doctor or hospital or use prescription drugs. Those
businesses don't get paid if you are healthy. They make money if you
are sick. They get paid for a long time if you have a chronic
disease that lasts for a long time.
