| So you think the FDA is protecting us from dangerous | | | | safe. In many cases they are worse than the disease. |
| medicines and drugs? Think again! It's gotten so bad | | | | Side effects are still effects; It just sounds better to |
| that it seems it is protecting the Pharmaceutical | | | | say "side effects" than it does to say "other effects" |
| companies instead of the consumers it is supposed to | | | | or "oops effects." I would encourage you to research |
| protect. | | | | every drug you are prescribed before taking it. Your |
| Many doctors are overworked despite all the bad | | | | doctor may care about you, but the drug companies |
| press they get. People who don't work in the medical | | | | don't. |
| environment often have no idea of what it is really like | | | | And meanwhile, The FDA is helping these very same |
| to be a doctor, especially a surgeon or an emergency | | | | Pharmaceutical companies by rushing drugs to market |
| room doctor. Many are working over 60 hours a week | | | | and embracing their scare tactic announcements |
| between all the time with patients and the time they | | | | designed to frighten people into taking their products. |
| must spend reading to keep up in their fields which are | | | | The H1N1 Vaccine is an alarming example of this. But |
| constantly changing. One of the major ways they | | | | there are others; it just takes digging through medical |
| keep up on the research is by reading Medical Journals | | | | blogs. The drug Tamiflu was rushed to market and has |
| which highlight the results of drug studies. In a perfect | | | | serious "side" effects. And some of the new drugs for |
| world, these studies would be unbiased and the results | | | | ADHD are causing alarming symptoms, just to name |
| would be true results so the doctors could rely on | | | | two of the latest. |
| them. | | | | As if that were not enough, the FDA also helps |
| But in more cases than not, the funders of the study | | | | industry to get rid of their byproducts by promoting |
| have a vested interest in the results, so guess what? | | | | unsafe products under the guise of being healthy! |
| They are skewed or even false. Important factors are | | | | Flouride is a prime example of this, and now they are |
| overlooked, or left out completely, whatever it takes to | | | | getting ready to flood the news services and |
| produce the desired results to report. Scared yet? | | | | agriculture journals with articles promoting a chalky soil |
| Many doctors don't even have time to read the | | | | additive that comes from the leftover residue in the |
| journals, so Pharmaceutical companies figured out that | | | | flues of coal fired plants. Their prime target: organic |
| they could sell directly to the doctors and the whole | | | | farmers! Oh yeah, that sounds so safe and organic, |
| sales force of "Pharmaceutical Company | | | | doesn't it? |
| Representatives" came into being. I guess that sounds | | | | I urge you to do research about this, and if any of |
| better than " Drug Pushers." And they aren't going to | | | | what you find alarms you, I urge you to contact your |
| interrupt their busy schedule for an unattractive one | | | | Congressional Representatives. In the meantime, you |
| are they? Don't even apply if you aren't attractive, but I | | | | can read more about this at my site: Health News |
| digress... | | | | Alerts. I also cover more of the latest developments in |
| Bottom line: We are being misled by Pharmaceutical | | | | the field of Health. |
| companies into believing that their concoctions are | | | | |