Why do Pharmaceutical Drugs Injure and Kill?
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By CAMPAIGN AGAINST FRAUDULENT MEDICAL RESEARCH
from A Journal of Alternative News
According to the United States’ Food and Drug Administration, 1.5 million Americans were hospitalised in 1978 alone, as a consequence of pharmaceutical drugs administered to “cure” them. It was also found that some 30% of all hospitalised people suffered further damage from the therapy prescribed them.1
In the 1990s, studies show that 180,000 medically-induced deaths occur each year in the USA.2 Most of these are prescription drug related. These astronomical figures are in spite of the fact that a large number of drug damages go unreported.
Since 1961, the total number of “safety-tested” medical preparations marketed worldwide has risen to over 205,000. Approximately 15,000 new preparations are marketed each year,
while some 12,000 are withdrawn.3 The United States has the greatest annual sickness-care expenditure of any nation: $912 billion in 1993 alone.4 If money and medical treatment equals health then one would expect the United States to be the healthiest of nations. However, it only ranks 16th in the world in female life expectancy, 17th in the world in male life expectancy and only 21st in the world in infant mortality.5
Of course, a percentage of drug damages are due to the incorrect administration of drugs by physicians and patients. But how are harmful pharmaceutical drugs allowed onto the market in the first place, and why do we have so much faith in them? Pharmaceutical transnationals defy the intent of laws regulating safety of drugs by bribery, false advertising, unsafe manufacturing processes, smuggling and international law evasion strategies. But most of all they make dangerous drugs appear safe through the use of fraudulent and flexible ‘safety-tests’, the subject of this article...
Read whole article at link above.
Photo - "Generic Prozac Earrings" by Amanda Jean in Victoria, Canada
Here's a link to her on-line shop where you can browse more "Prozac Earrings" and her other eclectic arts and crafts.
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from TouchArt.net and OneEarthBlog.blogspot.com
from A Journal of Alternative News
According to the United States’ Food and Drug Administration, 1.5 million Americans were hospitalised in 1978 alone, as a consequence of pharmaceutical drugs administered to “cure” them. It was also found that some 30% of all hospitalised people suffered further damage from the therapy prescribed them.1
In the 1990s, studies show that 180,000 medically-induced deaths occur each year in the USA.2 Most of these are prescription drug related. These astronomical figures are in spite of the fact that a large number of drug damages go unreported.
Since 1961, the total number of “safety-tested” medical preparations marketed worldwide has risen to over 205,000. Approximately 15,000 new preparations are marketed each year,
while some 12,000 are withdrawn.3 The United States has the greatest annual sickness-care expenditure of any nation: $912 billion in 1993 alone.4 If money and medical treatment equals health then one would expect the United States to be the healthiest of nations. However, it only ranks 16th in the world in female life expectancy, 17th in the world in male life expectancy and only 21st in the world in infant mortality.5
Of course, a percentage of drug damages are due to the incorrect administration of drugs by physicians and patients. But how are harmful pharmaceutical drugs allowed onto the market in the first place, and why do we have so much faith in them? Pharmaceutical transnationals defy the intent of laws regulating safety of drugs by bribery, false advertising, unsafe manufacturing processes, smuggling and international law evasion strategies. But most of all they make dangerous drugs appear safe through the use of fraudulent and flexible ‘safety-tests’, the subject of this article...
Read whole article at link above.
Photo - "Generic Prozac Earrings" by Amanda Jean in Victoria, Canada
Here's a link to her on-line shop where you can browse more "Prozac Earrings" and her other eclectic arts and crafts.
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from TouchArt.net and OneEarthBlog.blogspot.com
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Great post..thanks!!!
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- CarolynGillis
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Check out this link for history and commentary on "How Pot Became Demonized" about marijuana its value in medicine.
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Photo of marijuana leaf by gecko.juice posted to flickr.com
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