tagged w/ Pharmaceuticals
-
Cameras rolled one day last fall as Ty E. Lawrence led journalists into a room-sized meat locker on the campus of West Texas A&M University, where bloody sides of beef, still covered with a slick layer of ivory-colored fat, hung from steel hooks. Dressed in a white lab coat, a hard hat on his head, Lawrence pointed to the carcass of a Holstein that had been fed a new drug called Zilmax. He noted its larger size compared with the nearby body of a steer never given the drug.
"This is thicker, and it's plumper," said Lawrence, an associate professor of animal science, pointing at the beast's rib-eye. "This animal right here," he said, waving his hand at the pharmaceutically enhanced meat, "doesn't look like a Holstein anymore."
Convincing ranchers that Zilmax will transform their cattle into bovine Schwarzeneggers has been part of Lawrence's work ever since the drug was introduced by Intervet, a subsidiary of Merck, the global pharmaceutical company. The tour he led of the carcasses in his lab was just one of many events where he has helped Intervet sell Zilmax. He's given speeches to ranchers and written an article for a beef-industry magazine to promote the drug. He's repeatedly let Intervet include his comments in news releases, including one in which he said the drug could "revolutionize the beef production system."
Lawrence is hardly alone. Scores of animal scientists employed by public universities have helped pharmaceutical companies persuade farmers and ranchers to use antibiotics, hormones, and drugs like Zilmax to make their cattle grow bigger ever faster. With the use of these products, the average weight of a fattened steer sold to a packing plant is now roughly 1,300 pounds—up from 1,000 pounds in 1975.
It's been a profitable venture for the drug companies, as well as for the professors and their universities. Agriculture schools increasingly depend on the industry for research grants, a sizable portion of which cover overhead and administrative costs. And many professors now add to their personal bank accounts by working for the companies as consultants and speakers. More than two-thirds of animal scientists reported in a 2005 survey that they had received money from industry in the previous five years.
Yet unlike a growing number of medical schools around the country, where administrators have recently tightened rules to better police their faculty's ties to pharmaceutical companies, the schools of agriculture have largely rejected critics' concerns about industry cash. Administrators have set few limits on how much corporate money agricultural professors can accept. Faculty work with industry is governed by confidentiality rules that veil it from public view.
In certain ways, the close relationship between animal scientists and pharmaceutical companies has never served the public well. Few animal scientists have been interested in looking at what harm the livestock drugs may be causing to the cattle, the environment, or the people eating the meat. They've left most of that work to scientists outside of agriculture, consumer groups, and others who take interest.
But with the introduction of Zilmax, the situation may have reached a tipping point. Critics say some academic animal scientists have become so closely tied to the drug companies that they may be working more in the companies' interests than in those of farmers and ranchers—the very groups that land-grant universities were created to serve.
More at the linkCameras rolled one day last fall as Ty E. Lawrence led journalists into a room-sized... more
-
-
This video provides the facts about psychotropic drugs and the huge profits they create for the pharmaceutical industry. These drugs are not safe and have not been on the market long enough to provide sufficient long term studies regarding their effects. These drugs do cause addiction, however most "doctors" would call this dependence because you do not have to take an increasing dose over time. They are completely fine with you being addicted to the same amount of any given drug on a daily basis. Over half of the people that commit suicide in the United States are prescribed to psychotropic drugs. (Ex: Paxil (Paroxetine), Zoloft (Sertraline), Prozac, Wellbutrin (Bupropion), Effexor, Seroquil, Ultram (Tramadol), etc.)
...
I don't know how anyone can take these pills, pump their kids up with vaccines, go to McDonald's or drink Pepsi or Coke? No wonder you're all fat, sick losers...and stupid too!This video provides the facts about psychotropic drugs and the huge profits they... more
-
-
HERE, I finally managed to blog it, but it is very personal to me. I went to medical school from 1982-86. In early 1985, as a third year medical student, I was first to admit a man with AIDS into a hospital in Peoria. He was a patient of my clinic directors partner..who had refused to see him. The directed asked me to, so I did....... He died.. They all did... ALL through my residency... It was horrific and no one was getting us meds! HERE is the story of how we got them.....
Exerpted from the Democracy Now blog that embeds the full video of Amy Goodman's introduction and interviews.
http://tinyurl.com/cuvfjkbHERE, I finally managed to blog it, but it is very personal to me. I went to medical... more
-
-
LOrion
-
added this
-
2 months ago
- |
-
If you have any of these conditions these are 9 simple ways to try and avoiding some of the complications that come with having common these conditions. Smoothies and meditation worked for me, not sure if those will work for you but that's why there's a few options let me know what works for you.If you have any of these conditions these are 9 simple ways to try and avoiding some... more
-
-
Psychiatrist Sohail Punjwani Busted! Ambushed by news crew in parking lot.
State nukes his Medicaid Funding. ABC National News with Diane Sawyer
http://youtu.be/K0EnJHAvRDsPsychiatrist Sohail Punjwani Busted! Ambushed by news crew in parking lot.
State... more
-
-
Children in foster care are significantly more likely than other kids to be given mind-altering drugs, according to a study of five states released Thursday by the Government Accountability Office.
The report, which focused on children in the Medicaid program, also found that foster kids were more likely to be prescribed five or more psychotropic drugs at an age and at doses that exceed the maximum FDA-approved levels — both of which carry serious health risks.
Some 3,841 infants under age one were prescribed a psychotropic drug in the five states the report looked at. Seventy-six of them were in foster care. Experts say there's no good reason for infants to take such drugs, the GAO notes.
The report "confirms some of my worst fears," Sen. Thomas R. Carper, D-Del., said in a Senate hearing on the issue Thursday, adding that states and the federal government have not done enough to monitor the problem.
The two-year investigation in Florida, Massachusetts, Michigan, Oregon and Texas found that foster children were prescribed psychotropic drugs at rates 2.7 to 4.5 times higher than other children in Medicaid in 2008. Psychotropic drugs include those used to treat ADHD, anxiety, depression and psychosis.
In total, the five states spent more than $375 million in Medicaid funds for psychotropic drugs for both foster and non-foster children.
more at link...
Also more likely to get caught up in Sandusky child rape rings. Dyncorp, a subsidiary of Halliburton actually has contracts with CPS (Child Protective Services) to take kids.
The military-industrial complex along with its eugenics counterpart the pharmaceutical industrial complex not only control the gov't, the cops and the money, they run the drugs, the mob and the human trafficking. Ultimately, all roads lead to the New World Order, so you cowards better wake up, before they take your kids.Children in foster care are significantly more likely than other kids to be given... more
-
-
U.S. Government Fails to Oversee Treatment of Foster Children With Mind-Altering Drugs
U.S. Government Fails to Oversee Treatment of Foster Children With Mind-Altering Drugs
By DR. MARK ABDELMALEK, BRINDA ADHIKARI, SARAH KOCH, JOSEPH DIAZ and CLAIRE WEINRAUB
Nov. 30, 2011
The federal government has not done enough to oversee the treatment of America’s foster children with powerful mind-altering drugs, according to a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report to be released Thursday.
ABC News was given exclusive access to the GAO report, which capped off a nationwide yearlong investigation by ABC News on the overuse of the most powerful mind-altering drugs on many of the country’s nearly 425,000 foster children.
Read Full Story - http://www.psychsearch.net/psych_news/?p=2035
http://youtu.be/ZY-kzjF_d8wU.S. Government Fails to Oversee Treatment of Foster Children With Mind-Altering Drugs... more
-
-
Story at-a-glance
Fifteen states plus the District of Columbia have laws permitting medical marijuana, but the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) has raided medical marijuana suppliers and even arrested patients, because on a federal level, possessing or distributing marijuana is still considered a criminal offense
In 2009, the U.S. Justice Department told federal prosecutors to lay off Americans producing and using medical marijuana in accordance with state laws, but this year in a blatant about-face, the Obama administration declared that only seriously ill patients and caregivers would be spared from arrest
Recently, a series of attacks against the medical marijuana industry have occurred, including threats against banks and landlords that do business with those in the industry. Also, the IRS has denied medical cannabis facilities in California the right to file standard expense deductions. These strong-arm tactics put the medical marijuana industry in jeopardy, and may force those who depend on it for medical purposes to resort to the black market
Research shows medical marijuana holds promise in the treatment of over 100 health conditions, including cancer, autoimmune diseases, pain, glaucoma, asthma, psychiatric conditions and high blood pressure.
Fifty percent of Americans now support the legalization of marijuana
By Dr. Mercola
full story at link...Story at-a-glance
Fifteen states plus the District of Columbia have laws permitting... more
-
-
In the second part of a special report, Nina Lakhani exposes how survivors of the 1984 Bhopal gas disaster became unwitting guinea pigs in studies funded by Western drug companies.
Secret reports seen by The Independent reveal that drug trials funded by western pharmaceutical firms at the Indian hospital set up for survivors of the Bhopal disaster violated international ethical standards and could have put patients at risk.
Some 14 patients died during the three trials examined by the reports. In one trial, for an antibiotic, five out of seven patients died during the trial or soon after it finished. While there is no suggestion that every death merits compensation, critics say there has been no adequate investigation into whether compensation was appropriate in any of the cases. None has ever been paid.
At least eight other trials were carried out on hundreds of Bhopal gas victims. The Independent has evidence of patients who were unaware that they were taking part in a trial at all. The conduct of the trials has exposed the hospital to furious criticism from activists who say that survivors have been used as guinea pigs without proper informed consent.
full story at link...
the eugenics never ends with these New World Order scumIn the second part of a special report, Nina Lakhani exposes how survivors of the 1984... more
-
-
-
Every 14 minutes one American is killed by prescribed painkillers and psychiatric drugs. The number of "anxious" people or prescription tranquilizers taken by "anxious" people for "anxiety" has jumped 286 percent between 2000 and 2009, and should reach 341 percent by the end of 2011. Really. The prescription of stimulant drugs, amphetamines and methyl-phenidate -- Adderall and Ritalin -- has skyrocketed. The U.S. now consumes 86 percent of these drugs worldwide. The prescribing of painkillers, the leading killer, has also risen dramatically, 328 percent, during this same time period. Vicodin kills the most pain and people, and is the single most prescribed medicine on the face of the earth.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ronald-ricker/doctors-drug-dealers_b_987271.htmlEvery 14 minutes one American is killed by prescribed painkillers and psychiatric... more
-
-
-
Alex welcomes back to the show Ben Fuchs, the host of the nationally syndicated radio program on GCN, "The Bright Side." Fuchs is a registered pharmacist, nutritionist, cosmetic chemist and founder of EconoComp Pharmacy and Rocky Mountain Natural Laboratories.Alex welcomes back to the show Ben Fuchs, the host of the nationally syndicated radio... more
-
-
-
“Psychiatrists under contract with the Veteran Affairs—in my opinion—are legal drug dealers who almost took my life.”
- Former Marine Scout Sniper
By Shane Ellison
Award-winning scientist, Masters Degree in Organic Chemistry
Chad was a Marine Scout Sniper who served two tours in Iraq. Upon being honorably discharged as a Sgt. in 2007, he summoned the courage to ask for help in dealing with the images and emotions that gnawed on him from being dropped into combat. Like so many of his peers, the help he was given was “meds.” Although Chad was used to putting his life at risk, he never expected that his life would be more directly threatened by the “treatment” he was offered—psychiatric drugs.
After a single day of “following doctor’s orders,” Chad felt things were starting to look up. He seemed to be more cognizant, and the weight of daily struggles was lifted. But, as he describes it, things “quickly flip-flopped.”
“As time passed, I began changing into someone I wasn’t. Once a focused, motivated sniper, my reaction time became stagnant. My thought process became dry and lethargic, while my independence drifted. I became unable to make decisions on my own and reluctantly found myself relying on others in ways I had never done before. I had become a sort of medicated drone. All emotion turned into apathy and I found myself lackadaisical and eventually felt meaningless. That’s where it got really bad for me, and it’s hard to talk about now…. It was as if my brain chemistry went whack.”
This bleak scenario is becoming all too common for today’s military. The psychiatric death threat is becoming riskier than combat. In 2010, Time magazine reported that, “During the month of January, more soldiers committed suicide than were killed by enemy fire in Afghanistan and Iraq combined.” Mystified by the death toll among troops, Army Chief of Staff George Casey said that, “The fact of the matter is, we just don’t know why suicides have increased.”
Read Full Story: http://www.cchrint.org/2010/03/31/our-u-s-military-betrayed-and-drugged/“Psychiatrists under contract with the Veteran Affairs—in my... more
-
-
I really hope this South Korean report is false: Chinese pharmaceutical companies are buying baby corpses from hospitals, grinding them into pills, and then selling them as stamina boosters. Feel free to gag uncontrollably now and then keep reading.
According to the documentary created by South Korean SBS TV, the baby material comes from stillborn births and abortion clinics, and is produced by a microwave drying process. Well! Time to retch again.
The dead baby pill trade is also bringing in a lot of cash for those involved—understandably, as I would imagine it takes a lot of hush money in the Can I take these dead baby fetuses from your hospital and sell them exchange. And it's apparently not such a new industry—rumors (and purported videos) of Chinese baby meals have circulated for years, with reports like this one from 2003 lending further credence to the illicit infant trade.
SBS claims a DNA test found 99.7% human stuff crammed inside the tablets—which Google disturbingly translates as "man capsules"—and was fresh enough to distinguish gender. This is probably the most revolting thing I've ever read, so hey, we can all go to sleep tonight knowing we accomplished at least that much. Now if only there were a baby pill that would erase my brain and destroy everything involved in this story.
http://gizmodo.com/5828137/are-chinese-companies-selling-pills-made-of-dead-babiesI really hope this South Korean report is false: Chinese pharmaceutical companies are... more
-
-
The Marketing of Madness is the definitive documentary on the psychiatric drugging industry. Here is the real story of the high income partnership between psychiatry and drug companies that has created an $80 billion psychotropic drug profit center.
But appearances are deceiving. How valid are psychiatrists’ diagnoses-and how safe are their drugs? Digging deep beneath the corporate veneer, this documentary exposes the truth behind the slick marketing schemes and scientific deceit that conceal dangerous and often deadly sales campaigns.
In this film you’ll discover that… Many of the drugs side effects may actually make your ‘mental illness’ worse. Psychiatric drugs can induce aggression or depression. Some psychotropic drugs prescribed to children are more addictive than cocaine. Psychiatric diagnoses appears to be based on dubious science. Of the 297 mental disorders contained with the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, none can be objectively measured by pathological tests.
Mental illness symptoms within this manual are arbitrarily assigned by a subjective voting system in a psychiatric panel. It is estimated that 100 million people globally use psychotropic drugs.
The Marketing of Madness exposes the real insanity in our psychiatric ‘health care’ system: profit-driven drug marketing at the expense of human rights.
This film plunges into an industry corrupted by corporate greed and delivers a shocking warning from courageous experts who value public health over dollar.
http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/2011/08/03/the-marketing-of-madness-the-truth-about-psychotropic-drugs/The Marketing of Madness is the definitive documentary on the psychiatric drugging... more
-
-
The second-most widely prescribed antipsychotic drug for combat veterans with chronic post-traumatic stress disorder works no better than a placebo.
Veterans Affairs Department researchers found risperidone, a drug used to treat schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders, and often prescribed for the most severe symptoms of PTSD, did not reduce symptoms in 267 veterans who completed a study on the drug’s efficacy for PTSD.
Krystal urged caution in assuming that if risperidone doesn’t alleviate chronic PTSD symptoms, none of the SGAs will work for PTSD symptoms.
He said risperidone was found to relieve daydreams, nervousness and agitation, a few of the symptoms of chronic PTSD. The widest prescribed SGA for veterans, Seroquel, also known as quetiapine, usually is given at low doses as a sleep aid and not in high amounts as an antipsychotic and is effective for that purpose, he added.
http://www.airforcetimes.com/news/2011/08/military-common-ptsd-drug-treatment-doesnt-work-080411/
http://www.cchrint.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/army_pills-a.jpgThe second-most widely prescribed antipsychotic drug for combat veterans with chronic... more
-
-
Andrew Rule-
A FORMER Nazi doctor grew rich promoting the drug that caused the world's worst medical disaster, a British thalidomide expert says.
Research by Dr Martin Johnson, chief executive of Britain's Thalidomide Trust, shows Heinrich Muckter was paid huge bonuses before thalidomide was exposed in 1961 as the cause of thousands of deaths and terrible birth defects.
Dr Johnson's information, seen by the Herald Sun and shared by lawyers in several countries, is likely to generate compensation claims by hundreds of surviving victims, many with missing limbs and other catastrophic injuries.
Melbourne lawyer Peter Gordon, his former firm Slater & Gordon, and UK and US lawyers will, in a global class action, ask courts in at least four countries to examine the past of Grunenthal, the company that developed thalidomide in post-war Germany.
Courts will hear that in one year, it paid Muckter 22 times his annual executive salary, after thalidomide was rushed on to the market without proper testing in the 1950s.
Among other Nazis linked with Grunenthal was convicted war criminal Otto Ambros - later retained as an adviser by the British firm that sold the drug here in Australia.
Lawyers for hundreds of alleged victims, never compensated, will lead evidence suggesting Grunenthal wrongly assured distributors, doctors and the public its new sedative, patented in 1954, was safe for pregnant women.
This was despite its chemical similarity to drugs known to harm embryos and the absence of any testing on pregnant mammals. It also ignored the birth - on Christmas Day, 1956, well before thalidomide's official release - of a baby without ears, to the wife of a Grunenthal worker given samples of the drug.
Also, an eminent German scientist refused to test the drug on pregnant women, telling the company it was too dangerous.
The drug was subsequently sold in 46 countries under dozens of brand names, and used in medicines to treat headaches, colds and asthma, as well as morning sickness. The most common brand in Australia and the UK was Distaval, distributed by Distillers, later taken over by Diageo.
Thousands of babies were stillborn, died soon after birth, or suffered deformities - including missing limbs and internal defects that often proved fatal before adulthood. Thousands more survived to endure lives of misery and now face old age without any support.
A dossier of documents collected from Australian and European archives suggests federal and state governments and medical authorities were apathetic if not negligent, and this allowed Grunenthal and its distributors not to be blamed for the tragedy. It shows:
THE Commonwealth failed to recall thalidomide and discouraged the media from warning the public.
SIX months after Dr William McBride revealed, in November 1961, the drug was causing a birth defect epidemic, the Commonwealth health department knew almost nothing about it.
TEN months after Dr McBride warned the world, no Australian state had withdrawn it and the Commonwealth health minister said he would not order them to do so.
A YEAR after Dr McBride's warning, Victoria's health minister said he would not ban it, because the medical profession had urged him "to use my influence to allay this alarm rather than increase it".
In January 1963, MP Jim Cairns and Opposition leader Arthur Caldwell wrote to the Commonwealth health minister to warn that the public had no idea that other drugs also contained thalidomide.
Publicity was so limited the drug was still for sale in Melbourne suburban chemists in mid-1962.
rulea@heraldsun.com.auAndrew Rule-
A FORMER Nazi doctor grew rich promoting the drug that caused the... more
-
-
Reality Report
May 21, 2011
The FBI is being called in to do damage control for Big Pharma, by carting out the Unabomber, and the media is happily complying. What you are about to learn will never be told on Network News.
...
Just a small slice in the tangled web of the New World Order. The US and Australia are the only 2 countries in the world with legal TV advertising for pharmaceuticals. When you look behind the scenes, do the research, you'll realize these devil-worshiping, commie scum are working on a multi-generational plan through the Illuminati bloodlines and secret society connections.Reality Report
May 21, 2011
The FBI is being called in to do damage control for... more
-
