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Barry Roma, a postal worker and a disabled Vietnam veteran, tells people not to be afraid of him. He is joking, sort of. He knows how veterans -- and postal workers -- are seen by many people, and luckily he has a sense of humor. By night, he works as a mail handler in Chicago and by day, as national coordinator for Vietnam Veterans Against the War. He helps to put out a biannual publication, The Veteran, and works closely with members of Iraq Veterans Against the War. His achievements are hard-earned.
More than 40 years ago, as an officer in Vietnam, he witnessed wartime atrocities that could easily be classified as war crimes. The events occurred decades ago, but they continue to haunt and nearly overwhelm him with remorse. He watched American soldiers demolish villages, burn houses, and shoot civilians. After seeing friends blown up by landmines, he enlisted the help of local farmers, asking them to walk ahead of U.S. troops to look for hidden bombs. No one was hurt during these particular incidents, he says, but he cannot shake the memory of what he did. In May 1968, he left Vietnam to bring home the body of his nephew, a teenager who, he says, "was like my brother."
Back in San Bernadino, California, Roma enrolled at a local college and tried to get on with things, but he discovered that he could not sleep. "I had a tremendous amount of adrenaline," he says. "A couple hours of sleep a night was just perfect." Roma, who is now 60, says he began to drink heavily. (He remembers lots of "sangria with dry ice.") And, though he did not know it at the time, he showed symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), including anxiety and nightmares.
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"A $125 million settlement has been announced in a major class action lawsuit involving members of the Prescription Access Litigation (PAL) coalition. The case, In re Pharmaceutical Industry Average Wholesale Price Litigation, was originally filed in 2002, and claimed that the defendant drug companies intentionally inflated reports of the Average Wholesale Prices (AWPs) on certain prescription drugs administered in doctors’ offices and paid for by Medicare Part B."
"The settlement includes branded and generic drugs used primarily in the treatment of cancer, HIV and other serious illnesses. Under the terms of the settlement 82.5 percent of the settlement fund is designated for third-party payors’ claims and the remaining 17.5 percent is designated for consumer claims."
So Big Pharma apparently thinks that cancer and HIV treatments aren't profitable enough. I thought that tricking people into thinking that they had imaginary illnesses by showing deceptive advertisements had put enough extra notches in their belt. I guess I was wrong."A $125 million settlement has been announced in a major class action lawsuit... more
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"After several years of taking Fosomax, my aunt (who was otherwise quite healthy, comes from great genetic stock) is dying from myelodysplastic syndrome - when your bone marrow stops doing its job... I know in my heart it was caused by Fosomax. Fosomax targets the bones and there are no long term studies regarding prolonged use of Fosomax and its impact on blood marrow. She's been on it for many years but otherwise healthy. Merck, if you are reading this....you're going down."
This is just one quote from askapatient.com including thousands of people like you who are begging you not to take some of these dangerous drugs.
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Hallelujah
I have finally made progress with my own family. They have finally started reading the site http://www.askapatient.com and are taking themselves off Fosamax and some of the other drugs
I beg you to study the site carefully and consider doing the same.
Below is the email sent to them. Maybe this will help your friends and family if you send it to them.
cg
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Please to every one of you.
I BEG YOU to go to this site and save your health and possibly your lives.
Don't LISTEN TO DOCTORS.
Here is the link with the Fosamax reviews:
http://www.askapatient.com/viewrating.asp?drug=20560&name=FOSAMAX
Go to this site and put in the name of your drug and you will see thousands of other people like yourselves who are begging you not to go on many of these bad drugs.
http://www.askapatient.com
You can search by the name of the drug or by category
This is the last time I will preach. It is up to you to help yourselves.
Love C
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