Showing posts with label drug company influence. Show all posts
Showing posts with label drug company influence. Show all posts

Sunday, April 20, 2008

Alzheimer's Drug Deficiency Evidence of Researchers' Nutritional Deficiencies


Study Shows Alzheimer's Hits Earlier in Smokers, Drinkers "The best advice is probably to lighten up and have a drink a day -- but don't drink more than that," Denis Evans, a researcher at Rush University Medical Center says. In the entire article about this study, there was not even one mention of nutritional deficiencies. NOT ONE. Considering that the primary behaviors referenced in this Alzheimer's prediction study deplete the body of essential minerals, especially those that would protect against neurological degradation, I would have to say that it proves something that they did not intend.

It is proof positive that pharmaceutical research, no matter what the findings, must be reported in such a way as NOT to link true cause with the effect (disease), lest consumers realize that they do not suffer from a drug deficiency. What nutrient takes the big hit due to poor lifestyle choices such as smoking and drinking? Perhaps the most important one when it comes to preventing degradation diseases, including cancer and even Alzheimer's: Selenium.

Without selenium, how do you expect to deal with the cadmium from cigarette combustion? How do you expect that your liver can function at full capacity to detoxify from the self-inflicted auto-intoxication resulting from a destructive lifestyle? Do the medical experts at large (particularly those on the Taxpayer dole) recommend organic food, essential fats, mineral supplementation and proper hydration -- or are they still looking for a "miracle" vaccine or drug for brain degradation?

While I am on the subject of brain and neurological health, I would be remiss if I did not remind you about the importance of Silicon, found as Silica in food grown supplement form. Along with essential fats, silica may be the most important overlooked nutrient for neurological integrity.

You can go on believing that Alzheimer's is caused by cholesterol, but then you'll probably take a drug that would precipitate it. The only upside I can see is that at least you will not remember the mistake you made relying on the medical establishment for your health in the first place. It's still sad to consider such a reality, but that does not mean I will resort to SSRI medication. If you are still scared of the "C" word, try GTF Chromium to boost HDL cholesterol levels.

I suppose I took the red pill a long time ago.

I always did have trouble waiting for stupid people to give me permission to do things which I already know to be true. The thing is, their permission was never required, unless I had intended to wait for a pharmaceutical Godot which never comes, even if I had a prescription.

Don't wait for Alzheimer's or you will forget that it's already too late to rely upon pharmaceutical integrity. Or, go ahead and take the blue pill and you can go on believing in that which never existed. As for me, you can be sure I'll be taking my Silica, Selenium, GTF Chromium and essential fats...

Saturday, April 5, 2008

License to Drug Sample


Free Drug Samples Hike Out-of-Pocket Costs "Almost every clinician's office is stocked with drug samples," he said. "For patients and providers alike, these free drugs can take on the aura of Halloween goodies. Passing them out feels like giving a gift." It must feel real good giving the gift of drug addiction. Perhaps that is why there is so much depression in the medical profession. But why would free samples cost drug-users more in the long run? Well, you can be sure that they are not giving away freebies of low-cost generics. Only the newest and most profitable drugs partake in the free sampling program.

"Here, try this prescription crack; the first dose is on me."

Once you are on it, your doctor can then convince you that it's the only way to go, all the while enjoying the perks of being a first adopter of dangerous, but profitable new medicines. Your willingness to take the sample likely earns the good doctor a free trip to Hawaii. I wonder why his patients don't get to go as well?

Are you under the impression that drug company influence is waning and drug reps do not use psychological tactics on your doctor? This just in from Dr. Joseph Mercola: "Former Drug Sales Rep Tells All" Shahram Ahari, who spent two years selling Prozac and Zypraxa for Eli Lily, told a Senate Aging Committee that his job involved "rewarding physicians with gifts and attention for their allegiance to your product and company despite what may be ethically appropriate."

According to one study published in The New England Journal of Medicine:

  • 94 percent of doctors have some type of relationship with the drug industry
  • 80 percent of doctors commonly accept free food and drug samples
  • One-third of doctors were reimbursed by the drug industry for going to professional meetings or continuing education classes
  • 28 percent of doctors have been paid for consulting, giving lectures, or signing their patients up for clinical trials

I am sure that your doctor is above such undue influence, just like "your kid's government school is good," and "your elected representative is fine" and "it's just the other ones that need to be thrown out."

Of course, this is what we should expect from a monopoly: Inefficiency, corruption and high prices for something people do not really need. Do we really need the medical monopoly? Besides being unconstitutional, the allopathic paradigm is the wrong one -- if you would like to maintain or regain health and vitality (other than if you are hit by a bus).

"Surely you don't mean to challenge licensure as well?"

Of course I do. Licensure defends the "health" of an industry over the health and safety of the public it pretends to protect. Who do licensing boards typically go after? Doctors who stray too far outside the allopathic fence, particularly those that help people heal from disease without resorting to the drugs of the Pharmaco-Mafia.

Licensing boards are demon Fascist incarnate. I do not care if it takes an exorcism to get rid of them, but we would all be better off if physicians were allowed to practice based on their experience and good conscience, rather than by fear of and intimidation from state medical licensing boards.

The other thing that they typically go after is well beyond their scope and jurisdiction, but they use the power of the state to do it anyway. What is it? It's known as unlicensed complementary, alternative and natural medicines/therapies. In many states, the definition of the practice of medicine is so broad and vague that you could be arrested for giving your child nutritional advice to ward off disease. Hats off to former Governor Jesse Ventura, who was the first "guv" in the nation to sign health freedom legislation into law, allowing Minnesotans the option of seeing unlicensed health care providers without fear of persecution or prosecution. The medical establishment predicted hell on earth with people dropping dead in the streets due to the lack of "appropriate" medical care.

Well, Minnesotans, how are ye? Minnesota consistently ranks at or near the top of every quality of life survey regarding states in these United States. You can always go to a private board certified physician if you fear that the end of licensure means your end as well. Just consider that there is no profession that kills more people every year than the pharmaceutical/medical one -- and that is with FULL governmental licensure.

Go ahead, try and make an argument that licensure saves us from dangerous doctors and non-doctors.


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