Once again the pharmaceutical companies are trying to fast talk the public and the medical community into believing that they have the best interests of consumers in mind while pushing medications that are clearly linked to known health hazards. I wish I could be a fly on the wall when these companies are discussing the potential for sales and profits from drugs that are designed to block the pleasure centers of the brain so that people can supposedly stop overeating, quit smoking, or break a dependence on other drugs. Marketing executives must be drooling at the thought of the size of the customer base that could be established here. The only problem is that a significant percentage of people who take such drugs are having urges to kill themselves, and in some cases have gone through with it.

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One of the most popular asthma/allergy drugs used by millions here in the US and around the world may cause mental and emotional changes in some patients that could lead to suicide. Already fraught with admitted side-effects such as anxiety and depression, the FDA is taking a closer look at Singulair, a drug that produces billions in annual sales for Big Pharma giant Merck.

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The British equivalent of the FDA has apparently had enough of the shenanigans of the pharmaceutical industry and is seeking to pass legislation that would force them to be totally truthful regarding findings discovered during drug trials. As it now stands, both in England and here in the US, drug companies are allowed by law to play all kinds of games regarding disclosure about potential dangers related to the pharmaceuticals they manufacture and market. The stakes of these cloak and dagger operations are very high, with potentially fatal side effects being withheld in some cases.

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Just when I thought I had seen it all, Big Pharma and the United States Government have stooped to a new low. There is legislation currently before Congress that, if passed, would authorize the use of antidepressants on mothers-to-be in an attempt to control postpartum depression. The insanity of exposing mothers and unborn children to these toxic and very dangerous drugs is almost beyond belief.

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The FDA has recently issued warnings regarding the dangers of giving over-the-counter cough and cold remedies to young children, but in addition to the perils associated with putting these drugs into the body, many studies have shown that they simply do not work effectively either. As I referenced yesterday on this blog, pharmaceutical companies, with the help of medical literature publishers, have a nasty habit of burying studies that reflect poorly on their products. It appears that the manufacturers of cough and cold meds have done just this.

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The next time someone tries to tell you that natural and alternative wellness treatments are poorly regulated, remind them that pharmaceutical companies have long used junk science and downright deception to justify the safety and effectiveness of their products. Another smoking gun has been found in the hand of Big Pharma, according to a report released last week in the New England Journal of Medicine. Apparently their trickery is enabled by the publishers of medical literature, who have a habit of failing to publish studies that put medications in a poor light.

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What do pharmaceutical makers have in their bag of tricks for us this year? It appears the big money drug for 2008 is a weight-loss pill that promises people effortless diets that will allow them to lose weight quickly and eat anything they want along the way. All the big guns in the industry are jumping on this bandwagon, as the financial stakes are astronomically high and the competition is formidable.

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It seems the Food and Drug Administration is not the only organization that is trying to take away our freedoms to choose natural health care options. Heath Canada, the government regulatory agency of our neighbor to the north, is in a battle with a company that produces a product composed of natural substances that has had marvelous success at treating bipolar disorder without the use of dangerous psychiatric drugs that afflict patients with many unpleasant and hazardous side effects.

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The news reports were filled again last week with the tragedy of another young American male who went on a shooting rampage and senselessly took the lives of innocent victims, and ultimately his own. All the facts are not in yet, but we do know that this young man had been treated in the past for depression and ADHD. In the majority of cases, that points towards the use of SSRI anti-depressants and/or Ritalin.

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June 16, 2006

Shane Ellison’s new book, Health Myths Exposed, is a timely and scathing exposé about the war on deadly FDA approved drugs. Ellison felt it was his responsibility to reveal the truth about the sordid tactics of the pharmaceutical industry after he witnessed first-hand, how they deceive the public. In revealing these myths, he also promises to deliver information that will bring you closer to good health and longevity.

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