Unfavorable Drug Studies Never See Print

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emmaline — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 11:01:02 GMT

i know personally people that take these mood swing pills,thats what i call them and there are side effects.a friend of mine are taking one right now and she doesnt like the way it makes her feel,so she will wean herself off of it.this other person was like a sombie,but she took herself off of it too.its scarey out there.if you are going to take this stuff make sure its old enough and not just come out,we are all the quinea pigs for the pharmac.cos.,dont think you arent.,you are.snopes doesnt want to ruffle any feathers,or they wont be on the computer very long.we have to take charge of our own health.doctors scare the crap out of me,i dont trust them.we have to do the research ourselves.read all articles.

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samurai — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 03:46:03 GMT

I have mentioned this before; to get a perspective from real people absent of monetary benefit from big pharma, check out www.askapatient.com and plug in your er, uh, drug in question and take a gander at alllllll the people who have been poisoned by horrible drugs. Of course, my favorite is Depo-Provera.

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moo_203 — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 16:16:55 GMT

fox news channel had an excellent story on this friday on one of their daytime shows........yes fox news!

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The Herb Doc — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 02:55:37 GMT

Why and from what spirit does this carefully programmed evil system continue with the most deadly of drugs and chemical agents? They are quite literally saying , “You can not consider any form of natural element as a serous medicine. You must take the poison we prescribe or we will find a way to take anything natural that would improve your health away from you. We are the drug lords of this world and you will do it our way or go to prison ” Does this not become actual tyranny when we have a government in the form of the FDA that backs this evil?

To say at this point that I am fed up with this kind of ludicrous control over innocent people’s lives leading them to a certain early death and robbed of a decent lifestyle and happiness that we all hold on to dearly as the very rights that were endowed to us by our creator would be the understatement of the century!

As a Clinical Herbalist I can assure you that the majority of health problems that are presented to me from patients are those that were caused from 100% legal FDA approved and blatantly pushed on TV Pharmaceutical drugs. Many questions are finally answered (No, you don't need to buy some stupid book!) like: " So where did all these drugs come from?", " Why is cancer treated with d

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New to Natural — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 19:15:43 GMT

So, any ideas on how to keep these companies honest?

I have ideas, but each one is counteracted with the statement "well, they'd just have to buy so and so off."

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limelemon — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 17:57:36 GMT

I used to work at a law firm as a paralegal for a partner who did clinical trial agreements.

One day she asked me to take notes at a meeting where she was training new associates on how to negotiate these agreements.

Our firm represented the pharmaceutical companies and the agreements were with doctors who would give drugs to patients and record data on the results.

She told the lawyers never to negotiate on who owns the data. The data must always be owned by the pahrmaceutical companies.

When one attorney asked why, she said because if the results are not favorable, they do not publish them.

How can you know if prescription drugs are safe or effective?

This is completely unscientific and a fraud.

Medicine is not a science, but quackery.

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Jeff Byrne — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 17:07:42 GMT

and the NO SH!$ AWARD of the year goes to.......

Islander, I have to correct you. You said, "we the consumer." I think you meant to simply say "the consumer." :) "WE" stopped "consuming" "their" lies a long time ago. :)

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Islander — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 04:27:10 GMT

Anyone who has ever pursued the history of aspartame on this site will be intimately familiar with the process by which unwanted findings are swept under the rug. Dead mice come to life. Brain tumors are mysteriously excised. Results are massaged and manipulated to demonstrate what drug companies want them to show. Whistleblowers are dismissed. Persistent whistleblowers are euthanized. Well, maybe not, but you catch my drift. It's a massive con game, lots of shuckin' and jivin', and we the consumers are the hapless victims.

What's more, I recently heard a health care expert assert that the traditional explanation for high drug prices is a myth, his word. A myth. Huge sums of money are not needed for R & D. Research is funded with grants from agencies like NIH. Pharma companies buy patents outright from university labs and other private sources. Their profit margin is 40%, the highest in the county, higher than Big Oil and investment banking. That makes me so sick, I need medication. Where's the Southern Comfort?

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Islander — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 01:56:32 GMT

"The finding is likely to inflame a continuing debate about how drug trial data is reported."

Hello - "data" is plural. The singular is "datum."
Call me picky, but I expect better subject-verb agreement from the NY Times . After all, they are one of the last bastions of educated usage in America.

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mmc88121 — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 18:42:49 GMT

Interesting, but not surprising. I often wonder how pharmaceutical companies manage to get there products approved and then so many "unreported" side effects showed up after they were on the market for a year or two.

Mary

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Russ Bianchi — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 17:01:37 GMT

Therefore, YOU cannot trust anything the Drug Companies say!

Read former Editor And Chief, for over 20 years, at The New England Journal Of Medicine, Dr. Marcia Angell, MD's: WHAT THE DRUG COMPANIES DON'T WANT YOU TO KNOW'.