The Evil Marketing Tricks Drug Companies Use to Fool You

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Herbalist_203 — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 12:26:59 GMT

I, like many in the alternative health community, don't support the traditional non-profits that raise billions of dollars to "fight" cancer by getting into bed with drug companies. I do, however, support the American Institute for Cancer Research (www.aicr.org) which is a non-profit org that studies how cancer can be PREVENTED through diet, exercise, and lifestyle changes. That seems much more worthwhile to me.

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Herbalist_203 — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 12:25:55 GMT

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Herbalist_203 — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 12:25:40 GMT

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annapavlova42 — Sun, 18 Feb 2007 17:12:28 GMT

We read, we listen, we care,we feel angry, frustrated and most of all, we who have compassion, cry inward or and outward. But are we stopping this hugh distruction?

Action is the key word.

Many people in our government are incredibly corrupt. We the people can stop this. Yes we can, with the leadership of people like Dr. Mercola.

Dr. Mercola, please get into politics and run for some office, so in time you will be appointed as surgent general.

Am I alone with this thought?

Need responses.

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Rosebud713 — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 16:58:23 GMT

As a cancer survivor myself (breast and thyroid), I am not one bit surprised. My opinion is that 10 million dollars is just a good advertising ploy. It makes the drug company look so benevolent and of course the ACS will promote Astra-Zeneca's products. I'm sorry, but I don't buy into that crap. I make a point NOT to do the walk for breast cancer because I believe a cure already exists with alternative, natural methods. Of course now that Astra-Zeneca has padded the ACS's pockets, the research that ACS does in the name of "finding a cure" will be altered to suit Astra-Zeneca. I refuse to walk to raise more money so that the drug companies can come up with more poisons, and then have the results of research altered so that they can lie to the American public.

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mmc88121 — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 01:52:14 GMT

Unfortunetly this is the case for most fund raising groups that are attempting to cure any disease. The drug companies give them a lot of money for "good work" projects. But it always makes one wonder what is going on behind closed doors.

mmc88121

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Russ Bianchi — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 17:33:55 GMT

Dr. Mercola is absolutely correct on the EASE of finding 'bait and switch' marketing ploys in Big Pharma.

Just last night, over the wire services, was a supposed 'independent' study in some RAG of an official sounding periodical, I've never heard of (reading real ones daily for my job), saying that the uptake for influenza vaccines is better via nasal inhalers (the percentage difference was marginal, in whatever non randomized study and population group, but this was that was not specified) than injections.

I encourage everyone again to read, if you already have not, and recommend it to your friends, Dr. Mercola's 'The Great Bird Flu Hoax', which elaborates further on the daily tactics Big Pharma is using globally to push their drugs (many harmful) for profit...

Well, as the global layoffs continue in the pharmaceutical industry, at least the sales and marketing types will find some comfort that they have the skill sets for used car sales.

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JJReed — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 16:24:52 GMT

So basically the drug companies are using a new study for marketing purposes that only showed women with breast cancer lived longer when switching from one dangerous drug (tamoxifen) to another (aromatase inhibitors). Huh? What about compared to more natural methods that are showing way more promise in the research of destroying the cancer by supporting our body's own immune response? Oh, but we can't patent natural substances. Talk about the "fleecing of America!"

The story that isn't told is why they're studying this particular drug in the first place, or what the true results were. 1.) This study was done to try to find a profitably marketable excuse to prescribe aromatase inhibitors (and save AstraZeneca's a**), 2.) The patient's age and tumor size in the study were better predictor's of mortality than switching the drugs. Hmm... I wonder who funded the study.

Sadly enough, I have heard several horror stories from my professors while doing research in graduate school about being threatened if certain study results are not altered before being released. Of course it's also often difficult to get funded for larger studies if small trials turn out differently than funding agencies had hoped. On the upside, this is changing... albeit s l o w l y.