Monday, July 10, 2006

There has never been a human body that ever had a deficiency of a drug.

Working with doctors and the federal government, the drug industry has created a new medical condition called “pre-disease.” As seen in the Washington Post

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Not content with selling $317 billion worth of drugs annually, the pharmacy companies have come up with a way to double those sales by selling drugs to healthy people. Millions of Americans who were pronounced healthy at their last check-up will now be told they fall into this “nearly-sick” classification. Most will be told they need a drug and many will comply because, after all, it’s their doctor saying this.

That’s why pharmaceutical companies spend more than $14,000 per M.D., per year in this country, currying their favor and pushing their products with free samples, lavish dinners, free tickets to sporting events and concerts, plus all expenses paid golf vacations in the Caribbean Islands billed as “educational seminars.”

When the pharmacy companies spend billions on slick ads to frighten the American public into “seeing your doctor,” they already know what your doctor is going to say. For example, nearly 45 million Americans who once had “healthy” blood pressure were told last year they have a medical condition called “pre-hypertension” and they needed drug treatment.

This has opened up a goldmine for the pharmaceutical companies—and they plan to mine it to the max. Next on their list are prediabetes, preosteoporosis, plus other “almost-ill” preconditions that will scare people into taking drugs.

It's no secret that even the FDA practices this kind of "payola." By lowering the cut-off for healthy cholesterol from 220 to 200, the number of people in the U.S. who qualified for medication tripled. In just two years, cholesterol drug sales increased by a whopping 32.5%. Last year alone, doctors wrote more the 119 million statin prescriptions, earning the drug companies $12.5 billion. (The $1.4 billion they spent on all those scary TV and magazine ads didn’t hurt either.)

Because of the changed guidelines, 104 million Americans, or 50% of all adults, are now considered to have unhealthy cholesterol levels.

If prescription drugs really worked—we would already be a disease-free society!

Dr. James F. Balch, M.D.


There has never been a human body that ever had a deficiency of a drug. Drugs are designed to make a person feel good while their health deteriorates. Meanwhile, malnutrition due to bad eating habits—the real cause—does not change, continuing the need for expensive healthcare.

Many presumably “safe” drugs routinely prescribed have taken thousands of lives.

Dr. Robert S. Mendelsohn, formerly National Director of Project Head Start’s Medical Consultation Service and Chairman of the Medical Licensing Committee for the State of Illinois, is the recipient of numerous awards for excellence in medicine and medical instruction.
Should I worry if I say that this is driving me Crazy????

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