200,000 Americans killed each year by Prescription medicines/drugs

[zdreg]

Quote from bearice:

Member:

I have also read that Americans take about 80% of psycotic drugs in the world. Are americans weak? hypochondriacs?

Americans take 80 percent of all prescription painkillers taken in the world.

http://news.yahoo.com/video/world-22186928/drug-czar-warns-about-prescription-painkillers-24976759

that makes sense. because america is swinging to the far left +advent of the nanny state. you have to be able to control the disgruntled serfs.
in the former soviet union dissidents,whose views made them deemed out to be crazy by their government, were treated with strong anti- psychotic drugs to make them more manageable.

 

[elon]

Its all in the commercials that are pounded into the heads of every American day in and day out. Think about it:

Commercials last what, 30 seconds each? They show a short scene of people doing something awesome. That makes the viewer want to do that same awesome thing. What they leave out is the endless hours of preparation. What does this all mean? Americans have been bred to look for the quick fix.

And what better way than to pop a pill?

 

[the1]

Even at the recommended dose acetaminophen is very taxing on the liver. Avoid it all costs. A better alternative is ibuprofen, which isn't quite as harsh but it can cause stomach problems. Take it with food and you should be ok but there are some people who still can't tolerate it.

Quote from trader345:

you'd be surprised how many people take products with acetaminophen too often while not being aware of the effects on the liver

 

[bearice]

Quote from bearice:

Member: I have also read that Americans take about 80% of psycotic drugs in the world. Are americans weak? hypochondriacs? Americans take 80 percent of all prescription painkillers taken in the world.

I am confident that since Barack Obama took over as USA president, the number of psycotic Americans reached 80%.

 

[trader345]

Quote from the1:

Even at the recommended dose acetaminophen is very taxing on the liver. Avoid it all costs. A better alternative is ibuprofen, which isn't quite as harsh but it can cause stomach problems.

yes, ibuprofen can cause stomach bleeding. I wonder what other options there are. Diet and exercise is best.

 

[stockstalkerv3]

Quote from bearice:

I think the medicine drugs industry in USA is worth $140 Billion to $160 billion every year. If this information is true it have serious effect on USA economy and then the world economy.

Prescription drugs kill some 200,000 Americans every year. Will that number go up, now that most clinical trials are conducted overseas—on sick Russians, homeless Poles, and slum-dwelling Chinese—in places where regulation is virtually nonexistent, the F.D.A. doesn’t reach, and “mistakes” can end up in pauper’s graves? The authors investigate the globalization of the pharmaceutical industry, and the U.S. Government’s failure to rein in a lethal profit machine

http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2011/01/deadly-medicine-201101

Prescription drugs kill some 200,000 Americans every year. "The doctor is to be feared more than the disease."----Latin proverb

http://www.whale.to/a/dean.html

"Just look at us. Everything is backwards. Everything is upside-down. Doctors destroy health, lawyers destroy justice, universities destroy knowledge, governments destroy freedom, the major media destroy information, and religion destroys spirituality."---Michael Ellner

 

[bearice]

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The criminals allegedly set up more 118 "phantom" clinics and used stolen identities of doctors and patients to fraudulently bill Medicare for over $163 million.

The addresses were just rented mailboxes.

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http://www.liquida.com/page/12066015/

 

[bearice]

Ayurvedic medicines face EU ban from May 1

London, Feb 3 (PTI) A ban on the sale of Ayurvedic and other herbal medicines will take effect across Europe from May 1 following a European Union directive introduced as a response to growing concern over adverse effects of such alternative medicines.

Users and promoters of such medicines have called the EU directive called The Traditional Herbal Medicinal Products Directive, 2004/24/EC, "discriminatory and disproportionate".

Ayurvedic and traditional herbal medicines will need to licensed to comply with the EU directive passed in 2004, which takes effect from May 1.

Official sources said those ayurvedic products marketed before the legislation came into force in 2004 can continue to market their product until April 30, 2011, under the transitional measures.

Once this time limit has expired, all herbal medicinal products must have prior authorisation before they can be marketed in the EU. Ayurvedic medicines such as "ashwagandha" will not be available for sale across Europe from May 1.

The directive aims to protect users from any damaging side-effects that can arise from taking unsuitable medicines.

http://in.news.yahoo.com/ayurvedic-medicines-face-eu-ban-may-1-20110203-035200-063.html

New European Union rules have come into force banning hundreds of traditional herbal remedies.

The EU law aims to protect consumers from possible damaging side-effects of over-the-counter herbal medicines.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-13215010

 

[Elder000]

My post was moved to chit chat so I will bring it into this thread because it is about health

 

[Elder000]

This was moved to Chit Chat. It belongs here.

Quote from Elder000:


This makes my blood boil

, this pisses me off even more than Bernanke and Geithner.

As a trader working from home I solved my arthritis with herbal remedy, I solved my long term persistent cough with herbal remedy.

I lowered my blood pressure with Herbal remedies.

MY MEDICAL DOCTOR COULDN'T SOLVE ANY OF MY PROBLEMS

He gave me blood pressure pills that would make me so fcking dependent on them that if I missed a pill or couldn't get any, I would die of stroke or Heart Attack within 48 hours.

Banning herbal remedies and making it harder for other to be sold is a crime in my opinion. Governments are pushing hardcore drugs for illnesses that destroy your liver, destroy your mind even.

This is an attack on Human Beings in the name of protection. This is bad bad s%&t people.

New European Union rules have come into force banning hundreds of traditional herbal remedies.

From now on only products that have been assessed by the Regulatory Agency (MHRA) will be allowed to go on sale.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-13215010