Big Pharma: Getting away with murder
Thursday, June 07, 2012 by: Craig Stellpflug
(NaturalNews) If a study comes up negative for your favorite
drug, just don't publish it! 68 percent of all drug studies are
swept under the carpet to keep those pesky side effects from
being reported. Only 32 percent of studies come up positive, and
a lot of those studies are "shortened" to limit the long-term
findings. Studies cut short were found to overestimate the
study drug's effectiveness and miss dangerous side effects and
complications by an average of 30 percent. This would
explain the amazing 85 percent drug study success rate in the
hands of Big Pharma according to the Annals of Internal
Medicine.
In some cases, shortened studies don't just make a drug look
more effective than it ever could be, but they also turn
dangerous and ineffective meds into miracle drugs, according to
a study in JAMA. Studies are often cut short when
researchers get "overwhelmingly convincing evidence" of a drug's
effectiveness. If you want to make money with your drug, find an
early spike in the data and run with it before the data dives.
Get in, get the result you want, get out fast, and make lots of
money.
Crime does pay!
Remember Vioxx? Big Pharma research backing that killer drug was
all roses. Merck reported over $11 billion in Vioxx sales during
the 5 years the drug was on the market. So far the company has
paid nearly $6 billion in litigation settlements and criminal
fines over Vioxx. Well, that still leaves quite bit of cash
left over to pay the greedy executives who were in charge of the
company and making criminal decisions. It's all about getting
the FDA approval, buying the politicians, making loads of money
(even at the expense of human life) and then minimizing the
penalties and rebuilding the public relations for another run.
Oh, Merck claims they did a voluntary recall of Vioxx... but the
recall came just days after the announcement that an FDA
investigator was releasing a study indicating that Vioxx greatly
increased the risk of fatal heart attacks and strokes and had
probably been responsible for at least 55,000 American deaths
during the five years it had been on the market.
How many really died from Vioxx?
Looking back we see the largest ever rise in US mortality rates
occurred in 1999, the very year Vioxx was introduced. Not
exactly a smoking-gun until you compare it with the largest ever
drop in mortality in 2004, the year Vioxx was withdrawn. The net
increase was 100,000 deaths per year in 1999 through 2004. Get
the picture yet? This equates to 500,000 people who died
needlessly and Vioxx is the prime suspect in these murders.
Where is the outrage?
Remember the Chinese milk scandal in 2008? Crooked dairymen were
watering down milk products and then adding a plastic chemical
compound called melamine back into the slough to raise the
protein content back to normal. As a result, nearly 300,000
babies in China suffered urinary problems, with hundreds
requiring hospitalization for kidney stones and six babies even
died. This is junior league compared to the possible 500,000
Vioxx deaths!
In the Chinese milk scandal, long prison sentences were imposed
on all involved and the guiltiest culprits were executed for
their role. American media coverage was extensive, accompanied
by our obvious outrage about the Chinese leadership's
indifference to human life. We were outraged? Yet we stand by
with eyes closed to Big Pharma's callous disregard for life and
ever-growing greed for more money.
Merck hasn't given up on bad drugs that kill and maim. The
company now pushes their new blockbuster vaccine, Gardasil.
Merck kicked off with hardball lobbying to have this vaccine
mandated in every state. They tried to make it the law for every
boy and girl to receive the $120 per shot, three shots required,
or the parents suffer legal repercussions. It's a match made in
heaven for both Merck and the politicians in charge. Make a
fuzzy study, make a law, make scads of money, pay the fines
later.
Vaccine critics are calling the Gardasil HPV virus vaccine
"Help Pay for Vioxx".
Bottom line, no profit from any drug, no matter how wonderful
they make the studies look, is worth murder. Big Pharma
companies are not in the business of curing disease. They are
out to make money - even if it costs your life. It's high time
for a corporate death penalty in America along with appropriate
prison sentences for those behind the crimes.
Source for this article
http://healthrevelations.com/tag/drug-trials/
http://jama.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?volume=307&issue=15&page=1572
http://www.washingtonpost.com
http://online.wsj.com
http://readersupportednews.org
About the author:
Craig Stellpflug is a Cancer Nutrition Specialist, Lifestyle
Coach and Neuro Development Consultant at Healing Pathways
Medical Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ.
http://www.healingpathwayscancerclinic.com/ With 17 years of
clinical experience working with both brain disorders and
cancer, Craig has seen first-hand the devastating effects of
vaccines and pharmaceuticals on the human body and has come to
the conclusion that a natural lifestyle and natural remedies are
the true answers to health and vibrant living. You can find his
daily health blog at
www.blog.realhealthtalk.com and his articles and radio show
archives at
www.realhealthtalk.com
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