"Off label" drug lies: pharmacists/corporate drug dealers protected by FDA

 

“Off-label” corporate drug dealers and peddlers protected by FDA, as long as they NEVER SAY that nutritional supplements heal or cure anything

 

One hundred years ago, scientists discovered all the health benefits of vitamins like A, B12, C, and D. Between the years of 1905 and about 1920, they was hardly a case of alzheimer’s, cancer, heart disease or diabetes in America, and doctors were going out of business right and left. What happened?

 

Here’s an excerpt from the free Natural News download:

http://www.naturalnews.com/036034_history_medicine_investigation.html

 

“By the year 1910, medicine was quickly becoming unprofitable. Even

Americans were figuring out that vitamins, minerals, medicinal mushrooms

and herbal tinctures could prevent and cure malnutrition and almost any

virus, bacterial infection, or disease, especially with the discovery of vitamins

A, B12, C and D. In the early 1900's, doctors had the highest suicide rate of any profession

due to low social standing and poverty. This was an era before U.S. soil had

been depleted of nutrients due to pesticides, and before processed foods and

chemical food agents had contaminated the food supply. This was before the

fluoridation of water began, so cases of arthritis, cancer, Alzheimer's and heart

attacks were very rare.” 

 

 

Today, pharmaceutical ads on TV have a list of side effects that sound like you just went to Fukushima, breathed in some radiation, then ate a pound of MSG and aspartame, and supersized your TSA x-ray dosage at the airport. Drugs for erections, arthritis, skin allergies, and depression simply flood the airways and side effects include internal bleeding, thoughts of suicide, heart failure, blindness, and the list goes on. The commercial tell you to call your doctor and basically request being “filled with toxins.” But if one supplement ever claims to heal anything, they’re sued and put out of business.

 

What if your pharmacist tells you these tv promoted drugs perform miracles, and cure stuff they weren’t even made to cure? (That’s what “off label” talk is!) What if he/she tells you the cough medicine cures muscle ache? Is that legal? Is it legitimate? Can he/she be sued if your muscle ache turns into atrophy or some disorder?

 

What if an organic company sold organic vitamin C and told you that it cures cancer? Is that okay. What if it did cure cancer, could that company still be sued for helping? It doesn’t matter, because no supplement manufacturer, distributor, or sales merchant can ever say a supplement cures anything, not ever, even though supplements have cured diseases, disorders, ailments, and provided immunity for thousands of years, including herbs, tinctures, and simply eating the right organic food. Who knew? The Chinese knew. The American Indians knew.

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitamin_C_megadosage

 

Here’s the latest atrocity of news about Big Pharma committing crimes and then going unpunished. It’s more of the same, but you need to know so you don’t fall for the lies yourself, or your loved ones don’t fall for them. Share this news and information from Natural News on your social media and when you talk to people about health topics. Everyone needs to know about the 100 year conspiracy to keep people in the dark about natural cures while peddling toxic medicine and making false claims right and left, at the doctor’s office, at the pharmacy, and probably at your kids’ schools.

 

“Even while manufacturers of nutritional supplements remain effectively gagged when it comes to promoting the truthful health benefits of their own products, a recent federal appeals court decision appears to give a free pass to pharmaceutical representatives peddling prescription drugs for "off-label" uses.” By the way, “Off-label" refers to the use of a drug as a treatment for conditions other than those specifically approved by the FDA.

Learn more: http://www.naturalnews.com/038318_free_speech_Big_Pharma_nutritional_supplements.html#ixzz2EqzyPho0

 

 

“Off-label” corporate drug dealers and peddlers protected by FDA, as long as they NEVER SAY that nutritional supplements heal or cure anything

 

One hundred years ago, scientists discovered all the health benefits of vitamins like A, B12, C, and D. Between the years of 1905 and about 1920, they was hardly a case of alzheimer’s, cancer, heart disease or diabetes in America, and doctors were going out of business right and left. What happened?

 

Here’s an excerpt from the free Natural News download:

http://www.naturalnews.com/036034_history_medicine_investigation.html

 

“By the year 1910, medicine was quickly becoming unprofitable. Even

Americans were figuring out that vitamins, minerals, medicinal mushrooms

and herbal tinctures could prevent and cure malnutrition and almost any

virus, bacterial infection, or disease, especially with the discovery of vitamins

A, B12, C and D. In the early 1900's, doctors had the highest suicide rate of any profession

due to low social standing and poverty. This was an era before U.S. soil had

been depleted of nutrients due to pesticides, and before processed foods and

chemical food agents had contaminated the food supply. This was before the

fluoridation of water began, so cases of arthritis, cancer, Alzheimer's and heart

attacks were very rare.” 

 

 

Today, pharmaceutical ads on TV have a list of side effects that sound like you just went to Fukushima, breathed in some radiation, then ate a pound of MSG and aspartame, and supersized your TSA x-ray dosage at the airport. Drugs for erections, arthritis, skin allergies, and depression simply flood the airways and side effects include internal bleeding, thoughts of suicide, heart failure, blindness, and the list goes on. The commercial tell you to call your doctor and basically request being “filled with toxins.” But if one supplement ever claims to heal anything, they’re sued and put out of business.

 

What if your pharmacist tells you these tv promoted drugs perform miracles, and cure stuff they weren’t even made to cure? (That’s what “off label” talk is!) What if he/she tells you the cough medicine cures muscle ache? Is that legal? Is it legitimate? Can he/she be sued if your muscle ache turns into atrophy or some disorder?

 

What if an organic company sold organic vitamin C and told you that it cures cancer? Is that okay. What if it did cure cancer, could that company still be sued for helping? It doesn’t matter, because no supplement manufacturer, distributor, or sales merchant can ever say a supplement cures anything, not ever, even though supplements have cured diseases, disorders, ailments, and provided immunity for thousands of years, including herbs, tinctures, and simply eating the right organic food. Who knew? The Chinese knew. The American Indians knew.

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitamin_C_megadosage

 

Here’s the latest atrocity of news about Big Pharma committing crimes and then going unpunished. It’s more of the same, but you need to know so you don’t fall for the lies yourself, or your loved ones don’t fall for them. Share this news and information from Natural News on your social media and when you talk to people about health topics. Everyone needs to know about the 100 year conspiracy to keep people in the dark about natural cures while peddling toxic medicine and making false claims right and left, at the doctor’s office, at the pharmacy, and probably at your kids’ schools.

 

“Even while manufacturers of nutritional supplements remain effectively gagged when it comes to promoting the truthful health benefits of their own products, a recent federal appeals court decision appears to give a free pass to pharmaceutical representatives peddling prescription drugs for "off-label" uses.” By the way, “Off-label" refers to the use of a drug as a treatment for conditions other than those specifically approved by the FDA.

Learn more: http://www.naturalnews.com/038318_free_speech_Big_Pharma_nutritional_supplements.html#ixzz2EqzyPho0

 

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Dentists use mercury fillings, radiation exposure, toxic fluoride, and other cancer causing practices

 

 

Does your dentist push for x-rays once a year or once every two years?

 

Does your dentist tell you that fluoride is good for strengthening teeth?

 

Are the hand held x-ray machines safe, or are they giving people organ damage?

 

Are any x-rays too many x-rays, when coupled with other radiation you receive, including x-rays at the dentist, the doctor, the airport, radiation from you cell phone, and from your microwave oven too?

 

Danger!

Ionizing radiation is widely used in industry and medicine, and it presents a significant health hazard. Why don’t dentists and x-ray technicians cover your throat and head when you get x-ray treatment? They always cover your genitals, to protect your future offspring, but what about YOU?! The doctor or dentist or x-ray tech leaves the room, but your brain and body are unguarded. Is it in your best interest, to fight off those cavities you might get one day? Got to have those x-rays so the dentist can do his job, or her job, which is what? To drill out the plaque and decay in your teeth and fill the hole with mercury? To find cavities and decay early with radiation that gives you an “incurable” disease later called cancer? Is that in your best interest?

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiation_protection

 

What if the medical industry makes it easier for dentists to do their job, but at your expense, is that still okay? Should you know more about dentists in the U.K. who are using hand held x-ray machines that expose their patients to 10 times the radiation in one session? Is that next in America?

 

You won’t believe it, but it’s true. Natural News has this story and it’s a must read!

 

“Once again, the penny pinching bureaucrats running Great Britain's National Health Service, notable for a euthanasia program that kills 130,000 people a year, may be responsible for creating yet another unhealthy environment for British subjects.

In this case, British dentists have been warned against using a cheap, hand-held x-ray machine on their patients because they pose a significant health risk.

According to the BBC, the imported machines, known as the Tianjie Dental Falcon, expose "users and patients to 10 times the normal level of radiation, increasing their risks of cancer and organ damage."

Learn more: http://www.naturalnews.com/038317_dental_x-rays_cancer_radiation.html#ixzz2Eqln7AgB

 

 

Does your dentist push for x-rays once a year or once every two years?

 

Does your dentist tell you that fluoride is good for strengthening teeth?

 

Are the hand held x-ray machines safe, or are they giving people organ damage?

 

Are any x-rays too many x-rays, when coupled with other radiation you receive, including x-rays at the dentist, the doctor, the airport, radiation from you cell phone, and from your microwave oven too?

 

Danger!

Ionizing radiation is widely used in industry and medicine, and it presents a significant health hazard. Why don’t dentists and x-ray technicians cover your throat and head when you get x-ray treatment? They always cover your genitals, to protect your future offspring, but what about YOU?! The doctor or dentist or x-ray tech leaves the room, but your brain and body are unguarded. Is it in your best interest, to fight off those cavities you might get one day? Got to have those x-rays so the dentist can do his job, or her job, which is what? To drill out the plaque and decay in your teeth and fill the hole with mercury? To find cavities and decay early with radiation that gives you an “incurable” disease later called cancer? Is that in your best interest?

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiation_protection

 

What if the medical industry makes it easier for dentists to do their job, but at your expense, is that still okay? Should you know more about dentists in the U.K. who are using hand held x-ray machines that expose their patients to 10 times the radiation in one session? Is that next in America?

 

You won’t believe it, but it’s true. Natural News has this story and it’s a must read!

 

“Once again, the penny pinching bureaucrats running Great Britain's National Health Service, notable for a euthanasia program that kills 130,000 people a year, may be responsible for creating yet another unhealthy environment for British subjects.

In this case, British dentists have been warned against using a cheap, hand-held x-ray machine on their patients because they pose a significant health risk.

According to the BBC, the imported machines, known as the Tianjie Dental Falcon, expose "users and patients to 10 times the normal level of radiation, increasing their risks of cancer and organ damage."

Learn more: http://www.naturalnews.com/038317_dental_x-rays_cancer_radiation.html#ixzz2Eqln7AgB

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Which diet is best for chronic diarrhea in cats?

Laflamme DP, Xu H, Cupp CJ, Kerr WW, Ramadan Z and Long GM. Evaluation of canned therapeutic diets for the management of cats with naturally occurring chronic diarrhea. J Feline Med Surg. 2012; 14: 669-77.
 
Dietary therapy has been considered important in the management of many feline gastrointestinal disorders. Low fat diets were for a long period of time the major recommendation for feeding cats with acute and chronic diarrhea. However, a recent double-blinded clinical trial showed that dietary fat did not affect the outcome of diarrhea in cats.

The current study, conducted by Nestle Purina PetCare Co., looked at the clinical efficacy of a new therapeutic diet for cats with diarrhea. Researchers assigned 16 cats with chronic diarrhea to be fed diet X (Hill’s Prescription i/d Feline) or diet Y (Purina Veterinary Diets EN Gastrointestinal Feline Formula) for 4 weeks while fecal scores were recorded daily for the last week on each diet. The process was then repeated by switching each cat to the alternate diet. Diet Y is a canned food formulated to contain high protein, low carbohydrate, moderate fiber (with both soluble and insoluble fibers), and a source of long-chain omega-3 fatty acids. Omega-3 fatty acids provide a relative anti-inflammatory effect and may be beneficial in some types of GI disease. Fecal scores improved significantly when both therapeutic diets were fed, but diet Y showed the best results. When fed diet Y, 47% of the cats developed normal stools with dietary change alone. [VT]

See also: Hart ML, Suchodolski JS, Steiner JM and Webb CB. Open-label trial of a multi-strain synbiotic in cats with chronic diarrhea. J Feline Med Surg. 2012; 14: 240-5.

Related blog articles:
Dietary therapy for chronic diarrhea in cats (April 2011)
Intestinal biopsies in cats (April 2010)

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Laflamme DP, Xu H, Cupp CJ, Kerr WW, Ramadan Z and Long GM. Evaluation of canned therapeutic diets for the management of cats with naturally occurring chronic diarrhea. J Feline Med Surg. 2012; 14: 669-77.
 
Dietary therapy has been considered important in the management of many feline gastrointestinal disorders. Low fat diets were for a long period of time the major recommendation for feeding cats with acute and chronic diarrhea. However, a recent double-blinded clinical trial showed that dietary fat did not affect the outcome of diarrhea in cats.

The current study, conducted by Nestle Purina PetCare Co., looked at the clinical efficacy of a new therapeutic diet for cats with diarrhea. Researchers assigned 16 cats with chronic diarrhea to be fed diet X (Hill’s Prescription i/d Feline) or diet Y (Purina Veterinary Diets EN Gastrointestinal Feline Formula) for 4 weeks while fecal scores were recorded daily for the last week on each diet. The process was then repeated by switching each cat to the alternate diet. Diet Y is a canned food formulated to contain high protein, low carbohydrate, moderate fiber (with both soluble and insoluble fibers), and a source of long-chain omega-3 fatty acids. Omega-3 fatty acids provide a relative anti-inflammatory effect and may be beneficial in some types of GI disease. Fecal scores improved significantly when both therapeutic diets were fed, but diet Y showed the best results. When fed diet Y, 47% of the cats developed normal stools with dietary change alone. [VT]

See also: Hart ML, Suchodolski JS, Steiner JM and Webb CB. Open-label trial of a multi-strain synbiotic in cats with chronic diarrhea. J Feline Med Surg. 2012; 14: 240-5.

Related blog articles:
Dietary therapy for chronic diarrhea in cats (April 2011)
Intestinal biopsies in cats (April 2010)

More on cat health:
Winn Feline Foundation Library
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Follow us on Twitter
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Republican legislators keep hammering state officials and managed-care companies about Medicaid payment delays

Republican lawmakers reitarated this week that the companies managing Medcaid in Kentucky are still not paying health providers promptly. According to Sen. Joe Bowen, R-Owensboro, in the year since the state moved more than a half a million people to managed care, the amount owed to hospitals has doubled, Beth Musgrave of the Lexington Herald-Leader reports. The state switched to managed care to reduce costs in the federal-state program that pays health care costs for the poor and disabled.

According to state Medicaid Commissioner Lawrence Kissner, WellCare and Kentucky Spirit have been cited by the state Department of Insurance for failing to meet their obligation to the state and the hospitals. A third managed care company, Coventry, has not been cited. The two companies, notes Musgrave, have submitted plans of correction to the insurance department.

None of the companies testified at Tuesday's meeting of the Interim Joint Committee on Health and Welfare where Bowen and other Republicans voiced their complaints. Despite the payment problems, Kisser said the move to managed care has helped stem rising costs. As of October, he said, Medicaid was $40 million under budget. (Read more)

Republican lawmakers reitarated this week that the companies managing Medcaid in Kentucky are still not paying health providers promptly. According to Sen. Joe Bowen, R-Owensboro, in the year since the state moved more than a half a million people to managed care, the amount owed to hospitals has doubled, Beth Musgrave of the Lexington Herald-Leader reports. The state switched to managed care to reduce costs in the federal-state program that pays health care costs for the poor and disabled.

According to state Medicaid Commissioner Lawrence Kissner, WellCare and Kentucky Spirit have been cited by the state Department of Insurance for failing to meet their obligation to the state and the hospitals. A third managed care company, Coventry, has not been cited. The two companies, notes Musgrave, have submitted plans of correction to the insurance department.

None of the companies testified at Tuesday's meeting of the Interim Joint Committee on Health and Welfare where Bowen and other Republicans voiced their complaints. Despite the payment problems, Kisser said the move to managed care has helped stem rising costs. As of October, he said, Medicaid was $40 million under budget. (Read more)

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Dollar General to sell tobacco in most of its stores by mid-2013, reflecting 'customer demand' and 'competition pressure'

By the middle of 2013, most of Dollar General's 10,000 U.S. stores will carry cigarettes and other tobacco products.. The company has made the decision in response to “competitive pressures” which came about when Family Dollar Stores, a key competitor, began adding cigarettes to its stores last year. In a press release issued by Dollar General, customer demand also drove the company's decision, citing their perception that their core customers -- mostly based in rural America -- are more likely to smoke than the national average.

A 2012 study by the American Lung Association indicated that while rural Americans do smoke more than urban Americans, geography is less a factor in determining who smokes than socioeconomic status. The study also found that pregnant rural women are far more likely to smoke than their urban counterparts. (See actual numbers from the Centers for Disease Control and the American Lung Association study here.)

G. Chambers Williams III of The Tennessean in Nashville reports that business analysts think the idea is a good one for the company, which tested the product placement last year in Nevada. Analyst Mark Montagna with Avondale Partners in Nashville explained that the company found that the average purchase per customer was $14 where tobacco was sold, versus an average of $11 otherwise. But, he added, the one challenge the company will face with tobacco products, additional shoplifting.
Anti-smoking advocates expressed regret at the business choice. (Read more)

By the middle of 2013, most of Dollar General's 10,000 U.S. stores will carry cigarettes and other tobacco products.. The company has made the decision in response to “competitive pressures” which came about when Family Dollar Stores, a key competitor, began adding cigarettes to its stores last year. In a press release issued by Dollar General, customer demand also drove the company's decision, citing their perception that their core customers -- mostly based in rural America -- are more likely to smoke than the national average.

A 2012 study by the American Lung Association indicated that while rural Americans do smoke more than urban Americans, geography is less a factor in determining who smokes than socioeconomic status. The study also found that pregnant rural women are far more likely to smoke than their urban counterparts. (See actual numbers from the Centers for Disease Control and the American Lung Association study here.)

G. Chambers Williams III of The Tennessean in Nashville reports that business analysts think the idea is a good one for the company, which tested the product placement last year in Nevada. Analyst Mark Montagna with Avondale Partners in Nashville explained that the company found that the average purchase per customer was $14 where tobacco was sold, versus an average of $11 otherwise. But, he added, the one challenge the company will face with tobacco products, additional shoplifting.
Anti-smoking advocates expressed regret at the business choice. (Read more)

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Annual health ratings of states still puts Kentucky 44th

Kentucky ranks 44th among the 50 states in overall health in United Health Foundation's America's Health Rankings. Darla Carter of The Courier-Journal reports that while this is the same rating Kentucky achieved last year, the state is not without some high points. Among them, Kentucky is 9th best nationwide for its low incidence of binge drinking. We are to be congratulated as well for our low violent crime, high immunization coverage and improved high-school graduation rate.

Smoking continues to be where Kentucky fails miserably. Still worst, with 29 percent of the population as smokers, the state also faces an uphill battle with more than 1 million obese adults and a high rate of cancer deaths. The state also needs to continue to improve its ability to control the nation's highest rate of preventable hospitalizations.

The rankings are published by the United Health Group's foundation, along with the American Public Health Association and the Partnership for Prevention. Kentucky’s challenges include having the nation’s highest smoking rate, more than 1 million obese adults and a high rate of cancer deaths. See more on Kentucky's ratings here. (Read more)

Kentucky ranks 44th among the 50 states in overall health in United Health Foundation's America's Health Rankings. Darla Carter of The Courier-Journal reports that while this is the same rating Kentucky achieved last year, the state is not without some high points. Among them, Kentucky is 9th best nationwide for its low incidence of binge drinking. We are to be congratulated as well for our low violent crime, high immunization coverage and improved high-school graduation rate.

Smoking continues to be where Kentucky fails miserably. Still worst, with 29 percent of the population as smokers, the state also faces an uphill battle with more than 1 million obese adults and a high rate of cancer deaths. The state also needs to continue to improve its ability to control the nation's highest rate of preventable hospitalizations.

The rankings are published by the United Health Group's foundation, along with the American Public Health Association and the Partnership for Prevention. Kentucky’s challenges include having the nation’s highest smoking rate, more than 1 million obese adults and a high rate of cancer deaths. See more on Kentucky's ratings here. (Read more)

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Children with TVs in their bedrooms are twice as likely to have extra fat, three times greater risk of heart disease and diabetes

Kids who have TVs in their bedrooms are twice as likely to be fat and nearly three times as likely to be at risk for heart disease and diabetes as those who don’t, according to a new study that elevates concerns about health and screen time. The research, published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, studied 369 children, 5 to 18, who have TVs in their rooms and watched more than five hours of television a day. They showed dramatic evidence of extra belly fat, bigger waists, greater risk of heart disease and diabetes and elevated triglycerides, or fat in their bloodstream, said Amanda Staiano, a scientist with the Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Baton Rouge, La. (Getty Images photo)

A 2010 study cited by Staiano indicated that 70 percent of American children have a TV in their bedroom. In the Pennington study, 66 percent of the kids had a TV in the room and the precise relationship between TV and health, as measured by height, weight, waist measurements, blood pressures, fat deposits and other exams, revealed the stark disparity between the groups with and without their own TV. (Read more)

Kids who have TVs in their bedrooms are twice as likely to be fat and nearly three times as likely to be at risk for heart disease and diabetes as those who don’t, according to a new study that elevates concerns about health and screen time. The research, published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, studied 369 children, 5 to 18, who have TVs in their rooms and watched more than five hours of television a day. They showed dramatic evidence of extra belly fat, bigger waists, greater risk of heart disease and diabetes and elevated triglycerides, or fat in their bloodstream, said Amanda Staiano, a scientist with the Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Baton Rouge, La. (Getty Images photo)

A 2010 study cited by Staiano indicated that 70 percent of American children have a TV in their bedroom. In the Pennington study, 66 percent of the kids had a TV in the room and the precise relationship between TV and health, as measured by height, weight, waist measurements, blood pressures, fat deposits and other exams, revealed the stark disparity between the groups with and without their own TV. (Read more)

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