Thursday, August 19, 2010

Drugs Don't Work!

FIVE OUT OF SIX NEW PRESCRIPTION DRUGS DON'T WORK, DOCTOR CLAIMS

This is an old and enduring fact!


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Drug companies firms overstate the benefits of patented medicines, spend vast amounts on getting doctors to prescribe them and underplayed serious side-effects, says Prof Donald Light of the University of Medicine and Dentistry in New Jersey, US. When the "toxic side-effects" of prescription drugs were taken into account, and their misuse, he claimed they were "a significant cause of death". Cholesterol-lowering statins were a classic example of the drugs industry overselling a product as a wonder-pill to prevent heart attacks, despite evidence that they could do more harm than good. He said drug cos spend 2-3 x more on marketing than on research. He has written in both the Lancet & BMJ.

Edward Priestly comments: These sentiments have been expressed many times by experts including Dr. Allen Roses, Chief of Genetics at GlaxoSmithKline who said in Dec. 2003 to the world "Most Drugs Are a Waste of Time".
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