Medicines

OTC drugs, Prescriptions Are More Fatal Than Cocaine

OTC drugs, Prescriptions Are More Fatal Than Cocaine

Another story about over the counter drugs. Obviously the most dangerous drugs are OxyContin, Vicodin and Hydrocodone. The number of addicts from drugs is on the rise. Joseph Troncale, medical director for Caron Treatment Centers based in Wernersville, Pa is saying that OxyContin, Percocet and other drugs are sold on the streets like candy. Most…

Big Pharma’s Pain-For-Profit Industry Booming Despite Vioxx Verdict

Big Pharma’s Pain-For-Profit Industry Booming Despite Vioxx Verdict

News of a comprehensive medical industry marketing report called the U.S. Market for Pain Management Drugs and Devices was circulated on the internet this week coincidentally just prior to the verdict in the first of the over 4,200 lawsuits against the makers of Vioxx, the popular but deadly pain killer. Yes, not withstanding the Vioxx…

Why Do Pharmaceutical Drugs Injure and Kill?

Why Do Pharmaceutical Drugs Injure and Kill?

According to the United States ‘ Food and Drug Administration, 1.5 million Americans were hospitalized in 1978 alone, as a consequence of pharmaceutical drugs administered to “cure” them. It was also found that some 30% of all hospitalized people suffered further damage from the therapy prescribed them. In the 1990s, studies show that 180,000 medically-induced…

Guardian – Scientists Are Accepting Large Sums of Money

Guardian – Scientists Are Accepting Large Sums of Money

Scandal of scientists who take money for papers ghostwritten by drug companies. Doctors named as authors may not have seen raw data Scientists are accepting large sums of money from drug companies to put their names to articles endorsing new medicines that they have not written – a growing practice that some fear is putting…

Interview: Duane Graveline – Medical Doctor, Astronaut, and Critic of Lipitor and Other Cholesterol-Lowering Statin Drugs
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Interview: Duane Graveline – Medical Doctor, Astronaut, and Critic of Lipitor and Other Cholesterol-Lowering Statin Drugs

Dr. Graveline began his medical odyssey at the famed Walter Reed Army Hospital during the time when America’s space pioneers were just beginning to study the medical effects of space flight. After becoming a flight surgeon and participating in that space medical research, Dr. Graveline received international recognition for his research on zero gravity deconditioning,…