Artical from Mercola,,,,,How Could Drug Companies be so Evil?

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This came across my desktop this morning. Thought it was relevant to

recent conversation.

 

Chris

 

http://www.mercola.com/2004/may/15/drug_companies_evil.htm

 

 

How Could Drug Companies be so Evil?

 

By Dr. Joseph Mercola

According to the first comprehensive scientific review to include all

available studies, including negative data that have long been withheld from

public

scrutiny by the pharmaceutical industry, four popular antidepressants being

used to treat thousands of depressed American children are unsafe, ineffective

or

both. Those antidepressants are:

Paxil

Zoloft

Effexor

Celexa

This is damning evidence of the drug companies' patent disregard for the

safety of humans and focus on profits. GlaxoSmithKline was found to be

concealing

evidence that shows that these drugs do not benefit children in any way and

only increase their risk of killing themselves. This was confirmed in an article

in the Canadian Medical Journal.

Fortunately, the British medical journals are far more responsive than the

American ones. The Lancet’s editorial states:

Research on SSRIs in children is marked by confusion, manipulation, and

institutional failure.

In a global medical culture where evidence-based practice is seen as the gold

standard for care, these failings are a disaster.

How confident is society that similar failings will not occur on a larger

scale in the future?

Changes are required at every level of the global health-care infrastructure

Despite these findings, the FDA continues to support these worthless

antidepressants by claiming the failed trials don’t necessarily mean the drugs

are

ineffective. Data has also confirmed that taking SSRIs weren’t any better for

you

than taking a placebo.

Folks, if this doesn't make you fighting mad, what will?

Just sit down and think about it for a moment. Drug companies do the research

and learn that the drugs don't work, yet are willing to sell and market them

to children even when it is clear that they are causing many children to

commit suicide.

Unpublished studies of venlafaxine suggested the drug increased

suicide-related events such as suicidal thoughts or attempts by 14 times

compared with

placebo. This is reprehensible and despicable behavior equivalent to any

third-world dictator.

How can anyone possibly support this approach?

If this makes you one-tenth as angry as it does me, I encourage you to do

something practical about it. Tell several of your friends and have them join

the

newsletter so they can learn practical alternatives to the ineffective and

deadly solutions being manipulated onto us and our children so these evil

companies can earn more profit.

Rather than risking the potentially deadly side effects of these drugs, I

recommend the following three steps. The great majority of patients at my clinic

noticed an amazing improvement in their depression when following them:

Omega-3 oils, specifically fish oil, is probably the single most important

nutrient for a child with depression to take.

Next they should only drink water as their beverage, taking care to avoid

fruit juices, soda and milk.

Restrict sugars and grains, which cause insulin levels to be elevated. You

can read about the techniques to follow to remove all grains and sugars from

your diet in my new book, Dr. Mercola’s Total Health Cookbook & Program.

Popping pills is rarely the answer to helping children suffering from

depression; it is only a temporary Band-Aid. In order to truly help these

children,

we need to focus on finding the underlying cause of the problem, then search

for ways to treat it.