Hyped Oils ** Hyped Commercial Medicines

[Guest guest]

Hey Martin,

 

You knew I would disagree with you on the below. There has been enough

blood let on this list over Vitex .. and I am NOT going to stop selling

it .. plus most of the folks using it are gaining from its use.

 

> Vitex agnus castus: (No safety data on the essential oil. Concerns

> over possible side effects on the female hormone system.) A hyped

> oil with no sound therapeutic studies.

 

It is NOT hyped and it will NEVER EVER get double blind, peer reviewed

research reports because it is a friggin wild plant and the greedy sons

of donkeys in the pharmaceutical companies cannot patent it. The folks

who are gaining great relief from Vitex will not agree that its hyped.

 

The fact that something has NOT been proven to be safe does not make it

unsafe .. if that were not the case then we could all get by with a

dozen of so essential oils .. that would be enough.

 

Why will natural products not receive the blessings of the people who

approve killer drugs annually then jerk them off the shelf after the

cure to kill ratio gets a bit out of hand? Its all about money .. all

about research being conducted for the FDA by the major pharmaceutical

companies .. all about BSing the public into thinking that only crap

that is costly and comes from a friggin drug store is safe to use.

 

The below I can not confirm .. but I don't doubt it. It is from the

Wise Weeds List on 20 Feb 04, and they asked that it be passed along.

Keep in mind that for most wholesale EO we can barely make 10% profit.

 

All of the below are the words of the writer .. not identified.

 

And though the writer is dumping most of the heavy on the pharmacists, I

believe that the pharmaceutical companies are the cause of the biggest

increase in prices .. just my opinion.

 

Y'all keep smiling. :-) Butch http://www.AV-AT.com

 

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Read the whole article....the last info page is on costco....very

interesting.

 

(A) BRAND NAME OF DRUG

 

(B) CONSUMER PRICE 100 TABS

 

© COST OF GENERAL ACTIVE INGREDIENTS

 

(D) PERCENT MARKUP

 

(A) (B) © (D)

 

Celebrex 100 mg $130.27 $0.60 21,712%

 

Claritin 10 mg $215.17 $0.71 30,306%

 

Keflex 250 mg $157.39 $1.88 8,372%

 

Lipitor 20 mg $272.37 $5.80 4,696%

 

Norvasc 10 mg $188.29 $0.14 134,493%

 

Paxil 20 mg $220.27 $7.60 2,898%

 

Prevacid 30 mg $44.77 $1.01 34,136%

 

Prilosec 20 mg $360.97 $0.52 69,417%

 

Prozac 20 mg $247.47 $0.11 224,973%

 

Tenormin 50 mg $104.47 $0.13 80,362%

 

Vasotec 10 mg $102.37 $0.20 51,185%

 

Xanax 1mg $136.79 $0.024 569,958%

 

Zestril 20 mg $89.89 $3.20 2,809%

 

Zithromax 600mg $1,482.19 $18.78 7,892%

 

Zocor 40mg $350.27 $8.63 4,059%

 

Zoloft 50mg $206.87 $1.75 11,821%

 

The cost of prescription drugs is outrageous.

 

 

On Monday night, Steve Wilson, an investigative reporter for channel 7

News in Detroit, did a story on generic drug price gouging by

pharmacies. He found in his investigation, that some of these generic

drugs were marked up as much as 3,000% or more. Yes, that's not a

typo..... three thousand percent!

 

So often, we blame the drug companies for the high cost of drugs, and

usually rightfully so. But in this case, the fault clearly lies with

the pharmacies themselves. For example, if you had to buy a prescription

drug, and bought the name brand, you might pay $100 for 100 pills.

 

The pharmacist might tell you that if you get the generic equivalent,

they would only cost $80, making you think you are " saving " $20. What

the pharmacist is not telling you is that those 100 generic pills may

have only cost him $10!

 

At the end of the report, one of the anchors asked Mr. Wilson whether or

not there were any pharmacies that did not adhere to this practice, and

he said that Costco consistently charged little over their cost for the

generic drugs.

 

I went to the Costco site, where you can look up any drug, and get its

online price. It says that the in-store prices are consistent with the

online prices. I was appalled. Just to give you one example from my own

experience, I had to use the drug, Compazine, which helps prevent nausea

in chemo patients. I used the generic equivalent, which cost $54.99 for

60 pills at CVS. I checked the price at Costco, and I! could have bought

100 pills for $19.89. For 145 of my pain pills, I paid $72.57. I could

have got 150 at Costco for $28.08.I would like to mention, that although

Costco is a " membership " type store, you do NOT have to be a member to

buy prescriptions there, as it is a federally regulated substance. You

just tell them at the door that you wish to use the pharmacy, and they

will let you in.

 

I am asking each of you to please help me by copying this letter, and

pasting it into your own email, and send it to everyone you know with an

email address. .......... UNQUOTE

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 4/15/2004 9:12:15 AM Pacific Standard Time,

butchbsi writes:

 

> went to the Costco site

 

My husband buys his Claritin alternative there... he says a year's supply is

either $14.00 or $10.00.

 

Interesting eller hur?!

 

K

 

Cheers!

Kathleen Petrides

The Woobey Queen

http://www.woobeyworld.com