Feature articles on prescription drugs

[Guest guest]

Feature articles on prescription drugs:

http://www.naturalnews.com/prescription_drugs.html

 

 

 

 

 

Heparin Contamination Fiasco Reveals Dirty Secret of Drug Industry: Their Pills are Made in China!5/1/2008 - (NaturalNews) Remember a couple of years ago how the FDA warned Americans not to buy prescription drugs from Canada because they might be "contaminated by terrorists?" I'm not making that up: That was the official announcement of an FDA spokesperson,...

 

 

 

 

 

Just Say No to Prescription Drugs12/4/2007 - (NaturalNews) Assuming you’re eating well, sleeping well, exercising and tending to your relationships, the next best optimal health step you can take after the age of fifty is to avoid prescription drugs. All prescription drugs - without exception -...

 

 

 

 

 

30-Day Supply of Cherry Concentrate Supplements for Every NaturalNews Reader in the U.S.11/13/2007 - (NaturalNews) Over the past four years, I've written extensively about the health benefits of cherries, describing the therapeutic effects of the natural medicines found in cherry skins and explaining how cherry products help eliminate arthritis inflammation,...

 

 

 

 

 

FDA seeks to bypass doctors with behind-the-counter drug sales via pharmacists10/3/2007 - In a bold move designed to sell even more prescription drugs, the FDA has announced its intention to bypass doctors and allow pharmacists to prescribe certain drugs directly to consumers. The move would subject patients to prescription-strength pharmaceuticals...

 

 

 

 

 

Senate, House agree on FDA reform; key provisions remain but FDA remains threat to America9/20/2007 - The U.S. Congress has reached agreement on a House / Senate compromise regarding the recently passed FDA reform legislation that aims to improve the safety of pharmaceuticals. The bill will now move to the White House where it is expected to be signed...

 

 

 

 

 

New online consumer health guide reveals nutritional deficiencies caused by prescription drugs9/10/2007 - NaturalNews.com, a leading natural health news and information site, has launched NaturalNews DrugWatch, a free online resource that reveals the nutritional deficiencies caused by over 540 brand-name prescription drugs. The pages are provided free...

 

 

 

 

 

The hoax of modern medicine: Seven facts you need to know9/4/2007 - What happens when the Bush Administration negotiates drug prices with private industry using public money? To answer the question, just consider the situation with U.S. government "negotiations" over the prices of prescription drugs for Medicare: The...

 

 

 

 

 

Unraveling the lies about the antioxidant study on vitamins E and C8/13/2007 - A new study published in the August 13, 2007 issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine found that vitamins E and C, when taken together, result in a significant reduction in the risk of strokes (31 percent) and heart attacks (22 percent). The study...

 

 

 

 

 

Consumers' use of pharmaceuticals, personal care products polluting rivers and oceans with toxic chemicals6/13/2007 - Our water supply is becoming increasingly contaminated -- and not just by big factories dumping pollutants into the rivers. It is consumers, often unwittingly, who are poisoning rivers and oceans by sending potentially toxic chemicals down the drain....

 

 

 

 

 

FDA drug safety bill passes in the U.S. Senate; health freedom advocates outraged at betrayal of American consumers5/9/2007 - The U.S. Senate passed the FDA "drug safety" bill today (S.1082) with a 93-1 vote. A key amendment that would have called for genuine drug safety protections for consumers -- the Grassley amendment 1039 -- was defeated by a single vote (47 to 46). The...

 

 

 

 

 

28 Senators vote to maintain Big Pharma monopoly over U.S. consumers; Republicans oppose free trade for medicine5/7/2007 - On May 3rd, 2007, U.S. Senators voted on an amendment to the 2007 Prescription Drug User Fee bill that aims to reform the FDA and enhance drug safety. This amendment, known as the "Dorgan Amendment No. 990," threatened to break Big Pharma's monopoly...

 

 

 

 

 

Natural health community having a huge impact on Senate bill S.1082; consumers achieving important victories5/4/2007 - We have good news to report on the Senate bill S.1082 that we've been covering all week. The grassroots efforts of citizens and advocates in the health freedom movement are making a huge impact on this legislative effort. We've already managed to delay...

 

 

 

 

 

Americans fed up with drug industry influence, FDA corruption, reveals remarkable Consumer Reports survey4/16/2007 - (NaturalNews) More than four out of five Americans think drug companies have too much influence over the Food and Drug Administration, and 84 percent believe that advertisements for prescription drugs with safety concerns should be outlawed, reveals a...

 

 

 

 

 

The quackery of modern medicine (opinion)3/3/2007 - (NaturalNews) The closer you look at conventional medicine, the more you realize just how much it's based on quackery. From the exaggerated claims of drug advertisements (which imply that swallowing patented chemicals will solve your life problems) to...

 

 

 

 

 

The big vitamin scare: American Medical Association claims vitamins may kill you (opinion)2/28/2007 - The latest round in conventional medicine's ongoing attempts to discredit (and ultimately outlaw) nutritional supplements is found in a highly questionable study published this week in the Journal of the American Medical Association, which claims that...

 

 

 

 

 

Prescription drug deaths skyrocket 68 percent over five years as Americans swallow more pills2/22/2007 - (NaturalNews) Poisoning from prescription drugs has risen to become the second-largest cause of unintentional deaths in the United States, according to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In its Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report,...

 

 

 

 

 

The health care reform legislation that Congress should pass, but won't2/15/2007 - All of a sudden, everyone's talking about health care reform in the United States. From corporations like Wal-Mart to the newly-elected Democratic majority in the House, it seems that everyone -- business, government and the public -- recognizes our...

 

 

 

 

 

Couple awarded $1.5M in hormone replacement drug lawsuit2/3/2007 - (NaturalNews) A married couple who sued drug maker Wyeth because it's hormone-replacement drug was the catalyst for the wife's breast cancer was awarded $1.5 million by a Philadelphia jury on Monday. The jury also found Wyeth as having "acted with...

 

 

 

 

 

Bush likely to veto lowering Medicare drug prices1/25/2007 - (NaturalNews) House Democrats passed a bill January 12 that requires federal healthcare officials to negotiate lower drug prices with drug companies. However, President Bush has said he will veto it immediately. The Democrats introduced the bill aiming...

 

 

 

 

 

Teen prescription drug abuse on the rise, study finds12/30/2006 - (NaturalNews) U.S. teens are abusing illegal drugs such as marijuana less, but abuse of legal prescription drugs is rising, according to a new study by the National Institute on Drug Abuse. The "Monitoring the Future" study, conducted by the University...

 

 

 

 

 

Many Americans too illiterate to understand prescription medication labels12/5/2006 - (NaturalNews) More and more people living in America don't have the needed English-language literacy skills to read, interpret and follow directions -- and that can cause big problems when prescription medications are not taken per the doctor's orders....

 

 

 

 

 

Reporters for Just Say ‘Know’ to Prescription Drugs Initiative Find MD’s Failure to Discuss Side Effects ‘Significantly Higher’ Than New Study Stated (press release)11/20/2006 - UCLA head researcher says, “We were very liberal.” Actual percentage of physicians who fail to discuss risks of prescribed medication are “much higher” than 65 percent reported previously. Today, the Just Say “Know” to Prescription Drugs Campaign,...

 

 

 

 

 

Prescription drugs found in soil sludge used for lawns and gardens10/10/2006 - (NaturalNews) According to research by Chad Kinney, assistant professor of chemistry and biochemistry at Eastern Washington University, fertilizer made from sewage sludge may be adding pharmaceuticals, flame retardants and other chemicals to the land. Kinney's...

 

 

 

 

 

U.S. government announces it will stop illegal seizures of prescription drugs from Canada10/4/2006 - (NaturalNews) The U.S. government announced yesterday that it will no longer seize small shipments of illegal Canadian pharmaceuticals at the border, which overturns months of aggressive seizures that have resulted in 40,000 confiscations nationwide. Though...

 

 

 

 

 

Doctors fail to communicate drug side effects to patients9/27/2006 - (NaturalNews) A study published in Monday's issue of the journal Archives of Internal Medicine found that doctors frequently prescribe medications to patients without clearly explaining dosages and side effects. Researchers from the University of California...

 

 

 

 

 

Why is Fido dead? Prescription drugs are killing dogs, too9/21/2006 - (NaturalNews) The FDA has released information concerning non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs for pets -- including Metacam, Deramaxx, Previcox and Rimadyl -- that shows they have been connected to 22,000 cases of illness in dogs, almost 3,000 of which...

 

 

 

 

 

Brand-name drug prices rise faster than inflation9/21/2006 - (NaturalNews) The prices of brand-name prescription drugs used by older Americans continue to increase, while generic drugs used by the same age group remain relatively unchanged in price, according to the AARP's quarterly Rx Watchdog Report. The report...

 

 

 

 

 

Prescription drugs are connected to school shootings and other violence, yet more drugs are touted as the solution9/11/2006 - The United States is gaining a reputation around the world for raising children who go on school shooting rampages. Earlier this year, we had another one with 16-year-old Jeff Weiss, who went into his school on an Indian reservation and blew away 10...

 

 

 

 

 

Pharmaceutical fraud: How Big Pharma's marketing and profits come before consumer safety and wellness9/7/2006 - If you have a long, drawn-out, incurable but treatable disease, it's unfortunate for you but great for pharmaceutical companies. While you're suffering indefinitely, you're also buying expensive pharmaceutical drugs to make the disease "manageable."...

 

 

 

 

 

Off-label prescribing rampant as doctors give patients amphetamines, psychotropic drugs for weight loss8/24/2006 - (NaturalNews) Earlier this week the Wall Street Journal reported that many doctors engage in "off-label" drug prescribing to help patients lose weight, which involves prescribing medications for weight loss that have not been approved by the FDA for that...

 

 

 

 

 

Health authorities warn buying prescription drugs is dangerous, but only on the Internet8/11/2006 - (NaturalNews) New research published in the August 12 issue of The Lancet has found that more patients are buying prescription drugs on the internet, which has led many conventional medical authorities to worry about the possible dangers of online drug...See all 144 prescription drugs feature articles.