Prescription Drugs are Killing

Prescription drugs have saved many lives. These drugs have a very important role in modern medicine. However there is a landslide of evidence that these drugs are being over used by the medical industry. The overwhelming evidence indicates the main reason for this overuse is money. Yes the reality is, these dangerous drugs are being prescribed, overused and even abused because monstrous profits are generated. Unfortunately the evidence not only reveals that these drugs are causing many serious side effects in those using them but they are killing some folks as well. Where is the accountability and outrage?

Is it true that many of these drugs are killing folks and little or nothing is being done to stop this practice? The shocking true is revealed below by reputable scientific research data. Fasten your seatbelt as the information your about to read is disturbing at best. People are dieing needlessly to preserve and protect huge corporate profits. These facts are being suppressed to hide the reality for the general public

There are more and more news reports relating to the tremendous harm of medical prescription drugs to thousands of folks who have put their trust in their doctor. Many of these drugs were designed to mask symptoms of a plethora of ill health maladies and diseases. They are prescribed by reputable doctors and were cleared by the (FDA) Food and Drug Administration to be safe. With more use and study many of these drugs are being found to tremendously damage health, some have killed folks. It is important to understand that drugs are poisons that force the body to respond quickly. Below are a few links to sites that are revealing the facts about dangerous prescription drugs and what is being done to address and/or resolve this serous problem.

Los Angeles Times, Orange County Edition April 5, 2005

Malpractice-for-Profit:

SOURCE: Reprinted in the public service of the national interest of the American people.

Imagine a war on crime in which nobody knew how many murders occurred, or a Federal Aviation Administration that was unaware of how many airplanes had crashed. Suppose we were so casual about fatal automobile accidents that it was not even necessary to report one. That is how we monitor the risks of prescription drugs, though they account for more deaths each year than all murders, auto accidents and airplane crashes combined. It is estimated that more than 100,000 people die every year from the adverse effects of prescription drugs, and 1 million are injured so severely they require hospitalization. Many of these deaths and serious injuries could be prevented with better programs and policies to limit the dangers involved.

Consumer Reports Jan. 2006

Prescription for trouble:
Legal Drugs that Kill

Common drugs, hidden dangers. Tens of millions of people at risk

Go to Legal Drugs that Kill: Article

U.S. consumers have been buffeted by bad news about the safety of the prescription drugs they take. One shock was the revelation of serious heart risks from the pain reliever Vioxx. Then “black box” warnings about an increased risk of suicide in young people were slapped on all antidepressants.

A leader of the Food and Drug Administration's drug-safety office has told Congress that the agency and its once-vaunted Center for Drug Evaluation and Research are “broken.” The FDA is currently the object of several investigations, including one initiated at its own request.

A Consumer Reports investigation has now found that tens of millions of people may unknowingly have been exposed to the rare but serious side effects of a dozen relatively common prescription-drug types. Collectively, the drugs, sold in 140 brand-name or generic versions, accounted for some 266 million prescriptions in the U.S. and almost $25 billion in sales during the 12 months ending in September 2005, according to NDCHealth, an Atlanta-based health-care-information company.

Life Extension Magazine March 2005

Death by Regulation:

Life Extension is a global authority on health, wellness and nutrition as well as a respected provider of scientific information on disease prevention.

Go to Death by Regulation: Article

Consumers are being defrauded out of their health and money by a regulatory system that is a proven failure.

Back in the early 1980s, the Life Extension Foundation provided compelling evidence that FDA-approved drugs were dangerous and overpriced. We also gave examples of lifesaving medications that the FDA delayed, resulting in the needless deaths of millions of Americans.

We warned of a health care cost crisis if Congress did not abolish the FDA or markedly diminish the agency’s powers. We even went so far as to establish the FDA Museum to specifically document how flawed government regulatory policies were the leading cause of death in the US.

Sadly, most of the reforms we sought did not pass Congress. The result is that health care has become so expensive that record numbers of Americans are without medical insurance.1,2 Those who have insurance are paying outlandishly high premiums and deductibles. Medicare faces insolvency, FDA-approved drugs are killing record numbers of Americans,3 and medical innovation is stifled by over-regulation.

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