“Big Pharma” has so much influence on our lives that even Consumer Reports recently attacked the health food industry. In this case we have Ginger Skinner’s article in Consumer Reports published 11-30-2017 where she states, “Americans spent almost $3 billion on vitamins, herbal remedies, and other supplements in their fight against colds and flu in…
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Who is really in charge of your FDA?
The agency that is in charge of regulating your foods and drugs, has its top positions filled by people that were employed or earned a significant portion of their income from the pharmaceutical and biotech industries. It is no secret why this agency has been biased against the natural foods industry and supportive of their…
Search engine for pharmaceutical company payoffs to doctors and hospitals
Do you think that your doctor’s recommendations may possibly be influenced by payoffs from pharmaceutical and medical device companies (aka Big Pharma)? As of 2013, a new law requires public disclosure of these payments. Click on this site to search by your doctors’ names to see if any of them or their colleagues received payments,…
FDA is planning to take away your homeopathic medicines and what you can do
The FDA is trying to eliminate your access to homeopathic medicine. During the last 20 years the FDA has made several attempts to eliminate the Natural Foods Industry by creating new laws that would have effectively regulated health foods and supplements out of existence. They do this on a regular basis because they are controlled…
Pharmaceutical companies and their touts have their fingers in your wallet
You panic if your insurance won’t cover your prescription. The pharmaceutical companies pay off the doctors who promote their drugs to you. The amount of fines that they pay for all of this is miniscule. Welcome to the world of Big Pharma. This is all so very depressing, which is also good for them, because…
Avoiding Pharmaceuticals for Treating Colds
Over 4 billion prescriptions were written in the U.S. last year. The total annual cost of these prescriptions to the American public in 2012, according to the NY Times, was $325.7 billion. This cost could have been much higher were it not for the generic drug sales, which account for 84% of all prescriptions. The…