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Truth About High Cholesterol & Statins Drugs like Lipitor
February 9th, 2010 
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January 30th, 2010 admin Drug Company Uses Fake Journal to Sell Its Drugs
In the past, I’ve told you stories of alternative doctors who ran afoul of the law simply because they didn’t follow conventional medicine’s drug mandate. In our culture, drugs rule. But you already know that.
You know that when you take a drug, your life is in danger. What you may not know is that when you don’t take a drug, your integrative physician’s medical license is in danger. That’s how controlling the drug companies are. And they’re very good at what they do. But the documents uncovered in an Australian lawsuit have revealed activities that would shock even hardened advocates of Big Pharma. These documents say that Merck created a fake “peer-reviewed” journal.
Its purpose? To present favorable data on its killer drugs Fosamax and Vioxx. Elsevier is one of the world’s biggest publishers of medical journals. Merck reportedly paid this company to publish the phony journal, The Australasian Journal of Bone and Joint Medicine, without disclosing the company’s sponsorship.
George Jelinek is an Australian physician and longtime member of the World Association of Medical Editors. He reviewed four issues of the journal that Elsevier published in 2003-4. He testified that the “average reader” (a doctor) would probably mistake the publication for a genuine peer-reviewed medical journal. Only close inspection combined with his expertise enabled him to determine that the journal was really a marketing publication for Merck.
In two issues, of 50 articles that he read, 16 referred to Fosamax and nine to Vioxx. All presented positive views. Half of all the articles were merely promotions for the petrochemicals. Now please consider this. Imagine that your doctor prescribed you these drugs after reading these articles. Let’s say you got a stroke from Vioxx, and that you got bone death from Fosamax. Well, the medical board would turn the other cheek.
It would find that your doctor was practicing the “standard of practice,” which is based on published reports. It would not expect him to be smart enough to know that the journal was bought and paid for, even if you died as a result. And nothing would happen to the drug company.
It is a crazy world we live in, when a doctor can read false propaganda from Big Pharma, and give you something that kills you, and no one is held responsible. If your conventional doctor gives you a prescription, you have to do your own research and consult your integrative physician to determine if it’s right for you. Don’t rely on your conventional doctor to give you unbiased information. He may not know his advice is based on faulty information.
Addiction to Painkillers Has Outraced Other Drugs And Alcohol
January 30th, 2010 admin Addiction is the most common word in today’s world. It can be defined as that condition when a person is unable to stop using something. That something can be movies, music, shopping, cigarettes, alcohol or drugs. The last two are the most common and deadly form of addiction. Thousands of people die every year due to the intake of these two things. Drug addiction is the most common form and it is deadlier than alcohol. Lethal drugs like Cocaine, Heroine, LSD, Marijuana, Hashish etc are found all over the world and they are cause of millions of deaths. Government of every country is trying to uproot these addiction and the drugs. Some of them have already succeeded.
Although drugs have been banned in several countries, the addiction did not leave the youth. Unable to obtain their required drugs, people have changed their mode of addiction. They have now started taking painkillers for getting high. Painkiller addiction is now the most common form of addiction of the world. It is cheap and easily available. Govt. cannot even put a ban on painkillers as it is mainly used as medicine. Although, addiction to painkillers is intentional for some people, some even get addicted after they are being prescribed with painkillers by the doctors or physicists.
Some patients get physically and mentally dependant on painkillers when they are prescribed with painkillers. Even after they get completely cured from the injury or any other pain, they keep on taking painkillers because they feel chronic pains if they do not take these pills. Painkiller addictions have reached a high extent nowadays; millions of people all over the world rely on painkillers. People get too much physically dependant on painkillers, as a result cannot get rid of it. Whenever they try to give up this addiction, certain withdrawal symptoms show up. These withdrawal symptoms are so painful that the addicts get back to the addiction again.
The only way to get rid of painkiller addiction is proper medicinal treatment and care. Proper medicinal treatment cannot be obtained if the person wants to get cured by himself. If a person really wants to get out of this malpractice, then he or she must visit a painkiller rehab. A painkiller rehab is the only place where an addicted person can get proper painkiller addiction treatment. Since the withdrawal symptoms are unbearable, the patients always need special attention, care and mental support. Otherwise, there is no chance of proper rehabilitation.
But, prevention is always better than cure. When you know that you can be a victim of pharmaceutical addiction, you should ask your doctor to adopt some other methods for your cure. Or, you can also have enough control on yourself so that you can stop taking painkillers when you are completely cured. But, very few people can do this. No one knows when the medicine used to cure one self can turn to a lethal poison. Painkiller addiction must be avoided at any cost; it will not only harm yourself but also each and every people around you.
Weight Loss Drugs
January 27th, 2010 admin Obesity is fast becoming the number one health problem in developed and developing countries worldwide, the problem is now affecting a large number of school-age children. For some, this decision is simple, and they just write a check for the operation, while others prefer the harder approach is consistent with the reality of obtaining and monitoring their diet. Another group prefers to use the weight of drugs to help them lose weight, so that results can be seen in a shorter time.
The drugs work to raise the level of serotonin in the brain, they believe that the stomach is already full, thereby increasing the metabolic rate of a person. Only when scientists discovered that these drugs have side effects, and have been linked to heart valve disease that they were removed from shelves. You can not win, though, manufacturers have introduced updated drugs prescribed by doctors but the FDA approval process is slow.
You may know who has used these pills, several times, and first-hand understanding of how useful they can be. This proposal is tempting to lose weight while maintaining the same diet who’d say no? Weight loss drug manufacturers spend huge sums on research, but it can not be compared with the amount spent by consumers.
In later weight control pills may be prescribed by your doctor, dietitian or purchased in pharmacies and, despite advances in drug manufacture, there is a risk in including vomiting and stomach problems. Surprisingly more dangerous side effects exist including stroke, heart attack, kidney failure to name only a few, so these drugs are still far from safe to use.
It is always a good idea to you doctor before taking any course of drugs, which may reduce the possibility of some side effects occur, although this may depend on the genetic makeup of the person using them. Other problems may also arise when the pill is discontinued. Effect of withdrawal of pills are irritability, nausea, depression, fatigue and insomnia to name only a few of the reported conditions.
Although these weight loss drugs do work to increase the beneficial effects occurs when regular exercise held together with food. This type of nutrition requires a balance of food groups to ensure adequate consumption of vitamins, minerals and fiber, almost all of which can be bought at the local supermarket, but you may need a little training.
Implementation will need to be carried out, if you want to take healthy food option, but it is likely to be developed in advance with your doctor. A good exercise plan with the weights will help improve the body’s ability to burn calories and maintain a healthy heart.
How to Control Destructive Behavior Caused by Smoke, Caffeine And Drugs
January 27th, 2010 admin Destructive behavior can ruin the career of a person and sometimes it may cause to lose job too. To control destructive behavior caused by drugs one can take a proper training. In the training, trainer discusses the use of cigarettes, cocaine, alcohol and other drugs and their functions and effects on our life. All people should be conscious about the health dangers of smoking and other drugs. Nevertheless, students may not think about how smoking and drinking affects their job performance.
Research information reported on the smoke free workplace new smokers are absent 50 per cent and appear to be less productive due to frequent smoke breaks. Some proof also suggests that smoking leads to decreased attentiveness and competence. Trainees should be informed that many organizations are implementing strict workplace smoking policies. It is unlikely that a person will be able to smoke whenever or wherever he or she wants on the work.
Trainer discuss about the caffeine and its working. There is no considerable link between caffeine use and health or work-related troubles. Trainers may want to point out that too much consumption of caffeine can interfere with sleep and cause a cruel cycle. The person is exhausted due to lack of sleep and uses caffeine to stay awake and alert for the duration of the office. A good sleep and rest, a proper well balanced diet, and physical activity can lead to significant health benefits and positive energy. Remind trainees that caffeine is a stimulant and can cause anxiety and irritability. Although this may not harm job performance, it surely can not help someone deal with the pressures of the work.
He also discuss about the unprotected lovemaking and sharing needles as behaviors associated with drugs or medicine use that can have serious health consequences. Again, this type of information is available in full detail in many sources and most trainees possibly have heard the information several times. Nevertheless, a reminder in the context of staying fit would not hurt. Sharing needles for injecting drugs or medicines puts a person at higher risk of being infected with many diseases, the most serious of which is the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) that can cause to develop AIDS. While having unprotected lovemaking is not directly related to using drugs or medicines, a person’s judgment is impaired under the influence of drugs or alcohol that can lead to making bad or risky decisions. Having unprotected lovemaking and consequence may be caused STD.
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