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"As soon as the fda approved OxyContin in 1995, executives ordered the company's battalion of sales reps to sell the drug to doctors for everything from back pain to arthritis, conditions that could be readily treated with a myriad of nonnarcotic pain relievers that did not come with the serious risk of addiction. Purdue's own confidential documents explain that a key goal of executives was to set consumers straight on the "myths and misconceptions about addiction." - Melody Petersen, Our Daily Meds: How the Pharmaceutical Companies Transformed Themselves into Slick Marketing Machines and Hooked the Nation on Prescription Drugs (Get the book.)

"Gueriguian's concerns about liver toxicity. The fda approved Rezulin in February 1997, and brisk sales soon earned it "blockbuster" status. However, reports of fatal liver toxicity due to Rezulin soon started to appear. Notwithstanding reports of deaths in the United States as well as in Japan, and the withdrawal of the drug from the United Kingdom because of liver toxicity in December 1997, Dr. Eastman and his colleagues decided to continue treating volunteers in the Diabetes Prevention Program study with Rezulin." - John Abramson, Overdosed America: The Broken Promise of American Medicine (P.S.) (Get the book.) "For example, Eli Lilly thought it had a real winner in 2001 when the fda approved Xigris. This breakthrough high-tech drug had been shown to improve the survival rate of people who were critically ill with septic shock—an extremely serious condition caused by bacterial infection in the bloodstream, which is responsible for 225,000 deaths in the United States each year. The New England Journal of Medicine published a report in 2001 showing that Xigris decreased the mortality rate from this dreaded condition by 6.1 percent, saving the life of 1 out of every 16 patients treated." - John Abramson, Overdosed America: The Broken Promise of American Medicine (P.S.) (Get the book.) "In 1987 the fda approved the first cholesterol-lowering statin drug, Meva-cor. Sales of statins climbed steadily, so that in 2002 they took over as the best-selling class of drug in the United States. What effect did all of these breakthroughs have on the death rate from coronary heart disease? Instead of a dramatic improvement, the rate of decline in the death rate actually slowed during the 1990s (from an average decline of 3.1 percent per year between 1970 and 1990 to 2.8 percent per year between 1990 and 2000)." - John Abramson, Overdosed America: The Broken Promise of American Medicine (P.S.) (Get the book.)

"In effect, instead of approving Prozac for the treatment of depression, the fda approved Prozac in combination with addictive tranquilizers, without ever informing the medical profession or the public about this ruse.1 Especially when the newer antidepressants are combined with Xanax, the risk of disinhibition and even mania is increased. Sam eventually sued his doctor and a dispute developed over Sam's condition at the time he went to the psychiatrist. Sam explained to me that he was upset about his physical problems and that he had no prior history of anxiety and depression." - Peter Breggin, Medication Madness: A Psychiatrist Exposes the Dangers of Mood-Altering Medications (Get the book.) "More recently, in late 2006 the fda approved this dangerous drug for the control of extreme irritability in autistic children, and then for the control of psychosis and bipolar disorder in older children and teens. On the day after his psychiatrist started him on Risperdal, Andy's parents had to take him to the emergency department of a facility for children because of his increasing depressed feelings. There a brief comment was made in the record, "Sometimes hears voices unrecognizable—commanding at times. Won't say what they say." - Peter Breggin, Medication Madness: A Psychiatrist Exposes the Dangers of Mood-Altering Medications (Get the book.)

"Drug companies insist that all drugs are safe when they are fda approved because, of course, the FDA is assessing the safety of those drugs, and would not approve them unless they were safe. It turns out the FDA has not done its job in determining the safety of these drugs, as we have seen with Vioxx, Rezulin and many other prescription drugs that have been pulled from the market. The drug companies say they should not be held financially responsible because the drugs have been fda approved." - Mike Adams, Spam Filters for Your Brain (Get the book.)

"Another medication that appears to be promising in the treatment of autism is Namenda, which is fda approved for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease. Although Namenda does not decrease inflammation directly, it may be helpful by acting upon the glutamate receptors on the cells to block the activity of glutamate, an excitatory amino acid that may act synergistically with inflammatory mediators. Additionally, Spironolactone, a generic potassium-sparing diuretic, has been shown to have anti-inflammatory properties and is currently being researched in the treatment of autism spectrum disorders." - Kenneth Bock, Healing the New Childhood Epidemics: Autism, ADHD, Asthma, and Allergies: The Groundbreaking Program for the 4-A Disorders (Get the book.) "DMSA is fda approved for lead poisoning, but its off-label use to help excrete other heavy metals is extremely common among integrative physicians. Although DMSA is generally quite safe when used appropriately, it is a powerful medication that can create side effects and metabolic disruptions, especially in 4-A kids with delicate systems and high loads of metals. Therefore, DMSA needs to be administered and monitored by a physician who is trained and knowledgeable in chelation therapy." - Kenneth Bock, Healing the New Childhood Epidemics: Autism, ADHD, Asthma, and Allergies: The Groundbreaking Program for the 4-A Disorders (Get the book.) "DMPS is not fda approved, and must be made specifically for each patient, with a doctor's prescription, at a special type of medication-creating pharmacy that is referred to as a compounding pharmacy. DMPS is widely available in Europe, however, and is sold in Germany over the counter, as a nonprescription drug. DMPS is an effective chelator for mercury, and can help rid the body of arsenic, tin, antimony, and lead. It is administered in various treatment protocols, including orally, rectally, intravenously, or trans-dermally." - Kenneth Bock, Healing the New Childhood Epidemics: Autism, ADHD, Asthma, and Allergies: The Groundbreaking Program for the 4-A Disorders (Get the book.) "Lamictal has been fda approved as a mood stabilizer, and can be used for relatively extended periods of time. It seems to help some patients who don't respond well to other mood stabilizing drugs, and is particularly appropriate for kids with bipolar features, including kids with primary diagnoses of autism or ADHD. Tegretol is an anticonvulsant that's often applied for mood disorders. It tends to be notably fast acting, and is sometimes used for migraines, acute mania, and pain. I don't use it very often because it has more potential side effects than other similarly acting drugs." - Kenneth Bock, Healing the New Childhood Epidemics: Autism, ADHD, Asthma, and Allergies: The Groundbreaking Program for the 4-A Disorders (Get the book.)

"You should pay attention to new vaccines like Gardasil, which the fda approved in 2006. Gardasil protects against the four types of human papillomavirus (HPV), which causes 70 percent of cervical cancers and 90 percent of genital warts. The problem is that we don't yet know enough about the HPV vaccine's side effects or the additives it contains. Don't get me wrong, I'm all for cancer prevention. But several states have tried to mandate the HPV vaccine for teenage girls, and I don't believe that vaccines should ever be mandated." - Deirdre Imus, Growing Up Green: Baby and Child Care: Volume 2 in the Bestselling Green This! Series (Green This!) (Get the book.)

"Even though none of these seven drugs was lifesaving, according to the Los Angeles Times, "the fda approved each of those drugs while disregarding danger signs or blunt warnings from its own specialists." All told, 22 million Americans, one out of every 10 adults, had taken a drug that was later withdrawn from the market between 1997 and 2000. The blood sugar-lowering diabetes drug Rezulin is one of the drugs that were approved in haste by the FDA-—and later withdrawn, but much too late for many Americans." - John Abramson, Overdosed America: The Broken Promise of American Medicine (P.S.) (Get the book.)

"For example, in August 2003, the fda approved a statin drug called Crestor (rosuvastatin calcium). But because high amounts of it can cause muscle destruction that may lead to kidney damage (and failure), it can be prescribed only in small doses and requires doctors to monitor a patient's muscle enzymes and kidney and liver functions every three months. (For more about toxins and pharmaceutical drugs, see Appendix C.) A connection has also been found between exposure to cadmium and lead and an increase in cholesterol levels." - Brenda Watson and Leonard Smith, The Detox Strategy: Vibrant Health in 5 Easy Steps (Get the book.)

"The fear that Vioxx could harm the heart continued to roil Merck's executives, scientists, and marketers in the following years, as the fda approved the drug in May 1999, and the company began spending tens of millions of dollars a month to promote it. In March 2000 Merck's scientists received the results of a large corporate study they had called the VIGOR trial. The study showed that patients taking Vioxx still suffered from ulcers, but at about half the rate as those patients taking a pain reliever called naproxen, which is sold under the brand name Aleve." - Melody Petersen, Our Daily Meds: How the Pharmaceutical Companies Transformed Themselves into Slick Marketing Machines and Hooked the Nation on Prescription Drugs (Get the book.)

"The downside is that the glue "suture" is not suitable for wounds in "skin-stretchy" places, such as hands, feet, knees and elbows. The fda approved Tisseel, the nation's first commercial surgical glue, in 1998. Kitchen Cure for Kitchen Cuts B, deeding caused by shaving mishaps, sport scrapes or superficial cuts from a kitchen knife can be stopped in seconds. How? Cayenne pepper. It's high in vitamin K, a nutrient that's essential for blood clotting. Just sprinkle a little pepper on the abrasion, and the bleeding will stop almost instantaneously." - Bottom Line Books, Uncommon Cures For Everyday Ailments (Get the book.)

"As of this writing, only one SERM, raloxifene (Evista), is fda approved for prevention and treatment of osteoporosis. Raloxifene has been shown to prevent the development of frank osteoporosis in women with low bone mass and to offer substantial long-term protection against vertebral fracture in women with established osteoporosis [71]. d. Bisphosphonates Bisphosphonates are analogs of the naturally occurring phosphate ester, pyrophosphate, in which the central oxygen bridge has been replaced by a carbon atom." - Ann M. Coulston and Carol J. Boushey, Nutrition in the Prevention and Treatment of Disease (Get the book.)

"In fact, the health benefits of oats are so solid that in 1997, the fda approved a heart health claim for oats. Here's a brief rundown on the science behind the claim that oats can: Block harmful effects of "bad" cholestrol. Oats contribute two important antioxidant phytochemicals to your diet: avenanthramides (a member of the polyphenol phytochemical family) and phenolic acids (found in most fruits, vegetables, and whole grains)." - Elaine Magee, Food Synergy: Unleash Hundreds of Powerful Healing Food Combinations to Fight Disease and Live Well (Get the book.)

"Before Meridia was approved in 1997, an FDA advisory panel voted five to four that the drug's benefits did not outweigh its risks; however, despite the five-to-four vote, the fda approved its use. (The FDA isn't required to follow the recommendations of its advisory panel, although it's almost unheard-of for it not to.) Meridia leads to a 4.45-kg (9-lb) weight loss after twelve months of treatment.1 Some studies have shown up to a 10-kg (22-lb) weight loss with Meridia.2 Unfortunately, weight returns to pretreatment levels once Meridia is discontinued." - J. Douglas Bremner, Before You Take that Pill: Why the Drug Industry May Be Bad for Your Health (Get the book.) "It is not clear why the fda approved these drugs. Potassium-sparing diuretics also increase risk of heat stroke. For all these reasons they should be avoided. BETA-BLOCKERS Again, beta-blockers, the second type of hypertension drug, act by making your heart beat less hard. Common beta-blocker medications are metopro-lol (Toprol XL, Lopressor), atenolol (Tenormin), carvedilol (Coreg), biso-prolol (Zebeta), and propanolol (Inderal). Specifically, they work by blocking the noradrenergic beta-1 receptor in the heart, which is responsible for making the heart pump." - J. Douglas Bremner, Before You Take that Pill: Why the Drug Industry May Be Bad for Your Health (Get the book.) "In November 2006 the fda approved a labeling supplement precaution about neuropsychiatric events based on postmarketing reports (mostly in children from Japan) of self-injury and delirium with the use of Tamiflu in patients with influenza. GARDASIL The human papillomavirus (HPV), a virus that is spread by unprotected sexual intercourse, affects more than half of the world's population. HPV can cause genital warts and in rare cases cervical cancer. Of those who are infected, however, 95% are asymptomatic and never know they have HPV." - J. Douglas Bremner, Before You Take that Pill: Why the Drug Industry May Be Bad for Your Health (Get the book.) "For example, in May 2007 the fda approved the first pill, called Lybrel, that if taken daily halts women's menstrual periods indefinitely and prevents pregnancies. Because so many women use oral contraceptives, it is especially important to consider the side effects and consequences. What on the surface looks like an easy choice (to take "the pill") may not be for all women." - J. Douglas Bremner, Before You Take that Pill: Why the Drug Industry May Be Bad for Your Health (Get the book.)

"The Journal of the American Medical Association reported several years ago that an estimated 125,000 Americans die each year from the side effects of fda approved drugs. Since the new drug scandals that occurred in 2004-05, this figure is quite likely to be 10 times as high. • The fda approved the sale of the statin drug Baycol to lower cholesterol. One severe adverse reaction, discovered later, was the potentially fatal condition known as rhabdomyolysis, in which destruction of muscle tissue occurs." - Andreas Moritz, Timeless Secrets of Health & Rejuvenation: Unleash The Natural Healing Power That Lies Dormant Within You (Get the book.)

"After a clinical trial done in 2002 initially showed that an HPV-16 vaccine reduced the incidence of both HPV-16 infection and HPV-16 cervical dysplasia,93 continued research has lead to the reality of an HPV vaccine to reduce the incidence of cervical cancer. The fda approved a quadrivalent vaccine in June 2006. It vaccinates women against strains 6 and 11, which cause venereal warts, and 16 and 18, which are the most common strains found in cervical cancer. The intended recipients of this vaccine will be pubertal girls who have not yet had intercourse." - Tori Hudson, N.D., Women's Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine: Alternative Therapies and Integrative Medicine for Total Health and Wellness (Get the book.) "There is also a vaginal bio-identical progesterone, fda approved for use in infertility, that comes in a 4 percent and 8 percent gel and can be used for vaginal application of systemic progesterone. 4. Vaginal estrogens. Vaginal estrogen products that are used only for urogenital atrophic problems are very weak estrogens and are not likely to increase blood levels." - Tori Hudson, N.D., Women's Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine: Alternative Therapies and Integrative Medicine for Total Health and Wellness (Get the book.)

"In 1994, the fda approved the use of a bovine growth hormone called recombinant bovine somatotropin (rBST). According to rBST manufacturers, injections of this hormone cause a cow to produce up to 20 percent more milk. The growth hormone also stimulates the cow's liver to increase insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1). Excess levels of IGF-1 have been increasingly linked by modern research to human cancer development and growth." - C. W. Randolph, M.D., From Belly Fat to Belly FLAT: How Your Hormones Are Adding Inches to Your Waistline and Subtracting Years from Your Life (Get the book.)

"GlucoWatch In 2001, the fda approved a watch-like meter called a Gluco-Watch, which draws minute amounts of moisture from the skin and uses imperceptible electric currents to measure blood glucose every twenty minutes for up to twelve hours. This device is not meant to replace traditional fingertip blood glucose testing, and for good reason: the readings often are not accurate, it can irritate the skin, and it only works for twelve hours at a time." - Steven V. Joyal, What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Diabetes: An Innovative Program to Prevent, Treat, and Beat This Controllable Disease (Get the book.)

"The network is not only elite, it is also extremely difficult to penetrate because it is technically illegal to diagnose or treat people for major diseases unless you use the fda approved modalities such as Cutting, Burning, and Poisoning (surgery, radiation, and chemo). Thousands of people throughout the world have come to these "miracle doctors" terminally ill, and thousands have left healthy. And now the secrets of these "Miracle Doctors" are revealed in this book. 'A study by a group of French doctors actually makes that 1% estimate seem wildly optimistic." - Jon Barron, Lessons from The Miracle Doctors: A Step-by-Step Guide to Optimum Health and Relief from Catastrophic Illness (Get the book.)

"Orlistat The fda approved the use of orlistat for the long-term treatment of obesity in 1999. Orlistat is a minimally absorbable agent (<1%) that works in the gastrointestinal tract by blocking gastrointestinal lipases and reducing the subsequent absorption of ingested fat by approximately 30% [99]. Orlistat has been studied in 1- and 2-year clinical trials [100-102]. In general, the orlistat-treated groups lost more weight and had a higher percentage of subjects able to achieve a 10% weight loss than subjects in the placebo-treated group [103]." - Ann M. Coulston and Carol J. Boushey, Nutrition in the Prevention and Treatment of Disease (Get the book.)

"The fda approved Vioxx knowing there was the possibility that the drug caused heart attacks. Once the company published its large study in 2000, which further substantiated the possible danger, agency higher-ups ignored FDA safety officers like Graham, who wanted Merck to launch a clinical trial aimed at pinning down the cardiovascular risk. Instead, the agency spent eighteen months wrangling with Merck over the wording of a warning to be placed on the drug's label. By the time the company complied, the warning was so watered down it had virtually no effect on prescription rates." - Shannon Brownlee, Overtreated: Why Too Much Medicine Is Making Us Sicker and Poorer (Get the book.)

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