3 Drugs that Made Big Pharma Millions Despite Deadly Risks

If you’re a large pharmaceutical company and you have an inkling that one of your products-in-development could cause serious health risks for patients, what do you do? Well, if you’re like Astra Zeneca, Eli Lilly, and others, you release your potentially-harmful drugs to the public, and you do it quickly so you can make as much money as possible before the risks are discovered.

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The Hidden Truth: Why Government Wants Your Kids on Cholesterol Drugs

By Dr. Mercola

If Pfizer has its way, your child's gummy bears may be replaced with chewable Lipitor

The exploitation of children for the sake of profit is yet another loathsome strategy drug manufacturers are willing to deploy, this time for the purpose of extending Lipitor's patent to hold off generic brand competition.

We are already drugging children into complacency with psychotropic stimulants such as Ritalin if they are bored or distracted in the classroom, and devastating their developing immune systems with massive amounts of sugary drinks and a growing barrage of mercury-laden vaccines. >

Anemia Drug Made Billions but at What Cost?

By Dr. Mercola

Three anemia drugs – Epogen, Procrit and Aranesp – have been among the best-selling prescription drugs in the United States for years, generating more than $8 billion a year for their makers, Amgen and Johnson & Johnson.

They were blockbuster drugs that stimulate your body to produce new red blood cells, which supposedly helped boost kidney and cancer patients' energy and, ultimately, enhanced their lives.

But now, after millions of people have taken these drugs, it's come out that the benefits were "wildly overstated, and potentially lethal side effects, such as cancer and strokes, were overlooked."1

Worse still, the Washington Post has uncovered a series of unsettling events that show just how far drug makers were willing to go to get rich… >

The Best "Drug" for Slashing Your Risk of Cancer?

By Dr. Mercola

Research in the UK suggests that the number of new cancer cases could rise 45 percent by 2030. Cancer Research UK, which funded the study, says that the National Health Service must act immediately to avoid being "overwhelmed". >

Drug Companies Increase Profits by Creating Fear of Diseases

By David Wallechinsky

Coined nearly 20 years ago, the term "disease mongering" is still applicable today for what the pharmaceutical industry is doing to promote its blockbuster drugs among America's 'sick." In her book Disease-Mongers: How Doctors, Drug Companies, and Insurers Are Making You Feel Sick, Lynn Payer described several disease-mongering tactics including 1) taking a normal function and implying that it is potentially dangerous and should be treated, preferably for a long time; 2) taking a common symptom that could mean anything and making it sound as if it is a sign of a serious disease; 3) saying that a large percentage of the population might be suffering from the "disease" and 4) recruiting doctors to spread the message. >

The Worst Drug Fraud in History? Do You Still Trust Them with Your Life?

By Dr. Mercola

Drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline has preliminarily agreed to a $3 billion settlement over the sales and marketing practices of several of its drugs, including the diabetes drug Avandia. >

49 Sudden Deaths, 213 Permanent Disabilities - And the Silent Plan to Poison Your Child

By Dr. Mercola

During a Republican debate in Tampa, Florida, presidential hopeful Michele Bachmann (R-Minnesota) alleged that campaign contributions from drug company Merck—the maker of Gardasil—played "a pivotal role in Rick Perry's 2007 executive order that mandated teenage girls in Texas be inoculated against HPV," CNN reports. >

Beware: This Popular Drug Can Actually Cause Diabetes

By Dr. Mercola

Tens of millions of Americans are taking cholesterol-lowering drugs - mostly statins - and some "experts" claim that many millions more should be taking them, including children as young as eight. >

The Medical Miracle You'll Get Arrested for Using

By Dr. Mercola

Marijuana was a popular botanical medicine in the 19th and 20th centuries, common in U.S. pharmacies of the time. >

Beware: This Popular Drug Can Actually Cause Diabetes

By Dr. Mercola

Tens of millions of Americans are taking cholesterol-lowering drugs - mostly statins - and some "experts" claim that many millions more should be taking them, including children as young as eight. >