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05-13-2011, 04:34 PM | #1 | |||
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05-13-2011, 05:20 PM | #2 | |||
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Thanks for the videos... I didn't watch yesterday. ( I don't watch Oz alot).
But his show just reiterates what we discuss here at NeuroTalk. Only here we do go into detail, which he will not on TV. People do need to know that drug cocktails are quite dangerous. The 4th leading cause of death in US is misapplied drug therapies (not errors). This is why I put up drug checkers , and other sites on this forum's stickies to help people decide how to manage their lives and therapies.
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05-13-2011, 07:25 PM | #3 | |||
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I think many people in general just accept rx'd meds and trust that their doctors have actually learned about the medicines...and interactions...risks...
But not many do all the extra reading to learn for themselves.., they just go by what the pharm reps tell them, and sometimes it is not fully disclosed what side effects there might be.
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05-13-2011, 08:23 PM | #4 | |||
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I watched part of that show....came into it late so I didn't get to see the whole interview.
Since my MS dx I have become very skeptical about prescription meds. Some OTC meds, too. I find I research them to death and only take what I feel is safe and those that the side effects don't outweigh the benefits. We all have to be our own advocate and not just take whatever the doctor decides is best for us. I question everything and if the doctor cannot answer my questions I dig until I find the answer myself. Usually it's the pharmacist who knows the most.
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05-14-2011, 08:21 AM | #5 | |||
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That fellow representing Pfizer was SO LAME....
He was trying to say --things are better now--- when in fact things have never been worse! I was rather shocked that Oz said he does not use statins on that show. He stated not too long ago the reverse...very clearly. He seems to waffle around quite a bit! There is an excellent book out called: The Truth About the Drug Companies, by Marcia Angell MD. It will shock you for sure. One factoid is that drug companies don't discover drugs any more-- no more research. They find NIH and foreign labs and lease rights to distribute the drug found. Today's drug companies basically are sales instruments only. I've been advocating for patients to learn about their drugs and be very proactive when deciding on therapy, now for almost 10 yrs. It has been very bad for children, for example, the ADHD drugs and atypical antipsychotics have been pushed on babies as young as 3. The drug they started with? Xenical/Alli? That drug coats the lining of the GI tract and prevents ALL fat soluble nutrients from passing into the bloodstream. It is a really stupid drug.
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05-14-2011, 08:52 AM | #6 | |||
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I don't like watching Dr. Oz or even that show The Doctor's anymore. It's way too "entertainment" oriented. Especially Dr. Oz....when they choose the audience member who gets to be the "assistant". Good grief......you'd think some of those women had just won a car or something the way they scream and carry on. Not for me. He tends to agree with whatever is being said at the time and won't stick to one conviction. He's not a doctor anymore, IMHO. He's an entertainer.
I've become very untrusting of most doctors. The only doctor I go to now that I tend to think is truly thinking of my well-being is my PCP. He listens to me and even agreed with me about taking Krill Oil instead of a prescription med. And it's worked!
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08-24-2011, 10:28 AM | #7 | |||
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Is it true that, after developing some new miracle drug, NIH essentially gives the drug to a favored pharmacy? For large bribes to administrators, maybe? |
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09-01-2011, 11:34 AM | #8 | ||
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Hi Jomar, thanks for this 5 part video. I am on too many drugs. I am going to start to question more. thanks for putting this on the site. ginnie
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