With thanks to Mercola.com:

If you take more than a casual look at the way the mass vaccination system in the U.S. works, you see that pharmaceutical companies marketing vaccines have a lot of clout.

It was the pharmaceutical industry that told Congress in 1982 that they were going to leave the nation without vaccines if they didn’t get liability protection but have opposed making it less difficult for vaccine victims to obtain federal compensation in the U.S. Court of Claims under a 1986 law that gave them liability protection. Read the rest of this entry »

With thanks to NaturalNews 10.2.09:

The Associated Press (AP) estimates that hospitals and long-term medical care institutions across the United States are dumping 250 million pounds of pharmacologically active drugs directly into public sewer systems each year. Read the rest of this entry »

Pharmageddon: the prescription pill epidemic

Our increasing reliance on pills has resulted in a 27 per cent rise in prescriptions written by doctors in just five years. It’s costing the NHS £10bn a year, £200m of which is wasted on drugs that are never used. Read the rest of this entry »

Glaxo Smith Klein have just published the results of their analysis of the risk of suicide, especially amongst the young, whilst taking seroxat. Read the rest of this entry »

Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS)

The Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System is a cooperative program for vaccine safety of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). VAERS is a post-marketing safety surveillance program, collecting information about adverse events (possible side effects) that occur after the administration of US licensed vaccines. Read the rest of this entry »

Mail on Sunday: Holiday malaria pills cost me my hearing 3.10.07
By NICK MAES

As a travel writer and broadcaster, going to malarial countries is part of my business.

Over the years, I’ve been to many – Uganda’s rainforests, the islands around Zanzibar, India and South Africa are just a few.

Like all responsible travellers, I was careful to take precautions against contracting malaria and other diseases.

But my efforts to avoid illness have also been my downfall.

Despite malaria-free travelling, the side-effects from the medication have left me deaf. Read the rest of this entry »

With thanks to Reuters 2.1.08

“Some recent studies suggest that over-consumption of fluoride can raise the risks of disorders affecting teeth, bones, the brain and the thyroid gland,” reports Scientific American editors.

“Scientific attitudes toward fluoridation may be starting to shift,” writes author Dan Fagin. Read the rest of this entry »

Glaxo chief: Our drugs do not work on most patients

By Steve Connor, Science Editor 08 December 2003

A senior executive with Britain’s biggest drugs company has admitted that most prescription medicines do not work on most people who take them.

Allen Roses, worldwide vice-president of genetics at GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), said fewer than half of the patients prescribed some of the most expensive drugs actually derived any benefit from them. Read the rest of this entry »

With thanks to Guardian Unlimited

Research released today raises questions about the long-term effectiveness of drugs used to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Read the rest of this entry »

With thanks to the BMJ 2005;330:855-856 (16 April), Editorial R E Ferner, director West Midlands Centre for Adverse Drug Reaction Reporting, City Hospital, Birmingham B18 7QH

Wide ranging report identifies many areas of influence and distortion

…he would have us believe that his drug has been discovered by chemical research of alchemical profundity, and is produced by a process so costly and elaborate that it can only be sold at a very high price. Read the rest of this entry »