| Drug | Use | Side Affects |
|---|---|---|
| Accutane | Acne Medication | Suicidal Depression |
| Advair | Asthma Medication | Exacerbates Asthma |
| Avandia | Diabetes | Heart Attack and Heart-related Death |
| Bextra | Arthritis | Heart Attack and Stroke |
| Celebrex | Arthritis | Heart Attack |
| Crestor | Cholesterol | Life Threatening Muscle Failure & Kidney Failure |
| Ortho Evra | Birth Control Patch | Death Due To Blood Clotting |
| Paxil | Anti-Depressant | Suicidal Behaviour |
| Permax | Parkinsons | Heart Valve Damage |
| Plavix | Anti-Coagulant | Gastrointestinal Bleeding |
| Procrit | Anaemia | Heart Attack, Blood Clots & Kidney Failure |
| Risperdal | Schizophrenia | Stroke |
| Serevent | Asthma | Life Threatening Asthma Attacks & Death |
| Serzone | Anti-Depressant | Liver Failure & Death |
| Trasylol | Control Bleeding Of Heart Operation Patients | Doubles The Risk of Heart Attack, Heart Failure, Stroke and Renal Failure |
| Viagara | Erectile Dysfunction | Heart Attacks, Sudden Cardiac Death |
| Vioxx | Arthritis | Heart Attack |
| Xolair | Asthma | Difficulty Breathing |
| Zelnorm | Irritable Bowel Syndrome | Heart Attack & Stroke |
| Zicam | Common Cold | Total Loss Of Smell |
I have a couple of questions:
What the hell are the FDA doing? If this is the stuff they have approved, I dread to think of the drugs they did not approve. When anti-depressants lead to suicide, when asthma medication increases difficulty breathing and promotes severe asthma attacks and when medication that's supposed to aid in a patient's heart surgery recovery causes more damage to the heart, there is definitely something rotten in the State of Denmark.
If all these prescriptions drugs, many of which have not been tested for more than twenty or thirty years, seem to be approved willy nilly, why hasn't Marijuana?
Marijuana has been smoked and ingested in various forms for at least 2500 to 2800 years in the Indian sub-continent alone, and as far as I am aware, there isn't a single weed related death on record. Ganja's medicinal benefits have been proven time and time again, yet Big Pharmacy has the FDA and other regulating bodies by the short and curlies.
A new study published by JAMA (Journal of American Medical Association) reveals that Marijuana can kerb the spread of breast cancer, and yet it, in most of the world, it remains only available on street corners.
4 comments:
The FDA has proven time and time again that they are not interested in the advancement of medical research or the protection of public health, as the pharmaceutical industry's money undermines their authority. To be fair, Health Canada doesn't take may drugs off the shelf either.
The site you referenced, while intriguing, is equally questionable. Its links to drug lawyers and lawsuits prove its not entirely unbiased either. Ah, the almighty dollar....
Lastly, yes, there is a giant white space between your second paragraph and the table. Sorry.
You make a fair a point Nhi. The site I linked to does indeed have its own agenda, and I should have addressed that in the post. I broke a cardinal rule of neutrality, or at least the perception of neutrality.
While I can't speak for all the drugs listed in the table, I can can vouch for the recalls of Avandia, Celebrex, Paxil and Vioxx.
A good buddy was telling me of a comedian who said something to the effect of, "Celebrex: You feel no pain in your hand as it clutches your heart"
My mom takes Celebrex. Seriously.
Then seriously ask her to consult her physician.
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