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Why Do Drugs
Cost So Much?...
The truth
will aggravate you...
A story in the British Medical Journal (BMJ)
debunks the claim made by American
pharmaceutical companies that they
charge more for their products because
they spend more on research and
development than do firms in the rest of
the world. |
In fact, the
piece shows that U.K. drug companies
spend proportionately more on R&D than
their U.S. counterparts, but British
drug prices remain much lower than those
in the United States. |
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The BMJ
article argues convincingly that in
fact, American drug makers invest three
times more money on advertising,
marketing, and administration than on
research, and could cut costs in those
areas if they truly wished to.
British
Medical Journal October 22, 2005
Editors Comment:
If you are using a prescription drug you
are spending at least three times as
much for drug advertising, marketing,
and administration than for research!
Think
about that the next time you are faced
with a high-cost prescription drug.
Think about that branded calendar in
your doctor's office, or the free sample
he or she gives you. Think about all
those annoying ads, selling typically
useless drugs that feature "cute"
characters, all designed to separate you
from your hard-earned cash.
The costs
of American prescription drugs isn't
high because of research. It's high so
that drug companies have plenty of extra
cash on hand to buy off Congress and
market their potentially toxic products
to you.
Over the
past seven years, drug companies have
spent more than $750 million on lobbying
alone. That’s far more than any other
single industry including Oil and the
packaged food industries! And here is a
real fact that will raise your
temperature… There are more drug company
lobbyists in Washington than members of
Congress.
Meanwhile, the drug companies are
spending over $4 billion this year alone
to market their products to you ... and
get this…another $16 billion will be
spent trying to influence your doctor to
prescribe their drugs to you.
At some
point we must wake up to this fraudulent
practice that perpetuates the belief
that drugs are the answer to good
health. Good health starts with good
nutrition which in itself is another
topic we must address. Packaged,
processed, and fast prepared foods are
anything but nutritious. While
supplements may add to your food budget,
it’s the only way many people get their
nutritional needs met to prevent
sickness, ward of disease and avoid
prescription drugs. |
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Research Shows
Broccoli and Tomatoes Prevent Prostate Cancer
Better than Leading Prescription Drugs…
Want to know how
to beat prostate cancer? Your physician will
probably tell you to take prescription drugs.
That's the no-brainer answer from a professional
who has been all but brainwashed by the
pharmaceutical industry.
But the real
answer is far simpler and a lot less expensive:
eat large quantities of broccoli and tomatoes in
combination. Exciting new research proves that
this simple food combination actually beats
prostate cancer drugs -- but only when these
foods are eaten in combination.
There's more good
news: these powerful healing foods are effective
against far more than just prostate cancer: they
also prevent and even help reverse breast
cancer, colon cancer, leukemia and other cancers
of the body. In fact, they're two of the foods
listed in the highly recommended book Eat
to Beat Cancer by Ralph W. Moss.
If these simple food combinations are so
powerful against cancer, then why don't doctors
tell their patients about them? Sadly, few
doctors have even a fundamental understanding of
nutrition, and it's rare to find a practicing
physician who keeps up with the latest news on
nutrition research. In med school, doctors are
primarily taught drugs, drugs and drugs; not
nutrition. So they automatically think that
drugs, not foods, are the answer to treating
chronic diseases like cancer.
But they're
wrong. Prescription drugs are not needed at all:
not for lowering cholesterol, not for fighting
cancer, and not for lowering blood sugar in
diabetics. All the healing you'll ever need is
found in plants, foods, herbs and super foods.
You don't need to take a single prescription
drug in your entire life if you stick to healthy
nutritional habits in the first place. And it's
the simple things that are so powerful:
broccoli, tomatoes, onions, ginger, garlic, and
so on. These are potent healing foods -- far
more potent than any prescription drug -- and
they're available at a fraction of the cost.
So stay healthy:
choose healing foods that prevent disease and
support optimum human health. Avoid all
processed foods and cancer-causing ingredients
like sodium nitrite. Your body will thank you
for it!
Editors
Note: Our popular all natural
Prostate Care contains 30mg. of Lycopene from
tomatoes and 80mg. of Dim from broccoli in each
daily dose. Both protect against prostate cancer
and insure you get the proper amounts of these
important nutrient
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information go to
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Lipitor No
Better Than Other Cholesterol Drugs…
According to
a German study, Lipitor, Pfizer's
cholesterol-lowering statin drug and the
best-selling drug in the world, is no
more effective than similar cholesterol
drugs and, in some cases, may have worse
side effects.
Controversy Follows New Price Guidelines |
The study
demonstrating this stems from a
controversy in Germany regarding the
pricing of Lipitor and other statin
drugs.
Health insurers in Germany introduced a
fixed price for Lipitor at the end of
2004. Pfizer asked its patients to pay
the difference between the price of
Lipitor and the sum that would be paid
by health insurers, then started |
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an
advertising campaign in newspapers
arguing that Lipitor is better than
other statins. Most other pharmaceutical
companies lowered the price of their
drugs after the fixed price was
introduced.
Lipitor No
Better and Often Worse
The
study, which involved a survey of
previous studies from around the world,
found that:
• Lipitor
did not prolong the life of people with
chronic coronary heart disease.
• For acute diseases, Lipitor, Zocor,
and Pravastin provided similar results.
• Lipitor did not prolong life in people
with diabetes mellitus.
• Some studies on Lipitor had to be
stopped because it had more side effects
compared with Zocor.
The San
Francisco Chronicle September 4, 2005
Editors Comment: Lipitor is
one of the best drugs on the market --
from the drug company's perspective,
that is. It is designed to be taken for
life, and you will pay thousands of
dollars a year to the drug company until
you die prematurely from the side
effects produced by the drug.
I believe we offer a far better answer
with our all natural supplement,
Cholesterol Care. I am bias, of course,
so I have included a couple of comments
I received this week from Cholesterol
Care users.
Just
wanted to say that Cholesterol Care has
literally changed my life1 My doctor was
ready to put me on prescription medicine
to lower my cholesterol but I begged him
to give me more time. He said I had 4
weeks. I ordered your product and
started eating oatmeal every day and
walking. I lowered my cholesterol 53
points to 184 and I can't thank you
enough! I truly believe it is your
product!
B Stroderd
Westlake, Louisiana
In
January 05 my cholesterol was 240. My
doctor wanted to put me on a
prescription. After seeing the side
effects listed on the commercials for
the prescriptions I wanted something
else. I found Cholesterol Care on the
internet and since I had heard of red
yeast decided to give it a try.
My January numbers were:
Total Cholesterol 240
Triglyceride 138
LDL 176
I started Cholesterol Care the end of
January. My next check was late April
and my numbers were:
Total Cholesterol 177
Triglyceride 91
LDL 121
I am looking forward to seeing what the
numbers are at my next checkup in
January.
Thank You,
R Revels
Pensacola, Fl
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