The Drug Companies Are Killing Us

By S. Wagner

It's almost like we've been conditioned. Head hurt? Take an aspirin. Sour Stomach? Take some antacid. High blood pressure? Take an antihypertensive, diuretic or beta blocker. And it goes on and on ad nauseum. Simply name an ailment and there's some kind of drug we can take to treat it. Notice I didn't say cure it. And therein lies the problem. These drugs only temporarily relieve symptoms, and in the process many of them have horrible side effects that do us more harm than good. In other words...

The drug companies are killing us.

If you need some data to back this up, I've got plenty of it.

One has to go no farther back than the recent Vioxx scandal, which is now under criminal investigation for failure to disclose the potential risks to the public. This was clearly a cover-up. Why? Because the company that manufactured this drug knew of the risks but because the only thing they could think about was their profits, they kept this information secret.

Because of this one problem, the reputation of the Food And Drug Administration (FDA) was totally ruined and immediate reform of the whole program was called for. This is the organization that's supposed to be protecting the consumers of these drugs. Yes, they certainly did a great job on this one.

Contrary to what you might be thinking, the problem is not confined to just dangerous prescription drugs. Over the counter medications are just as dangerous.

Need some over the counter statistics?

Why don't we take something relatively harmless like aspirin and other anti inflammatory drugs that you can get over the counter? It is estimated that there are over 7500 anti inflammatory drug deaths reported each year. That's just reported. Who knows what the actual number is? Imagine it. Go to your medicine cabinet, pop a Tylenol and risk ending your life. If that sounds over-dramatic, the stats don't lie.

Okay, you're probably thinking, "If drugs are so dangerous, why are drug companies allowed to sell them?"

That is certainly a fair question and one that deserves to be answered honestly.

The answer the drug companies will give you is that even though their are risks involved, the good that these drugs do outweighs the bad. Certainly that seems like a valid argument. However, and I will point this out at the end of this article, there are alternatives.

The real answer, however, is that prescription and over the counter drugs are big business. The drug companies make a fortune in annual sales. Need to know how much? I'll give you just ONE company and just ONE product so you can imagine the kind of money there is to be made annually from drugs.

The company Pfizer, makes a cholesterol pill called Lipitor. This is the most popular drug in the world for lowering your cholesterol. The annual sales for this drug are close to $13 billion. That is just ONE company for ONE drug. Now, think about all the different drugs there are on the marketplace, both over the counter and prescription.

Hopefully, you now understand what we're dealing with. But sadly, the problem still lies with ourselves. We blindly watch the TV commercials for the latest "miracle" cure without realizing that there IS a better way.

It's time to put down our medicine bottles and say "Enough!" It's time to get back to nature the way we were intended to live. Tell the drug companies that you've had it with their "bottles of death."

It's time for ALL of us to take our lives back.

To YOUR Health,

Steve Wagner invites you to come to his site at http://www.natures-healing-remedies.com/ and get your free report as well as weekly news letter featuring a number of NATURAL cures and treatments for a variety of ailments. Don't let the drug companies kill YOU. Get your free report TODAY!

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