No Free Lunch!!!
Published by Derek under Video, Personal on September 21, 2008Today I had the pleasure to hang out with my good friend Nick who is one of my longest standing friends to this day. After many hours of intense spiritual and worldly conversation I said goodbye and sat down to watch a video that was given to me by Ronit… the market manager for City Hall. Ronit was the chief editor for the education film; Big Bucks, Big Pharma: Marketing Disease & Pushing Drugs. Here is the trailer on youtube.
While watching the documentary I was re-familiarized with the awful reality of drug companies and drug representatives. I was also brought back to the many memories I had of drug reps coming into Pastiche for desserts that would bribe doctors into pushing their drugs for them… one of which gave me spanish lessons. I was reminded how drug companies create an image of their products that encourage people, who are perfectly healthy, to believe that they may need something to correct an issue that is more likely than not… perfectly normal.
One of the best examples was the company that created PROZAC (aka fluoxetine). As you all know PROZAC is used for depression. What you probably didn’t know was that the makers of PROZAC resold the drug under a different name called SERAFEM, marketed towards women with PMDD, just so they could re-patent the drug. This means that they now control the only only for a completely new “disease” and are reselling it under a new name with different marketing to women who aren’t probably depressed.
There are loads more reasons as to why drug companies are so evil and corrupt. If you want more information about pharmaceuticals check out this website for more links:
http://www.mediaed.org/videos/MediaAndHealth/BigBucksBigPharma
Before I go I wanted to let you all go through the list of drugs that are out there so you can see for yourself how long the list really is… because the number of prescribed medications (538) isn’t as powerful as the list itself. If you go to the following link you can scan the drop box for information on all of the drugs covered on this particular website. Just drop down the box and start scrolling… I couldn’t believe how many drugs started with the letter A!!! It’s all about education. Tell a friend or get involved!
Peace and Love
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