Post by Del Snavely on Nov 13, 2009 11:58:01 GMT -6
Who’s educating your doctor?
Where do your doctors learn about the drugs they prescribe? Pharmaceutical companies pay very large salaries to sales people who educate doctors about their drugs. These are NOT doctors, scientists or chemists. These are SALES people who only know what their company tells them. They are the ones who lobby your doctor to prescribe drugs, with incentives and free samples, so you can be their guinea pig. These are the same people who brought you Vioxx, Fen-Phen, Dextra, Baycol, Serzone, Lotronex, PPA, Propulsid and Rezulin to name a few. These drugs killed thousands before they were removed from the market, and it took a lot of effort to get them removed.
Now, Big-Pharma advertises drugs on TV for you to ask our doctor about. WE are supposed to be the “pharmacists” now. Doctors don’t have the time or resources to study each drug, so they let us “test” them. These companies know, most of us believe in our doctors and don’t check into these drugs. They know, less than half of us read the literature that comes with our prescriptions.
Hundreds of thousands of people have died from pharmaceutical drugs approved by the FDA and they kill thousands more each year. These drug companies lobby Congress with millions of dollars to have their drugs approved with no concern for our welfare.
By contrast, marijuana has NEVER killed ANYONE in HISTORY, although it has been used as medicine for over 5000 “documented” years. Big-Pharma lobbies to keep medical marijuana illegal, even though it is shown to be a safer, more effective medicine for thousands with a multitude of illnesses.
Your doctors know as much about medical marijuana as they do any of the drugs they prescribe, yet most in ND will not even discuss it. Before the Marijuana Tax Act of 1937 more than 50% of the drugs on the market contained “Cannabis” (AKA marijuana). After 1937 doctors were kept in the dark as to what pharmaceutical companies were producing and were only told a minimum of information about each drug, such as “what it’s for”.
Today there is a massive movement to return to natural medicines, herbs and diet. People are realizing that drug companies have no interest in curing anything. Their goal is to extend the time that you need their drugs and to produce “profit”. If the drug causes you problems, they prescribe another drug to combat the effects.
We need to take back our health from the FDA and Big-Pharma. We need to enact medical marijuana laws in ND and save lives. To learn more, contact the Medical Cannabis Association of North Dakota at www.mcand.info and educate YOUR doctor.
Del Snavely
(The MCAND and its web site no longer exists.)
Where do your doctors learn about the drugs they prescribe? Pharmaceutical companies pay very large salaries to sales people who educate doctors about their drugs. These are NOT doctors, scientists or chemists. These are SALES people who only know what their company tells them. They are the ones who lobby your doctor to prescribe drugs, with incentives and free samples, so you can be their guinea pig. These are the same people who brought you Vioxx, Fen-Phen, Dextra, Baycol, Serzone, Lotronex, PPA, Propulsid and Rezulin to name a few. These drugs killed thousands before they were removed from the market, and it took a lot of effort to get them removed.
Now, Big-Pharma advertises drugs on TV for you to ask our doctor about. WE are supposed to be the “pharmacists” now. Doctors don’t have the time or resources to study each drug, so they let us “test” them. These companies know, most of us believe in our doctors and don’t check into these drugs. They know, less than half of us read the literature that comes with our prescriptions.
Hundreds of thousands of people have died from pharmaceutical drugs approved by the FDA and they kill thousands more each year. These drug companies lobby Congress with millions of dollars to have their drugs approved with no concern for our welfare.
By contrast, marijuana has NEVER killed ANYONE in HISTORY, although it has been used as medicine for over 5000 “documented” years. Big-Pharma lobbies to keep medical marijuana illegal, even though it is shown to be a safer, more effective medicine for thousands with a multitude of illnesses.
Your doctors know as much about medical marijuana as they do any of the drugs they prescribe, yet most in ND will not even discuss it. Before the Marijuana Tax Act of 1937 more than 50% of the drugs on the market contained “Cannabis” (AKA marijuana). After 1937 doctors were kept in the dark as to what pharmaceutical companies were producing and were only told a minimum of information about each drug, such as “what it’s for”.
Today there is a massive movement to return to natural medicines, herbs and diet. People are realizing that drug companies have no interest in curing anything. Their goal is to extend the time that you need their drugs and to produce “profit”. If the drug causes you problems, they prescribe another drug to combat the effects.
We need to take back our health from the FDA and Big-Pharma. We need to enact medical marijuana laws in ND and save lives. To learn more, contact the Medical Cannabis Association of North Dakota at www.mcand.info and educate YOUR doctor.
Del Snavely
(The MCAND and its web site no longer exists.)
