When a doctor writes you a prescription, how much scrutiny do you give it? If you're like most people, probably not enough.
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Pharmaceutical Dangers News
Just Because Your Doctor Prescribes It Doesn’t Mean It’s Safe
The Top 10 Most Dangerous Prescriptions Meds
Scarily, prescription drugs have now become the nation’s leading cause of accidental deaths. How is it that drugs created to help people are harming so many?
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2 New Reasons to Avoid NSAIDs Like the Plague
Thanks to two new studies, we can add new risks to the long list of dangers associated with taking NSAIDs like aspirin, ibuprofen or Celebrex.
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Herbal Remedy Beats Pharma Drug in New Arthritis Study
A new study shows that this herbal combo is more effective at relieving arthritis pain than the medication Celebrex.
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The Pharmaceutical "Dirty Dozen": 12 Drugs That Should Never Have Been Put on the Market
In this article, Gary Null and Jeremy Stillman compiled a list of what they consider to be the "dirty dozen" of pharmaceutical drugs.
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How Safe Are Supplements and Natural Medicine?
Just how many deaths are caused each year by nutritional supplements? Well, according to the most recent statistics available, the number is exactly zero.
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Officials Report Alarming Increase in Births to Prescription Drug Addicts
Officials are concerned about the increase in expectant mothers who are addicted to prescription drugs.
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Video: What’s More Dangerous Than Prescription Drugs?
In case you need yet another reason to avoid prescription drugs, please watch this video. 60 Minutes reports on a new war on drugs — counterfeit prescription drugs.
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Video: Dr. Oz Reveals What the Drug Companies Don’t Want You to Know
A couple weeks ago, a segment aired on The Dr. Oz Show called “The 4 Things Drug Companies Don’t Want You To Know.”
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The Government and Big Pharma: Taking Their Relationship to the Next Level
The government has launched a research center at NIH to spur development of new drugs, but should the government be so involved in pharmaceutical research?
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Is Your Doctor Working for You…or Big Pharma?
The next time your doctor writes you a prescription, you may want to look your doctor up in this database created by the public interest group, ProPublica, as part of a project called Dollars for Docs. You can use it to find out if your doctor is one of the thousands who received money...
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Big Pharma’s Drugs Linked to Spike in Crime
Law enforcement officials are fighting a new war on drugs — the war on prescription drug addiction.
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Big Pharma: A Market for Lemons
According to a new research analysis, 85% of new drugs are “lemons,” which is to say that the risks associated with using them far outweigh any benefits they may offer.
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Avandia: Too Dangerous, but Still for Sale?
Has GlaxoSmithKline, the pharmaceutical company behind Avandia, gotten away with murder?
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Is Your Doctor Working for a Drug Company?
In a recent article, we reported on the results of a recent study which indicated that red yeast rice may be an effective alternative to statin drugs — one with fewer side effects than statins. So why is it that many doctors don't inform their patients of this natural alternative?
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Taking Back Your Health
If you're not controlling your health...someone else probably is.
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Did You Know? Statin Drugs Can Cause Nerve Damage
Here's how to avoid it, or reverse it.
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Do Statin Drugs Cause Vitamin D Deficiency?
Low levels can cause muscle pain and weakness.
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Over-the-Counter Painkillers…or Plain Killers?
Reduce your pain without harming your health.
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What YOU Need to Know About the Drugs You Take
Once again, drug interactions are in the spotlight. And for a good reason! A number of people are discovering that many medications, both over-the-counter and prescription, can interact with each other and result in unwanted side effects.
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