Big Pharma must be challenged


The collusion between the pharmaceutical industry and the medical community has been known for ages. A doctor or a hospital is often known to prescribe medicine manufactured by a particular pharmaceutical firm in exchange for a commission or grants to a hospital.

As long as it is a doctor prescribing a slightly expensive cough syrup that was the equivalent of your standard cough syrup with the same healing properties and mimicable side effects, it could be overlooked.

But matters have over the years gone overboard to such an extent that it can be regarded as an emergency.

Hulu's miniseries 'Dopesick' based on a book of the same name exposed the major conflict of interest and collusion between big Pharma and the medical community

The series uncovers the causes and effects of the opioid crisis unleashed across the US by Purdue Pharma, and its “non-addictive” painkiller OxyContin. The series depicts how the Sackler family who owns Purdue Pharma used their clout and their pecuniary power to compromise regulatory authorities, members of the medical profession, Hospital owners and politicians were coopted to promote their ‘miracle’ drugs.

We tend to think of drug addicts as slippery, disheveled individuals with questionable hygienic practices who buy dope from shady dealers in the darkest part of the city. They are usually found in a state of inebriation lying across pavements. They are regarded as reckless.

But these poor souls were prescribed drugs by doctors that was approved by all regulatory authorities and find themselves in a similar situation.

This was and continues to be a travesty,  As the opioid crisis continues to ravage the country killing more than 130 people per day in the U.S

Also embroiled in thousands of lawsuits concerning its role in the opioid epidemic is a firm called Endo Pharmaceuticals for their painkiller drug named Opana ER.

But that is not Endo Pharmaceutical’s claim to notoriety.

Breitbart reported Dr. Jeremi Carswell is the Director of the Gender Multispecialty Service at the Boston Children’s Hospital and received financial compensation from Endo Pharmaceuticals, the producer of the puberty blocking drug.

Breitbart reveals that the hospital is “home to the first pediatric and adolescent transgender health program in the United States.”

The hospital opposes legislation that prevent children who identify as transgender from receiving puberty blockers, hormone therapy, or other medical interventions framed as “gender-affirmative” care.

The hospital’s website claims they are the first in the U.S. to focus on gender-diverse and transgender adolescents. Since that time, they have expanded our program to welcome patients from ages 3 to 25.

You read that right, the patients as young as 3 are ‘welcomed’.

The Boston Children’s Hospital notes that they do offer puberty blockers to children as part of their “gender-affirming” model of care. The hospital is associated with Harvard University. 

report from ProPublica, an independent, non-profit newsroom, revealed what we all suspected that doctors prescribe a drug more often when they have received payments from pharmaceutical companies, particularly when those payments are related to the specific drug.

Breitbart revealed that an article was co-written by Carswell titled “Pubertal suppression for transgender youth and risk of suicidal ideation” had to be amended after it claimed the authors had no potentially conflicting interests. The article added a note that Carswell “has received an advisory board stipend from Endo Pharmaceuticals.”

In a different article titled “Addressing Legislation That Restricts Access To Care For Transgender Youth,” the conflict of interest statement notes that “Dr. Carswell previously served as a consultant to Endo Pharmaceuticals in June 2018.”

Endo Pharmaceuticals is currently under investigation by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton for allegedly promoting and advertising puberty blockers “for unapproved uses without disclosing the potential risks associated with these drugs to children and their parents.”

Endo Pharmaceuticals is currently $8 billion in debt and is considering filing for bankruptcy.

Tucker Carlson covered the impact of the anti-depressants SSRI or Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors. Carlson noted that between 1991 and 2018, total SSRI prescriptions in the U.S. rose by more than 3,000%. The number of prescriptions for the most common SSRI hit 224 million last year while the population is around 330 million people.

But instead of curing depression, the suicide rate, which may be the most reliable indicator of depression, has risen by 35%.

The claims of effectiveness of the COVID-19 Vaccines have been overstated by doctors and government personnel.

The proponents first claimed that those who are fully vaccinated are protected from COVID-19. When the vaccinated were infected, they claimed vaccinated individuals won’t suffer during their infection. When the vaccinated people suffered during their infection, they claimed the vaccinated will certainly survive their infection. When some vaccinated individuals died, they claim that deaths were rare or due to pre-existing conditions. They also keep redefining the term 'fully vaccinated' by adding boosters.

The FDA and CDC safety surveillance systems have identified increased risks of myocarditis (inflammation of the heart muscle) and pericarditis (inflammation of tissues surrounding the heart) following vaccination with the Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine and the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine.

This insanity has to stop.

The question is who will do it

 

 

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