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11/24/2017 / By Lance D Johnson

Dangerous medicine: America’s opioid epidemic isn’t the only prescription drug-based crisis killing hundreds of thousands

By now, you may have heard that the U.S. is experiencing an opioid epidemic. The number of Americans who overdose on opioids has quadrupled since 1999. More than 500,000 people have died from opioid overdoses from 2010 to 2015. President Donald Trump declared the opioid crisis a national public health emergency in 2017 as CDC numbers reveal […]

11/02/2017 / By Russel Davis

The power of thought: New study finds that what depression patients EXPECT is more important than what they actually take

The efficacy of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRI) in the treatment of depression has long been questioned within the scientific community due to varying study results. However, recent research published in the EBioMedicine journal has demonstrated that the drug’s efficacy may also be dependent on a patient’s perceptions about the treatment. As part of the study, a team of health experts at the Uppsala […]

10/23/2017 / By Isabelle Z.

Over-prescription of antidepressants polluting oceans and threatening sea life

Our actions can affect the environment in many ways, and some are more obvious than others. Throwing garbage into the ocean, cutting down trees, and pumping toxic chemicals into the air out of factory smokestacks are clearly harmful to our planet, but other actions are destroying the earth much more quietly. For example, did you […]

09/19/2017 / By Michelle Simmons

How Google’s new depression diagnosis tool is a Big Pharma plot to mass diagnose the public with depression (and sell more drugs)

Experts warned that Google’s depression screening tool will lead to over-diagnosis, over-prescribing, and misuse of data, as reported by The Daily Mail. A Google search for the query “Am I depressed?” on mobile phones or computers will suggest a link to the self-assessment quiz called the patient health questionnaire (PHQ-9), which is used by doctors […]

08/30/2017 / By Lance D Johnson

NYT now painting Big Pharma CEOs as cultural heroes… even as their products murder millions

The pharmaceutical industry practically runs the mainstream media and dictates the behavior of most journalists, commentators, and talking heads. Direct to consumer advertising of pharmaceuticals topped $5.6 billion in 2016, solidifying Big Pharma’s influence over the networks. The very existence of these mainstream media networks hinges on their loyalty to carry out the agenda of […]

08/01/2017 / By Tracey Watson

Link confirmed between antidepressant use during pregnancy and autism risk in newborns

A recent study by researchers from the University of Bristol, England, published in the British Medical Journal (BMJ), is likely to cause great concern among pregnant women worldwide. Though the study’s authors have tried their best to downplay their findings, their research has revealed that children exposed to antidepressants during pregnancy are at higher risk […]

07/27/2017 / By Tracey Watson

Man reveals how taking antidepressant drugs made him kill his own son

If you know more than 10 people, you almost certainly know at least one person who is taking an antidepressant. A 2011 report by Harvard Health found that one in 10 Americans was taking an antidepressant, and among women in their 40s and 50s, that number escalated to an astounding 23 percent. While those statistics […]

03/28/2017 / By Isabelle Z.

Antidepressant drugs made woman believe she had killed her own children … Hallucinations, crushed libido, side effects galore

When you read the side effects on a package of antidepressants – or any medication, for that matter – it’s easy to brush them off out of a desire to start feeling better quickly. Problems like fatigue, nausea and decreased libido are just words on a page and easy to dismiss … until they happen […]

11/11/2016 / By Don Wrightman

Big Pharma fights to keep medicine that treats cancer, anxiety, depression, and addiction illegal

The antidepressant industry does not want legalized psychedelics. For decades they’ve funneled millions into the pockets of lawmakers, lobbyists and corrupt politicians to keep marijuana illegal. If marijuana were legal it could destroy Big Pharma’s profits. Psychedelics are currently classified as Schedule 1, drugs with no currently accepted medical use. Psychoactive substances can treat cancer, […]

09/23/2016 / By Vicki Batts

Doctor claims prescription drugs are killing us

Should prescription drugs that cause more damage than they prevent really be considered medicine? Many doctors are beginning to realize the error of their ways, and are now beginning to see that medication does not always make things better. The pharmaceutical industry has always been inextricably tied to the medical industry; the two seem to […]

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