Mercola, 7-16-2012
Purdue Pharma, the makers of the highly addictive painkiller OxyContin, is now doing clinical tests to get the drug approved for kids as young as 6-years old. Such pain killers have now been shown to be the primary gateway drug of choice, beating out marijuana, smoking and alcohol, and the consequences are far deadlier.
On July 2, the
Big Pharma pays a big fine
TV and radio personality Dr. Drew Pinsky (aka “Dr. Drew,” of sex-advice-giving fame) allegedly accepted $275,000 to illegally promote GSK’s antidepressant Wellbutrin for sexual dysfunction
According to a 2010 report by the Public Citizen’s Health Research Group, just four companies, including GlaxoSmithKline, accounted for more than half of all financial penalties imposed against pharmaceutical companies over the past two decades
It has become abundantly clear that fines do NOT work. To dampen the rampant criminal behavior enveloping the drug industry, individuals responsible for and complicit with these criminal acts must face criminal charges
Dr. Wilson comments:
Yes this is truly criminal. Many of these conditions where these drugs were illegally promoted to physicians can be managed with simple life-style changes. You don’t need to take Wellbutrin to lose weight–you need to cut our all sugar, HFCS and high glycemic carbohydrates, especially from grains.
Promoting various psychotropic drugs to children is clearly criminal. Many children today are being diagnosed with bipolar disorder II, a condition that really doesn’t exist. They now call classic bipolar disorder bipolar I. How did we get two different types of bipolar? Somebody goofed. Bipolar disorder II, the kind diagnosed in children is really a form of food-induced brain dysfunction called CARB syndrome. It’s driven by the same food elements that are driving our current obesity epidemic.
Kids with bipolar II don’t need to take strong psychotropic medications–they need to change their diet. These drugs cause people to crave sweet and starchy food, the hallmark symptom of CARB syndrome. In other words the drugs always make CARB syndrome worse.
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The same is true for depression. Years ago all depressed patients lost their appetite and lost weight. Now many depressed patients have an increased appetite (mainly carbohydrate cravings) and weight gain. These folks have CARB syndrome, not classic depression. It’s a different disease with a completely different treatment. What a mess! If you want to learn more about CARB syndrome and how to keep your brain working without drugs, go to https://carbsyndrome.com . Stay well!