Moderator Emeritus Shep Posted January 28, 2019 Moderator Emeritus Posted January 28, 2019 A new documentary was released last month on the pharmaceutical industry and it's available in full on YouTube: DRUG$: The Price We Pay Feature Film video (1 hour, 20 minutes) December 4, 2018 This documentary covers: The reason drugs are so expensive, especially in the US The enormous money that the CEOs of big pharma make Where the funding of drug research really comes from The problems created by direct-to-consumer advertising The problem of ghostwritten articles in medical journals Various settlements and judgements levied by the Department of Justice against the different pharma companies The problems of capitalism in healthcare, including patents, which are "lawful monopolies" The fact that the US Congress is literally "owned" by pharma lobbyists And much, much more.
JackieDecides Posted February 6, 2019 Posted February 6, 2019 I can't bear to watch this, at least at the moment, but it's a good share. I do not want to grow old in this country. 😞 does anyone from a civilized country want to adopt me? Currently taking Ramapril (blood pressure) 5 mg twice a day Omeprazole 10 mg AM and 20 mg PM (the taper has gone nowhere after the first cut) Famotidine once a day (and I still needs tums sometimes) magnesium 200 mg at night as of yesterday 2 fish oil capsules "EPA-DHA 1000" off Lexapro as of 5/2018 - last dose had been 5 mg every other day for a couple years highest dose had been 20 mg at which point I was diagnosed with Bipolar II, which went away when I cut the lexapro down to 15 mg. I spent years on Paxil before Lexapro (can't remember dose), briefly on Effexor and Abilify and others I have forgotten. in fact, when I was diagnoses with BPII I was put on all kinds of things which made me feel so bad I stopped them cold turkey within maybe 3 or 4 weeks, thank goodness. since then I've known these pills were terrible and I weaned down the Lexapro with zero help or support over I'm not sure how many years.
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