Matrixx Initiatives has reached a settlement with 340 persons who lost their sense of smell after using Zicam.
Zicam is a popular NON-PRESCRIPTION zinc nasal spray allegedly used to shorten the duration of the common cold.

"If prescription drugs are so dangerous, you might ask, then why are so many physicians still strongly in support of them? The answer is that not too long ago, physicians were strongly in favor of cigarettes, too! In fact, a quick search through historical print ads in mainstream magazines like TIME showed physicians actually endorsing cigarettes. Smoking was good for your health, doctors insisted. And they argued over which brand of cigarette helped you the most!

It just goes to show you that doctors can be trained to push practically anything to the public, as long as there's a buck involved. It could be the most dangerous product ever created, and yet physicians will happily stand behind it and even prescribe it to patients. That's not an exaggeration: it's historical fact. (The AMA isn't too proud of that, so you won't find it mentioned in the AMA's history books...)

by Anthony-George D'Andrea

Today’s society has instilled in us a sense that if there is something wrong with us, there is a drug to cure it. With people abusing fossil fuels, not thinking of the effects it can have on their lungs; indulging in unhealthy food, not realizing that their next heart beat could be their last, the fragile human body can only handle so much on it’s own before it turns somewhere else for help. With several medical advances, deficiencies have been found all over the human body and with such deficiencies usually comes a solution which can now be found in a multi-coloured tablet that fits in the palm of your hand.

Case notes on corruption

Doctors rely on information supplied, and research done, by major drugs companies: so ’Big Pharma’ directly or indirectly influences the choice of prescriptions for patients.

Archives and Links

The Commission on Human Medicines (CHM) has warned doctors that high doses of a class of painkillers known as non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), routinely taken for arthritis and back pain, "may be associated with a small risk of heart attack or stroke when used for long-term treatment.

Health Dangers

The federal Food and Drug Administration censors truthful statements about how foods affect diseases. Six courageous individuals have been fighting this censorship for decades, winning four First Amendment cases against the agency. This is their remarkable story.

Antibiotic Horror Story