For the first time ever, a top executive with GlaxoSmithKline admitted that fewer than half of all patients who are on expensive prescription drugs gain any benefit from them.
Studies indicate that the vast majority of drugs--around 90 percent--are found to only work in 30 percent to 50 percent of patients, depending on the drug and the person.
It has been proven that drugs for migraines, osteoporosis and arthritis work in half of the patients prescribed. Drugs prescribed to patients suffering from Alzheimer’s work for fewer than one in three patients, whereas those for cancer are only effective for 25 percent.
Independent.co.uk December, 8 2003
If you are a regular reader of my newsletter then you know that I rarely recommend pharmaceuticals, and in fact my mission is to transform the existing medical paradigm from one addicted to pharmaceuticals, surgeries and other methods that only conceal or remove specific symptoms--with morbid results to our health and economy--to one focused on treating and preventing the underlying causes.
However, sometimes pharmaceuticals are necessary, and though I am a physician focused on natural health and wellness I do sometimes prescribe drugs to patients in these cases.
What bothers me almost as much as the extreme over-prescription of pharmaceuticals is the ridiculously inflated prices the drug companies charge people here in the United States.
The hyper-inflated drug prices affect us all in many ways, and I am constantly researching ways to save you money but most importantly improve your health so you can avoid unnecessary drugs in the first place. Here are a couple of methods that will save you money and most importantly, I truly believe will be beneficial for your health.
You must commit to a diet that is truly healthy for you. The food you put into your body and your emotional well-being has everything to do with building your immune system so you can prevent disease. By reading my new book, Dr. Mercola’s Total Health Program, you will learn what type of food is healthy for you by finding out what metabolic type you are. After reading my book, you will be on your way to achieving a healthy and disease-free life. To find out more about my book, just click on the title link above.
If you have to use drugs as a temporary Band-Aid then avoid paying the high U.S. prices and get all your prescriptions at Canadian drug prices, safely and securely. I have researched this, and this drug prescription Web site is an exceptionally secure, easy-to-use site for your prescription fulfillment, and it offers prescription drugs for up to 80 percent less than you will pay here in the United States!
This site, FillMyScripts, ships to all 50 U.S. states (plus Canada), and is staffed by physicians and pharmacists who will review your prescription and even follow up with your physician if necessary. FillMyScripts offers both brand name and generic drugs that are FDA equivalent to the drugs you’ll get in the United States (and are made by the same companies making them here), and again you’ll pay a fraction of the cost.
I urge you to please read four steps to reduce your drug expenses by up to 80 percent now to learn how to combat the greed of pharmaceutical companies.
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