Another shinning example of the amazing corruption that exists in the corporate drug world. You need to understand that any corporation's primary and essential responsibility is to their shareholders -- NOT to you. Unfortunately, most don't realize that it is VERY short sighted to kill and permanently disable and cripple consumers for profits. Drug companies have accumulated so much wealth, power and government influence that they have been able to largely escape the consequences. However, what they hadn't anticipated or planned for was the freedom and liberation that the Internet provides in exposing their corrupt plans. I warned you about Eli Lilly's osteoporosis drug Evista being illegally promoted for treating heart disease back in 2002. It's good to hear that the Justice Department is finally cracking down on Lilly for this deceptive marketing, but, in reality, the punishment is not likely to make a difference. The $36 million that Lilly agreed to pay is merely "chump change" as well as "reasonable" and "affordable" for this multi-national corporation as one portfolio analyst said in the article. The truth of the matter is this: The drug companies will stop at nothing to sell their products when billions of dollars are at stake. They are out to make a profit so enticing doctors to prescribe their drugs for as many uses as possible, regardless of whether or not they have scientific evidence to back them up, will only allow them to sell more drugs and make more money. Lilly is certainly not alone in this process. Off-label drug use is commonplace. In the UK, for instance, when a "suitable alternative" did not exist, off-label drugs were used in: 90 percent of babies in neonatal intensive care units 70 percent of children in pediatric intensive care units  Two-thirds of children on general medical and surgical pediatric ward The only way to surely avoid problems from taking drugs for unapproved uses (aren't there already enough problems taking them for approved uses?!) is to limit and avoid as much as possible your use of drugs. Play it safe: Make sure all prescriptions you and your children take are absolutely necessary. One of the best ways to do this is to follow the Total Health Program.

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