Keerzijde van de FDA
FDA acquiring new powers to suppress
alternative health
You may find it hard to believe that the FDA would follow this path when so many people
are in need of natural and safe health options. Yet, the FDA is already working with Codex
on an international basis to help establish risk analysis (toxicology) for dietary
supplements. FDA scientists are heavily involved with the Codex Committee on Nutrition and
Foods for Special Dietary Uses (CCNFSDU). In the upcoming meeting in Germany in Nov 2007
an FDA-supported plan will be presented in an effort to help establish the application of
risk analysis to guide CCNFSDU to set "Safe Upper Limits" for dietary
supplements. Safe Upper Limits, as currently viewed by Codex, are a public health scam;
they are a politically correct strategy for branding dietary supplements as drugs based on
drug-related risk analysis technology. The FDA and Codex goal is to remove therapeutically
useful dietary supplements from the free market so they don't compete with drugs. Another
goal is to make all useful nutrients into prescriptions to give Big Pharma a total
monopoly on all health options.
http://www.newstarget.com/021851.html
FDA Knew of Avandia's Dangers Nearly
Five Years Ago, Memo Shows
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) knew nearly five years ago about the dangers
associated with the diabetes drug Avandia, an internal FDA memo shows. A study released
Monday by the New England Journal of Medicine showed a 43 percent increase in heart
attacks in people using Avandia.
http://www.newstarget.com/021864.html
Americans fed up with drug industry
influence, FDA corruption, reveals remarkable Consumer Reports survey
More than four out of five Americans think drug companies have too much influence over the
Food and Drug Administration, and 84 percent believe that advertisements for prescription
drugs with safety concerns should be outlawed, reveals a striking new survey from Consumer
Reports. The survey results, released today, are based on a telephone survey of 1,026
American adults conducted by the Consumer Reports National Research Center. They reveal
the Food and Drug Administration to be alarmingly out of touch with the concerns of the
American people.
http://www.newstarget.com/021795.html
Tyranny in the USA- The true history
of FDA raids on healers, vitamin shops and supplement companies
brief overview of some of the campaigns of terror the FDA has initiated against natural
healers, nutritional supplement companies and other organizations. Many were conducted
using armed agents wielding assault rifles and automatic weapons, dressed in body armor.
All of them were intended to destroy natural medicine, thereby protecting the profits of
drug companies and conventional medicine practitioners.
http://www.newstarget.com/021791.html
FDA Ignored Cancer Risk When
Approving Alli
In April of 2006, a group of doctors with Public Citizen petitioned the FDA to ban
Orlistat and deny OTC status to the lower dosage version Alli, offering testimony that
Orlistat raises the risk of both colon cancer and gallstones.
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2007/07/09/doctors-
outraged-fda-ignored-cancer-risk-when-approving-alli.aspx
Researchers find deadly prescription
drug effects 6 years before FDA
Northwestern University's national SWAT team of doctor sleuths called RADAR (Research on
Adverse Drug Events and Reports) identifies deadly prescription drug reactions six years
before the FDA and drug companies. RADAR also provides more comprehensive reports with
important medical insights as well as guidance for prevention, diagnosis and treatment.
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2007-05/nu-rfd052507.php
FDA and Drug Safety
Dr. Hellman states that everyone is interested in drug safety until it comes time to pay
the bill. He calls upon the government, pharmaceutical companies, and research
institutions to take a proactive role in the continuing evaluation of drugs after they
receive FDA approval. Dr. Hellman concludes that we all have a shared responsibility for
formulating a new policy to protect the public safety and to prevent future "perfect
storms."
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=73509&nfid=crss
FDA Issues Its Strictest Health
Warning on Two Diabetes Drugs
The decision comes more than a year after FDA safety reviewers strongly recommended just
such a step, and it occurs amid a congressional investigation into why the agency delayed
its warnings about Avandia for years.
http://www-tech.mit.edu/V127/N27/long3.html
The FDA Has Blood on Its Hands
For years, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
have continued to censor and engage in heavy-handed attempts to restrict access to
supplements and educational information for Americans, even when courts have ruled the
public has a right to information about dietary supplements and should judge the merits of
health claims for supplements for themselves rather than having the FDA make such
decisions.
http://www.lewrockwell.com/sardi/sardi72.html
When it comes to food and drugs,
following the money is good advice
The FDA is still struggling with safety issues. Until it is adequately funded so that it
can monitor ingredients from places as far away as China, Americans will wonder about the
safety of their food and drug supply.
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/life/4877878.html
