Big Pharma makes a fortune from ADHD. The number of adults taking drugs for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder has skyrocketed by 53% in just four years.
More than 4.8 million adults now take ADHD medications.
Millions of children take the drugs, too—even those not much older than babies. A report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that 10,000 American toddlers are taking ADHD drugs like Ritalin (methylphenidate) or Adderall (amphetamine).… Read More
If you tell your doctor you’re depressed, chances are you’ll leave with a prescription for an antidepressant.
Doctors hand out these drugs like candy.
Antidepressant use has skyrocketed more than 400% since the late 1980s. Twelve percent of American adults are now on one of these medications.[1]
Depression should not be taken lightly. But neither should going on an antidepressant.… Read More
Instant relief.
If you suffer from heartburn, that’s how you’ll feel the first time you take Prilosec, Nexium, and Prevacid. These big-selling drugs—called proton pump inhibitors (PPIs)—stop your stomach from producing acid.
Without acid, the burning, often-excruciating pain of heartburn goes away.
Problem solved, right?
Actually, your problems are just beginning.
Studies have made it clear that the PPIs that many people pop without thinking have serious side effects.… Read More
There is one indicator that doctors look to more than any other to determine if you’re at risk for a heart attack.
It’s LDL cholesterol.
For decades, doctors have told us that the best way to prevent heart disease is to keep this so-called “bad” cholesterol low. That’s why, if you have an LDL reading above 150 mg/dL, chances are your doctor will put you on a statin drug to lower your levels.… Read More
For years, Big Pharma ignored fish oil.
And when they weren’t ignoring it, they were disparaging it by saying that statin drugs and other prescription meds were more effective in preventing heart disease.
But then study after study began showing fish oil’s effectiveness.
Large, high-quality trials showed that fish oil cut the risk of heart attack with few, if any, side effects.… Read More
Mainstream medicine’s top weapons against inflammation are glucocorticoid drugs. They include cortisone and prednisone.
These drugs are also called steroids. But they aren’t the kind that give you muscle. Instead, they change your metabolism to tamp down inflammation.
Doctors prescribe them for a wide variety of conditions. They include autoimmune disorders such as rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis, colitis, psoriasis, and eczema.… Read More