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Cholesterol Drugs & Heart Disease
Problems with Vioxx
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11-25-04 |
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George Noory |
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Dr. John Abramson, a clinical instructor at the Harvard Medical School, discussed his book Overdosed America(1), which explains how the American health care system has been hijacked by pharmaceutical companies searching for increased profits.
Abramson said drug companies have infiltrated all legitimate sources of medical information, allowing them to produce "the knowledge that makes us believe we need their products." He estimated that 70-80% of medical journal articles are strongly influenced by commercialized drug interests. According to Abramson, research sponsored by pharmaceutical companies is five times more likely to show a given drug favorably.
As an example, Abramson cited a study conducted by drug manufacturer Merck of its own arthritis medicine Vioxx. He claimed Merck knew in 2000 that Vioxx increased heart attack and stroke risk in patients taking the drug, and caused 21% more serious complications than older rival drug Naproxen (sold under the name Aleve). Despite their findings, Merck spun the results and heavily marketed Vioxx to consumers until numerous Vioxx-related cardiovascular complications forced them to recall the drug, Abramson reported.
1. http://www.overdosedamerica.com/
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Bumper Music
Bumper music from Thursday November 25, 2004
| 1. | Bad Case of Loving You Robert Palmer |
2. | America Neil Diamond |
3. | America Waylon Jennings |
| 4. | Bad Blood Neil Sedaka & Elton John |
5. | Captain of Her Heart Double |
6. | Carly's Song Enigma |
| 7. | Everybody Wants to Rule the World Tears for Fears |
8. | Eye In The Sky Alan Parsons Project |
9. | Fly Like an Eagle Steve Miller Band |
| 10. | Goodbye Stranger Supertramp |
11. | Inca Dance Cusco |
12. | Midnight Express (The Chase) Giorgio Moroder |
| 13. | Midnight Express (The Chase) Giorgio Moroder |
14. | North Easter Cusco |
15. | Rhiannon Fleetwood Mac |
| 16. | Thank the Lord for the Night Time Neil Diamond |
17. | When You Come Back to Me World Party |
18. | You Can't Always Get What You Want Rolling Stones |
