In an eclectic program, Ralph talks first with Rebecca Sheir and Eric Shimelonis, creators of the podcast “Circle Round,” which adapts and updates folk-tales for children. Then, investigative reporter Katherine Eban joins us to talk about her exposé: “Bottle of Lies: The Inside Story of the Generic Drug Boom.”
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Dear Mr. Nader, I often hear or read about so and so suing the a president’s administration but, I never hear or read what happens after that. What typically happens after a suit has been filed?
Let’s hope that faculty at medical schools become aware of these issues concerning our pharmaceuticals. I don’t recall any discussion in medical school about it.
Made in America, but with what, ingredients sourced in India and China with possibly the same contaminants.
Answer to Glenn above – curriculum for medical students prepared and likely paid for by the pharmaceutical industry. That’s why doctors are convinced that drugs are perfectly safe. I was recently prescribed Losartan by a cardiologist. I mentioned reading it was being recalled but he said that is only one batch. “All the medications are perfectly safe,” he said. Actually I had already read the recall was being expanded and then was totally recalled. Many times the patient knows more than the doctor if the patient reads and pays attention.Ultimately I found a doctor that believes in natural solutions and we found means to lower blood pressure without any medication. Drugs in my opinion are not safe. They all have serious side effects – listen to the list when advertised on TV. Eventually one needs more drugs to alleviate side effects, creating more side effects and so on and so on.
The least regulated pharmaceuticals are those marketed for animals. They have the lowest – post marketing feedback, centralized statistical data gathering & adverse drug reaction (ADR) reporting. Veterinary pharmaceuticals are really the “canary in the mine” for monitoring emerging human drug safety issues (pharmacovigilance). Inferior & dangerous drugs can easily slip through this highly profitable veterinary drug market.
we was thinking ,,,
with all the piss drug tests u do in america…
do they have a database on contaminates and
polluters in our urine ?,,,,,(heavy metals and such…)
instead of using all that data for passing moral judgement.
we could just observe the content and surmise our environment.
We r all sensors. Drugs we use for sense of fun. Addiction desensitize pain.
regards,jp.