I recently watched a documentary called "The Beautiful Truth". It goes along with my beliefs that medicines do not cure diseases, they just treat the symptoms, and that everything we need to be healthy is supplied by the Earth.
I used to think that the FDA did the testing of the drugs they allow on the market. While working on a paper for college I found out that I was mistaken. Not only do they not test the drugs, they admit that "no drug is perfectly safe" and that a drug is allowed on the market "if the benefits outweigh the risks". I found this out at the FAQs page of the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research at the FDA website.
http://www.fda.gov/AboutFDA/CentersOffices/CDER/FAQsaboutCDER/default.htm
Think about that soft and beautiful voice at the end of a commercial for a drug that tells you about some of the side effects and advises you to ask your doctor if it is right for you...sometimes even offering a free month's supply.
I went to my medicine cabinet and threw out all my OTC meds. Fortunately I am not routinely on any prescription meds. I believe that what we learn here together will help to keep us from "having" to take these unsafe medications.
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