Re: [Futurework] future work in Pharma & allopathy

[Christoph Reuss]

Natalia forwarded:
> Each year, more than 9.6 million adverse drug reactions occur in older
> Americans. One study found that 37 percent of adverse reactions in the
> elderly were not reported to the doctor, presumably because patients did
> not realize the reactions were due to the drug.

Arthur forwarded:
> Donald Babey, Executive Director of Dying With Dignity Canada, is a guest
> on "The Verdict" a CTV Newsnet legal affairs program, Thursday, November
> 22 at 9:00 pm EST.
>
> Assisted dying is the focus of the upcoming program.


These are 2 sides of the same coin:  The neo-con strategy to get rid of
those who are not fit to be exploited anymore.  Illegal drugs also help.
George Soros makes this pretty clear by funding drug legalization PR with
one hand and euthanasia with the other (program "Death in America").

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Jon Verdon wrote:
> Treatment is always more profitable than cure.

Yep, also in military issues...

Chris




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Re: [Futurework] future work in Pharma & allopathy

[Cordell, Arthur: ECOM]

Not to your point but possibly of interest.
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Donald Babey, Executive Director of Dying With Dignity Canada, is a guest on 
"The Verdict" a CTV Newsnet legal affairs program, Thursday, November 22 at 
9:00 pm EST.

Assisted dying is the focus of the upcoming program.  The full hour will be 
dedicated to this issue.  The timing of this program coincides with the airing 
this Saturday, November 24 from 7:00 - 9:00 pm local time of the documentary 
"The Suicide Tourist".  This documentary follows two couples through their 
involvement with the Swiss organization Dignitas as they consider their options 
for an assisted death.

"The Verdict" airs Sunday to Thursday on CTV Newsnet.  More information, 
including archives of previous programs, can be found at www.ctv.ca/theverdict 

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Sent: Thu 11/22/2007 1:04 PM
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Subject: [Futurework] future work in Pharma & allopathy


>From the first of two articles on adverse drug reactions in older Americans, 
>with link to the full text with a summary of adverse reactions & the drugs 
>that cause them. 

http://worstpills.org/public/page.cfm?op_id=5

With the amount of business (from meds, walkers, wheelchairs, diapers, rest 
home stays, etc.) and resulting labour to treat adverse reactions, how can we 
even dream of looking at alternatives? So many manufacturers and care providers 
would be out of work!

Natalia Kuzmyn
*



Each year, more than 9.6 million adverse drug reactions occur in older 
Americans. One study found that 37 percent of adverse reactions in the elderly 
were not reported to the doctor, presumably because patients did not realize 
the reactions were due to the drug. This is not too surprising considering that 
most doctors admitted they did not explain possible adverse effects to their 
patients.1  

We based the following national estimates on well-conducted studies, mainly in 
the United States:

*   
Each year, in hospitals alone, there are 28,000 cases of 
life-threatening heart toxicity from adverse reactions to digoxin, the most 
commonly used form of digitalis (drugs that regulate the speed and strength of 
heart beats) in older adults.2 
  Since as many as 40% or 
more of these people are using this drug unnecessarily (see discussion on 
digoxin  ), many of these 
injuries are preventable.
*   
Each year 41,000 older adults are hospitalized-and 3,300 of these 
die-from ulcers caused by NSAIDs (nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, usually 
for treatment of arthritis).3 
  Thousands of younger 
adults are hospitalized. (See list of drugs that can cause gastrointestinal 
bleeding  .)
*   
At least 16,000 injuries from auto crashes each year involving older 
drivers are attributable to the use of psychoactive drugs, specifically 
benzodiazepines and tricyclic antidepressants.4 
  Psychoactive drugs are 
those that affect the mind or behavior. (See list of drugs that can cause 
automobile accidents  
.)
*   
Each year 32,000 older adults suffer from hip fractures attributable to 
drug-induced falls, resulting in more than 1,500 deaths.5 
 , 6 
  In one study, the main 
categories of drugs responsible for the falls leading to hip fractures were 
sleeping pills and minor tranquilizers (30%), antipsychotic drugs (52%), and 
antidepressants (17%). All of these categories of drugs are often prescribed 
unnecessarily, especially in older adults. (See section on sleeping pills and 
tranquilizers  , 
antipsychotic drugs  , and 
antidepressants  ; see also 
list of drugs that can cause hip fractures because of drug-induced falls 
 .)
*   Approximately 163,000 older Americans suffer from serious mental 
impairment (memory loss, dementia) either caused or worsened by drugs.7 
 , 8 
  In a study in the state of 
Washington, in 46% of the patients with drug-induced mental impairment, the 
problem was caused by minor tranquilizers or sleeping pills; in 14%, by high 
bl