1. High Cost of Medicine - Marketing Disease/Pushing Drugs Video

1. High Cost of Medicine - Marketing Disease/Pushing Drugs Video



__Expand to see INDEX__ For years, drug companies (pharmaceuticals AKA Big Pharma) have been taking the public for a costly ride and making a killing in the process -- seriously, a lot of people are dying as a result. In this documentary, find out how Big Pharma's clever politics and marketing schemes are tailored specifically to empty out our bank accounts and force us to sell-off our homes if need be, for drugs that would otherwise cost a few pesos elsewhere in the world. But it doesn't stop there: With so much profit potential glistening in their eyes, these companies have little incentive to provide cures. Rather, they recycle old drugs, modifying them ever so slightly (often resulting in deadly cocktails), for the single purpose of acquiring new patents; thus, renewing their monopoly over pricing. But that's only the beginning (see the video for more info)... _______________________________________ 1. High Cost of Medicine - Marketing Disease/Pushing Drugs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qc5MPhOfW6M _______________________________________ 2. High Cost of Medicine - "Me Too Drugs" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKTeFOVmLm0 _______________________________________ 3. High Cost of Medicine - Same Drug, Different Pill http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCDOb6-s7Jo _______________________________________ 4. High Cost of Medicine - "Gifts and Trips" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdLJtxDBERA _______________________________________ 5. High Cost of Medicine - Manipulated Clinical Research http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OWtdOwLn-k _______________________________________ 6. High Cost of Medicine - Selling Inferior Medicine http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADwuLxVsscU _______________________________________ 7. High Cost of Medicine - Deceptive Advertising http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Emn_UwnpRPY _______________________________________ Additional Tags: AIDS allergies Alzheimer's disease anxiety disorders arthritis asthmaastigmatism autoimmune diseases benign prostate hyperplasia (BPH) bipolar disorder (manic-depressive) brain cancer breast cancer cancer candidiasis cataracts celiac disease cervical cancer chicken pox Chlamydia chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) chronic illness cold sores colon cancer constipation common cold COPD cough Crohn's cystic fibrosis dementia diabetes diarrhea depression eczema endometriosis eye disorders fibroids fibromyalgia flu (influenza) food poisoning Gallstones genital herpes gonorrhea Graves' disease Hashimoto's thyroiditis hay fever headache heart disease hemochromatosis hepatitis herpes high cholesterol HIV Hodgkin's disease HPV (human papilloma virus) hypertension impotence insomnia irritable bowel syndrome jaundice kidney disease lactose intolerance leukemia liver cancer liver disease lung cancer lupus Lyme disease lymphoma meningitis meningococcal disease menopause mental illness myopia (short-sightedness) migraine multiple sclerosis muscular dystrophy narcolepsy Non-Hodgkin's ymphoma obesity osteoporosis otitis media (middle ear infection) ovarian cancer overweight pain Parkinson's disease pelvic inflammatory disease pertussis pregnancy premenstrual syndrome (PMS) prostate cancer prostate disorders Raynaud's Phenomenon SARS sexually transmitted diseases sleep disorders smoking stroke thrush thyroid haliburton disorders whooping cough epidemic virus papilloma conspiracy enron patient care medicine doctor remedy cure cancer tyrranyofsouls tyrannyofsouls