Well, it is not surprising that Sense about Science has come out against alternative health methods and homeopathy and anything not part of the pharmaceutical or big agra industry.
With their medical industry sponsors growing you can really now say that “Sense about Science” is really a front for pharmaceutical industry and other groups involved in the development of pharmaceuticals and chemicals such as Universities doing “pharmaceutical research and patenting” and medical publishing giants.
Again, it is not surprising that the organization would bash at alternative medicine and homeopathy. Anyone involved with this “sponsored” organization has a lot of funding to lose if they don’t toe the party line and make their masters happy.
The shrill shrieking of their “sponsored” mouth pieces and followers gets louder and louder- suggesting drugs, MRI radiation, anything chemical, genetically modified are good for you and suggesting that homeopathy is evil and any ‘alternatives and those against genetic modification are evil. A profit driven religion of science. And of course there are news reporters that are happy to also get in on the shrill shrieking. Just where the drug companies want it and plant it.
So here we have the source of what and how you may hear about homeopathy. Well, remember the previous post. This pharmaceutical industry is about billions of dollars, marketing and not necessarily about your health. Your right to alternatives gives you the ability to make sensible decisions about your health and put it all in perspective. These intelligent decisions are yours to make and not the pharmaceutical companies and their paid mouthpieces.
Just look at some of the money bags that “fund” the biased Sense about Science spokespeople:
ABPI, the Association for Clinical Biochemistry, AstraZeneca plc, the Biochemical Society, BAMA, British Toxicology Society, Blackwell Publishing, BP plc, British Institute of Radiology, British Pharmacological Society, Elsevier, EPSRC, Esmee Fairbairn Foundation, Garfield Weston Foundation, GE Healthcare, Health and Science Communication Trust, Institute of Food Research, Institute of Physics, Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine, Institution of Chemical Engineers, John Innes Centre, John Innes Foundation, Medical Research Council, Motor Neurone Disease Association, Multiple Sclerosis Society, NESTA, New Scientist, Oxford University Press, Parkinson’s Disease Society, Paul Hamlyn Foundation, PHG Foundation, Physiological Society, Research Councils UK, Royal Academy of Engineering, Royal Astronomical Society, Royal College of Pathologists, Royal College of Radiologists, Royal Meteorological Society, Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain, Royal Society of Chemistry, St John’s College Research Centre, Science Careers.org, Society for Applied Microbiology, Society for Endocrinology, Society for General Microbiology, The Times, University of Dundee, University of Edinburgh, University of Glasgow, University of St Andrews, University of Stirling, University of West Scotland.
Remember many of these Universities get direct funding and profit sharing from their pharmaceutical research.
You gotta hand it to them, the drug companies know how to sell the goods. But what an ugly business and downright nasty way for drug companies to get their “science” forward. Unfortunately it is not always in the best interest of your health. Explore alternatives like homeopathy, its your right and you’ll be happy you did. And remember, when you hear from these people bashing homeopathy keep in mind who their sponsors are.
Here is something that appeared in the Nursing Online DataBase.
These are just a few excerpts to see the whole thing link here:
Combined wealth of top 5 pharmaceutical companies outweighs GNP of sub-Saharan Africa.: Corporate Watch shows the public just how much wealth big pharmaceutical companies have, even on a global scale. Their report references The Guardian, which found that “the combined worth of the world’s top five drug companies is twice the combined GNP of all sub-Saharan Africa and their influence on the rules of world trade is many times stronger because they can bring their wealth to bear directly on the levers of western power.”
Ernesto Bertarelli makes Forbes’ billionaires list: Just as Americans are questioning the record profits and salaries of booming oil companies when they’re forced to accept rising prices at the pump, people may wonder about Ernesto Bertarelli’s billionaire status. Bertarelli is the CEO of the pharmaceutical company Serono, and Forbes reports that his net worth in 2002 reached $8.4 billion. That was enough to place him as the 31st richest person in the world.
Academics help pharmaceutical companies conduct research: A new trend in the R&D sector of the pharmaceutical industry features research-based partnerships between academic centers and drug companies. Marcia Angell explains the collaboration by writing that these companies “now ring the major academic research institutions and often carry out the initial phases of drug development, hoping for lucrative deals with big drug companies that can market the new drugs. Usually both academic researchers and their institutions own equity in the biotechnology companies they are involved with,” and everyone can “cash in on the public investment in research.” As academic centers play a more significant role in the success of the drug companies, they are more likely to take on the “entrepreneur” spirit and make profits from patents, royalties and stocks, which can mark up the prices for everyday consumers.
[Unfortunately these research institutes have become the spawning ground for more and more profit driven drugs. Some are later proven to be seriously problematic and dangerous to the health of millions such as Vioxx and cholesterol lowering drugs more recently.
And the spawners who are threatened then attack homeopathy and homeopaths while remaining passive about their so called "science" based medicine problems. Take note Gimpy, Ben Goldacre and David Colququon and others]
Some drug companies are taking advantage of underdeveloped countries to perform clinical trials: Wired.com reports that India is becoming a more attractive place for drug companies to run clinical trials and test out new drugs. The article explains, “more and more drug companies are conducting clinical trials in developing countries where government oversight is more lax and research can be done for a fraction of the cost.” Controversy is starting to build over the trend, however, as one expert explains. Sean Philpott, managing editor of The American Journal of Bioethics, reveals to Wired.com that such practices may be unfair, as “individuals who participate in Indian clinical trials usually won’t be educated. Offering $100 [as payment for their participation] may be undue enticement; they may not even realize that they are being coerced.”
Selling Drugs Under the Guise of “Science-Based Medicine”
April 18, 2008
There are blogs that have been started by various parties interested in promoting drug based medicine. These individuals utilize a kind of “science-based” camaraderie to nix any common sense approach to your medical treatment especially if you choose to go outside of their sphere of influence, ie. alternative health treatments. They don’t really want you to know about these alternatives but rather under the guise of being a “skeptic” would rather you choose pharmaceutical drugs. They like to term anything that does not agree with their schema: “pseudoscience”.
If you look carefully their qualifications include the ability to make 1+million dollar per year income from promoting and prescribing and selling drugs (oncologists can actually sell drugs in the United States and in other countries). I’m sure Vioxx was one of those.
They have a lot to lose if inexpensive medical solutions like homeopathy, acupuncture, chiropractic succeed.
The New York Times reports that “drug maker Merck drafted dozens of research studies for a best-selling drug, then lined up prestigious doctors to put their names on the reports before publication, according to an article to be published Wednesday in a leading medical journal.”
And it was only lawyers that brought this to light NOT the researchers, writers of the article, or medical profession. Medical and drug company apologists Ben Goldacre, pharmacologist David Colquhoun, Andy Lewis and drug company representatives on the gimpyblog continually attack health alternatives like homeopathy. They defend conventional medicine as self regulating and with only a few minor problems. In fact, they are working hard to prevent you from having the right to alternative medical care.
Their attack on your right to alternative medical care only increases and protects the lucrative position of drug companies. Unfortunately, in order to consolidate their position and the drug companys’ domain they spread internet rumors and theories without ANY PROOF that homeopathy is as they describe it, “dangerous” and “evil”. They also use many nasty words to describe homeopaths and homeopathic teachers.
Homeopathy is safe and effective for both chronic and acute problems. Homeopaths are individuals who have dedicated their lives to helping sick people through alternative means than what is available in the conventional medical profession. Homeopathic remedies are individualized to people and have no side effects. They are effective, safe and can even cure many serious diseases without the side effects that one saw in Vioxx and many other drugs. Millions of people have and continue to use homeopathic remedies and see homeopathic practitioners.
The New York Times article continues:
The article, based on documents unearthed in lawsuits over the pain drug Vioxx, provides a rare, detailed look in the industry practice of ghostwriting medical research studies that are then published in academic journals.
The article cited one draft of a Vioxx research study that was still in want of a big-name researcher, identifying the lead writer only as “External author?”
Vioxx was a best-selling drug before Merck took it off the market in 2004 over evidence linking it to heart attacks. Last fall, the company agreed to a $4.85 billion settlement to resolve tens of thousands of lawsuits filed by former Vioxx patients or their families.
Andy Lewis Does Not Want You to Read This
April 16, 2008
Andy Lewis self styled crusader for Conventional and Pharmaceutical Medicines does not want you to read anything about homeopathy. Homeopathy is that tremendously effective, inexpensive alternative medicine that pharmaceutical companies do not want you to experience. Homeopathy has helped millions of people without toxic side effects.
Not only that, Andy Lewis has developed software that censors any web site that promotes anything to do with therapies drug companies do not want you to experience. Amongst the many toxic opinions of this person, Andy Lewis says that you as a consumer are a “moron” and lack the intelligence to choose what type of therapy you would have.
This person spends most of his time on his computer and he has a lot of opinions to spout- does he have a job or is his job to promote pharmaceutical companies?
Next time you read the words of Andy Lewis, please be aware of his bias and that his opinions would prevent you from your rights as a consumer. He is part of the toxic mix of odd personalities that censors your right to other alternative therapies including homeopathy and is in favor of all medical drugs and treatment no matter how toxic.
In another post- the reasons why drug companies do not want you to try homeopathy.
Is one of the most vociferous voices against alternative health practitioners on the internet, actually a medical drug company representative?
This individual has been claiming that he is just a concerned consumer who has a first aid degree. When pressed, he has now admitted to being in the medical field. His web site is littered with nasty profanities and slanderous statements about leaders in the alternative health field especially homeopathy. Gimpy, which is his pseudonym, consistently attacks the Society of Homeopaths, UK and its members and other leaders in the health field.
The blog, gimpyblog.wordpress.com is a vile and a low attack on alternative health practitioners with little truth to the nasty implications. Not only that, it consistently breaks copyright laws, and slanders individuals with very low tactics used by other drug company and pharmaceutical industry supporters.
He uses many profanities which attracts other low lifes to join in in reviling homeopathy and the alternative health field.
More in another post as to why Drug Companies want to squelch homeopathy.
Important – Read this- your health and well being depends on it.
There are some internet blogs and writers that have been carefully placed that are attacking homeopathy and leaders in the homeopathic profession and also those practicing alternative health modalities including nutrition.
Under the guise of science, these blogs and writers can be supported by Drug Companies. Their falsified “scientific” attacks are written by those who are working for or have worked for drug companies, or have gotten funding from drug companies.
Some bloggers and writers such as Ben Goldacre, David Colquhoun and Gimpyblog (an anonymous medical person) attack alternative health and its leaders.
Under no circumstances take them seriously. They are out to squelch alternatives especially homeopathy and are part of a serious attempt to limit your rights as a patient. They subscribe only to the current medical system as long as it is for the benefit of pharmaceutical companies.
