U.S. Food & Drug Administration – acting under obvious pressure from Big Pharma – took the very first steps in the regulatory process to make sure the public would no longer have to listen to the long litany of risks and side effects of prescription drugs in media advertising.
Steve Barwick:
” More Hypocrisy and Corruption
“Oh, and by the way, in February of 2014 the U.S. Food & Drug Administration – acting under obvious pressure from Big Pharma – took the very first steps in the regulatory process to make sure the public would no longer have to listen to the long litany of risks and side effects of prescription drugs in media advertising.
“Isn’t that sweet?
“The medical authorities claim they’re concerned that the long disclosure of prescription drug side effects in TV, radio, magazine and newspaper ads are just a bit too tedious for the average individual, and might “result in reduced consumer comprehension, minimization of important risk information and, potentially, therapeutic noncompliance due to fear of side effects.”
“In other words, the medical authorities are afraid if you know what the side effects of the drugs are, you’d never use them. So they no longer want you to know what the real risks of prescription drugs are, or even how many different risks there are. They just want you to obediently take your drugs like good little boys and girls.
“And don’t dare seek information about natural health alternatives in online communities. That’s strictly verboten, mind you. “We have people watching.”
“Such is the world we live in, folks, where the corporate criminals hide their heinous crimes through regulatory manipulation, and then use their shills in the corporate news media to try to make criminals of people who simply want to discuss alternative means of staying healthy and well.”