'Experts Conclude Pfizer Manipulated Studies'

From an article in the NY Times, Oct. 8, '08 - - "The drug maker Pfizer earlier this decade manipulated the publication of scientific studies to bolster the use of its epilepsy drug Neurontin for other disorders, while suppressing research that did not support those uses, according to experts who reviewed thousands of company documents for plaintiffs in a lawsuit against the company. Click Here for entire NY Times article - - -

This is such an important issue for all of us to consider. The very companies making these drugs, from epilepsy drugs to childrens vaccines, are the ones doing most of the 'research' to get these drugs approved and into the bodies of millions of people. In this case, there wasn't enough people w/ epilepsy to turn a profit off of their drug, Neurontin, so they made up data to suggest it would be good for other conditions.
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I would like to suggest that the biggest issue here for us to consider, is the influence these companies are having on the policies regarding vaccine scheduling and administration. In the past decade alone, the # of required vaccines for kids has skyrocketed, and w/ increasing marketing efforts by vaccine makers... see the Gardasil post for an example. We need to question the practices that are currently being pushed on our doctors and pediatricians. We need to question the drugs that are being forced into our children every day. Is it unreasonable to ask why our newborns are being vaccinated for Hep.B, which is a sexually transmitted disease? Is it unreasonable to think that a newborn's body is going to be affected somehow by that drug, which contains formaldehyde, aluminum sulfate, soy protein, etc...?
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There are many medical doctors that disagree w/ the current practices regarding vaccinations. They suggest that if you are going to vaccinate, then choose a schedule that is less invasive to your child. One article I posted recently stated that you shouldn't start vaccines until the child is 2 years old, to give his/her body time to develop naturally, w/out all the chemicals (and yes, they can do that safely...). Please take the time to read, to ask, and to discuss. These issues are serious and timely. I believe that health doesn't come from drugs, or from some outside source. Health comes from within each of us, as the expression of a body that is in balance, in homeostasis.