We know the depths to which corporate executives will descend in order to make a profit. For example, we saw Big Tobacco CEOs stand up before Congress and swear that cigarettes did not cause cancer. Later it was revealed that they knew their cigarettes caused cancer and they lied to protect their profits.
The same story has been going on for a couple of decades now in the pharmaceutical field. The most noticeable difference being that the ones standing up and blatantly lying about the dangerousness of certain billion dollar earning drugs are not Big Pharma CEOs but doctors and other "authorities" who are paid huge sums by Big Pharma.
The rampant corruption in the medical field and the toll it is taking in terms of human lives, and especially children's lives, is exposed in the new documentary Generation Rx, produced and directed by acclaimed documentary maker Kevin P. Miller. The film is a riveting must-see for every person who has any contact with the medical field.
If you are a parent you should see this movie if you don't want to make the mistakes that the parents featured in the movie made. "If I'd known there was a 4 in 100 chance of my daughter committing suicide while on these drugs," says one mother, "you can be sure I wouldn't have let her take them." Her daughter, who took the drugs because she was nervous about a school test, committed suicide just 24 hours after starting on a prescribed anti-depressant. Too late the parents started researching to find out what had happened and they discovered that the truth about the danger of these drugs is out there and easy to find.
The movie is filled with facts about the profits the drug companies make and the human suffering caused by these "safe and effective" drugs. Numerous experts are interviewed and all tell the same story: marketing replacing science, profit usurping help.
One interview that especially caught my attention was with award winning author Robert Whitaker. Whitaker admitted that initially he was a proponent of the "wonder drugs" but that when he looked into the science behind the drug company claims he found that it wasn't there. The drugs were backed by marketing, not science.
If you live on planet Earth, then you need to see this documentary. It can be purchased here: Generation Rx DVD.
5 comments:
A friend alerted me that you had reviewed my film GENERATION RX - and sent me the link to your blog. Please accept my thanks for your kind words about my film — and the importance of getting the DVD into the hands of parents, educators and those in the medical profession.
I am honored that you have spoken so highly of GENERATION RX, which was a very challenging film to produce. Thanks for helping to spread the word!
Be well,
Kevin P. Miller
Writer/Producer/Director
GENERATION RX
Hey Kevin,
It's an honor to have you on my blog. The film is brilliant. You did a great job.
Keep up the good work.
Check out my friend's blog.
http://icymike.blogspot.com/2009/03/hi-im-michael-and-i-am-drug-addict.html
Hey JR,
That is some blog post. I'm glad Mike has managed to get off those drugs. Good for him. Wow, what a story.
I really want to see this film now. It sounds like it has just the data I need to back up the things I've been telling my family and friends for years!
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