Drugs, money and your heart

I was really excited to see a recent headline that said heart doctors should discuss herbal medicines with their patients. The recommendation came from a study in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.1 I thought this was a real breakthrough. I thought it meant cardiologists had finally seen the light… Boy, was I wrong… The article said doctors should learn about herbal medicines so they could STOP their patients from using them. You see, supplement use is at an all-time high. About 70% of Americans take them. That’s a lot of people. And Big Pharma would love to capture that market. So they have a real interest in bad-mouthing herbs. For heart patients, healing herbs cut into the market for blockbuster drugs like ACE inhibitors, diuretics, beta-blockers and statins. But these drugs cause terrible side effects. They’ve been linked to constant fatigue… shortness of breath… joint, leg and back pain… headaches… and kidney damage. Plus, they don’t build heart strength. They could make you die earlier. The writers of the article claimed there is no good scientific evidence for the treatment of cardiovascular disease with herbs. They say herbs aren’t safe because they don’t go through the FDA’s approval process. But here’s the truth… The FDA is in the pocket of Big Pharma. To speed up drug approvals federal law authorizes drug companies to pay user fees to the FDA. Today, drug industry money pays for more than half...
Source: Al Sears, MD Natural Remedies - Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Tags: Anti-Aging Source Type: news