Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Ruse
After Pharmagiant Pfizer recently launched a $ 40 M ad campaign to sell "Zoloft for everything", now comes Eli Lilly and Co. to tell us if we're not patiently standing in line we might have ADD and should see our doctor for their new prescription drug. According to an article on CNN today, the questions on Eli Lilly's site include "How often are you distracted by activity or noise around you?" and "How often do you feel restless or fidgety?" - Responses of "sometimes" to the questions on the company's Web site prompts a message that the symptoms may be consistent with adult ADD and a visit to the doctor is recommended.
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Of course ADD was first manufactured - yes, that's the correct word - for pushing Ritalin on school kids. Now the drug companies are "opening a new market" to sell the same type of drugs to adults who are restless and fidgety.
Meanwhile, legislation is being pushed through lawmaking assemblies globally, to restrict the only effective and side-effect-free means to attain good health in a world full of nutritional pitfalls, supplements that contain vitamins, minerals and other nutritional factors we can't find any more in our food.
One could conclude that the real drug pushers are sitting in posh boardrooms plotting strategies of how to get more people hooked on their pharmaceutical wonder pills. Talking about drug pushers ... the much touted "war on drugs" and the proposed "regulation of the supplement market" are strategies of the real drug pushers to protect their profits, rather than our health.
Statistics indicate that hundreds of thousands die each year from pharmaceutical drugs' "side effects". Of course the millions who say they love to take their supplements because they make them feel better and keep them healthy are mere anecdotes, according to medical science.
What the heck are we doing?
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AlterNet - Here, Kiddie, Kiddie - By Kelly Hearn - Posted on November 29, 2004
For Gene Haislip, a former official of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency, the perennial debate over Ritalin, the stimulant commonly prescribed for children with "attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)," is an aching reminder of a moral battle he fought ˆ and lost ˆ to big drug companies.Sharp rise in children's Ritalin use
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Children who were under performing in class have seen an improvement in concentration and behaviour after taking a cocktail of natural oils. More than 120 children aged between six and 12 took part in trials, funded by Durham County Council. Half used a combination of omega-3 fish oil and omega-6 evening primrose oil and half an olive oil placebo. The research showed children's learning and behaviour improved significantly when taking the natural fatty acids.
posted by Sepp Hasslberger on Saturday July 19 2003
updated on Friday December 3 2010URL of this article:
http://www.newmediaexplorer.org/sepp/2003/07/19/attention_deficit_hyperactivity_disorder_ruse.htm
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