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In reply to the discussion: Dr oz is no wizard but no quack either [View all]sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)drugs on the public, see Pfizer eg, who knowingly pushed a drug that caused serious injury to hundreds of patients, including death, sadly, refusing to take it off the market until they were forced to do so.
They fired the salespeople who had a conscience and refused to sell that drug to doctors.
If it had not been for the six Whistle Blowers who came forward, causing Pfizer to be charged by the government, that drug might have killed untold numbers of people.
They were also involved in pushing a drug used mostly for cows, airc, called DES to pregnant women back in the '60s and '70s.
That drug's tragic side effects wasn't really known until the babies subjected to it in the womb grew up.
Women were especially impacted, unable to have children of their own.
It took years to force them to compensate the victims, and the effects are also showing up in male victims.
Cervical cancer in women is another side effect of that drug. I know someone who was compensated eventually, but not before these Drug Companies dragged her through hell causing her to settle the pressure was so great.
Congress helped them out when those babies began to grow up and started suing them. They put a cap on how much the victims could claim and forced the victims to remain silent in order to receive that money.
And that is why I am very suspicious of the campaign against Dr. Oz and a few harmless, if ineffective, vitamins.
I never see these 'concerned' people talk about the thousands of drugs from Pharmaceutical companies that have resulted in death and many other life long health issues.