I wonder what the mainstream medicine apologists have to say about this story?

Question:

(from Yahoo News)



Pfizer to pay record $2.3B penalty for drug promos



WASHINGTON – Federal prosecutors hit Pfizer Inc. with a record-breaking $2.3 billion in fines Wednesday and called the world's largest drugmaker a repeating corporate cheat for illegal drug promotions that plied doctors with free golf, massages, and resort junkets.



Announcing the penalty as a warning to all drug manufacturers, Justice Department officials said the overall settlement is the largest ever paid by a drug company for alleged violations of federal drug rules, and the $1.2 billion criminal fine is the largest ever in any U.S. criminal case. The total includes $1 billion in civil penalties and a $100 million criminal forfeiture.



Authorities called Pfizer a repeat offender, noting it is the company's fourth such settlement of government charges in the last decade. The allegations surround the marketing of 13 different drugs, including big sellers such as Viagra, Zoloft, and Lipitor.



As part of its illegal marketing, Pfizer invited doctors to consultant meetings at resort locations, paying their expenses and providing perks, prosecutors said.



"They were entertained with golf, massages, and other activities," said Mike Loucks, the U.S. attorney in Massachusetts.



Loucks said that even as Pfizer was negotiating deals on past misconduct, they were continuing to violate the very same laws with other drugs.



For the complete story:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090903/ap_o…

Answer:

I worked at a major cancer hospital and you would be shocked, angered, and appalled at what I have seen pharmaceutical reps do - and get away with - to get their product promoted.



It's all a big racket, they have known for YEARS AND YEARS how to cure cancer and other major diseases, but think about THIS: If they cure cancer, who's going to take all those drugs?!? Diseases and disorders get blown out of proportion all the time and it's ALL done to promote pharmaceutical products.



Why didn't your great-grandparents die of "high" cholesterol?!? They didn't because there wasn't any such thing, and they had "high cholesterol" breakfasts like fried eggs, fried bacon, REAL butter, and REAL sugar and REAL CREAM, every single day of their lives, and yet, TODAY, such a breakfast is the horror of modern-day doctors, who say it will "clog" your arteries, when in fact, the side effects of drugs that they give you, are what will KILL YOU!!



The side-effects and contraindications of most of the medicines mentioned in this article, will KILL YOU before the actual disease or disorder will.



And yet... people will believe it, because, after all, he's the doctor, he knows what's best, right?!? Source(s): Former employee of M. D. Anderson Cancer Center.