Jul 17, 2012

Love may be better the second time around—so say legendary tunesmiths Sammy Cahn and Jimmy Van Heusen—but does this also apply to weight-loss drugs? The American public is about to find out–again. After reversing its opinion, an FDA advisory panel has approved the appetite suppressant, Qsymia ® (a combination of phentermine and topiramate). The...

Jun 3, 2012

Do drug companies pay physicians to push statins on their patients? A 2009 investigative report disclosed that Pfizer and AstraZeneca, pharmaceutical giants that make the two best-selling statins, Lipitor ® and Crestor®, respectively, paid doctors $100 for every new patient they put on the cholesterol-lowering drugs. This deceptive practice, which is...

May 24, 2012

It may come as a surprise to most people that the FDA does not require drug manufacturers to test their products for their effects on our genes. As you will learn from this site, the consequences can be catastrophic. Adverse drug events can also include side effects due to unintentional overdosing by the patient as well as to incorrect prescribing by a...

May 14, 2012

One of PaleoPharm’s key missions is to create physician and patient awareness of the adverse gene reprogramming effects of prescription drugs. Below is a list of selected prescription drugs recently discovered to exert short-term and long-term adverse effects on genes. This list is just the tip of the iceberg, but it illustrates the hidden dangers lurking...

May 14, 2012

Are pharmaceutical companies engaged in criminal behavior and cover-ups that threaten your health? A recent Public Citizen report (www.publiccitizen.org) revealed that to date, drug companies have drawn False Claims Act penalties of nearly $20 billion, a majority of which occurred during the last five years. That amount will continue to escalate in the years...

May 8, 2012

Drug companies publicly claim they hire the most-respected doctors in their fields to teach other physicians about the benefits and risks of the companies’ drugs. However, an investigation by ProPublica reveals that Big Pharma hires hundreds of doctors who have been accused of professional misconduct, were disciplined by state boards, or who lack...