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  • Can Ivermectin and/or Remdesivir be bought over the counter?

    03/08/2024 10:52:46 AM PST · by fightin kentuckian · 97 replies
    Fightin Kentuckian | 3/8/24 | Fightin Kentuckian
    Just a simple question. No need to flame, berate, make fun, be mean or act like a high school freshman in general. I'd like to get some ivermectin and remdesivir because I understand they treat multiple illnesses. How can they be obtained?
  • Is The 100-Year Old TB Vaccine a New Weapon Against Alzheimer’s?

    02/25/2024 1:10:48 PM PST · by nickcarraway · 19 replies
    The Guardian ^ | Sun 25 Feb 2024 | David Robson
    Studies suggest the BCG jab discovered a century ago could provide a cheap and effective way of boosting the immune system to protect people from developing the conditionScientific discoveries can emerge from the strangest places. In early 1900s France, the doctor Albert Calmette and the veterinarian Camille Guérin aimed to discover how bovine tuberculosis was transmitted. To do so, they first had to find a way of cultivating the bacteria. Sliced potatoes – cooked with ox bile and glycerine – proved to be the perfect medium. As the bacteria grew, however, Calmette and Guérin were surprised to find that each...
  • 23ANDME CEO SAYS COMPANY IS DOING FINE DESPITE LOSING 93% OF STOCK VALUE...THAT'S THE SPIRIT!

    02/18/2024 5:39:11 PM PST · by Red Badger · 34 replies
    Futurism ^ | 13 February 2024 | BY NOOR AL-SIBAI
    The consumer genome sequencing company 23andMe is a sinking ship – and its CEO is conducting the orchestra. As Wired reports, 23andMe CEO Anne Wojcicki was chipper on a February 7 earnings call despite the company's abysmal revenue report that led to its stock being devalued to below 75 cents per share, down a whopping 93 percent from the $16.04 when it first went public. "We are an unusual company," Wojcicki said, per Wired, during the investor call. That response very much undersells the circumstances that may lead to 23andMe spinning off its consumer DNA testing and therapeutics wings into...
  • Pharmaceutical Companies are Abandoning mRNA Vaccines – Leaving Governments Holding the White Elephant

    02/14/2024 6:24:48 PM PST · by george76 · 13 replies
    Daily Sceptic ^ | 14 FEBRUARY 2024 | Dr. David Livermore
    War spurs medical innovation. Ambulances to swiftly deliver the casualties of Napoleon’s armies to field surgeons were the brainchild of Jean-Dominique Larrey. Florence Nightingale established professional nursing in the Crimea. The Kaiser’s War brought the Thomas Splint, reducing mortality and amputation following limb fracture; 1939-45 spurred Florey and Chain’s development of penicillin and McIndoe’s reconstructive plastic surgery. All are now integral to civilian healthcare. mRNA vaccines are offspring of George Bush’s ‘War on Terror’. The idea of mRNA vaccines goes back to Robert Malone’s discoveries of the late 1980s, but he was unable to pursue them and the patents passed...
  • How Democrats’ Prescription Price Controls Are Making Americans Sick

    01/11/2024 9:48:30 PM PST · by SeekAndFind · 3 replies
    The Federalist ^ | 01/12/2024 | Christopher Jacobs
    The 60,000 patients diagnosed with ovarian cancer over the next three years could be out of luck for a treatment, thanks to Biden and congressional Democrats.Less than 18 months after Democrats rammed through a series of price controls on what Medicare pays for prescription drugs — the better to pay for Tesla subsidies and other green pork — and guess what has happened? Drugmakers are responding to the (bad) incentives Democrats created.Just before the holidays, Bloomberg reported on how many pharmaceutical companies have delayed bringing products to market to maximize the revenue they can generate before Medicare gets to “negotiate”...
  • Interim Harvard President Makes Almost $1M a Year From Drug Companies in Addition to His $946K Salary

    01/07/2024 10:29:50 PM PST · by SeekAndFind · 5 replies
    Red State ^ | 01/07/2024 | Bob Hoge
    Who knew being a professor could be so lucrative? Former Harvard University President Claudine Gay, who resigned after antisemitism and plagiarism scandals which occurred under her watch, will return to the faculty and haul in close to $900,000 a year in salary. Her classes must be amazing.But guess who’s got it even better? Her replacement (at least for now), interim president Dr. Alan M. Garber, the school’s provost. He is paid around $946,000 a year for his work – but that’s only the beginning of his earnings. He made more in 2022 -- $936,000 more -- serving as a board...
  • Abortion pill investor Warren Buffett created ‘church’ to get women illegal abortions

    12/03/2023 8:05:14 PM PST · by Morgana · 14 replies
    Live Action News ^ | January 11, 2023 | Carole Novielli
    Warren Buffett is a philanthropist whose billions have been funneled to pro-abortion organizations for decades, including many behind the expansion of the abortion pill. While some of this is well-known among pro-lifers, what is less known is that Buffett was also instrumental in creating a “church” as a front for referring women for illegal abortions prior to Roe v. Wade — a “church” that eventually merged into Planned Parenthood Los Angeles. Warren Buffett’s abortion pill philanthropy Warren Buffett’s Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation was among the original investors in Danco Laboratories, the U.S. abortion pill manufacturer. In addition, the Washington Post...
  • Big Pharma Campaign Contributions Reveal Politicians Fixed on Drug Companies

    11/03/2023 10:50:28 AM PDT · by spirited irish · 8 replies
    Clever Journeys ^ | 11/23 | Texans Jack and Dodiie
    Seventy-two senators and 302 members of the House of Representatives cashed a check from the pharmaceutical industry ahead of the 2020 election — representing more than two-thirds of Congress.During the first year of Covid, Pfizer’s political action committee alone contributed to 228 lawmakers. Amgen’s PAC donated to 218, meaning that each company helped to fund the campaigns of nearly half the lawmakers on Capitol Hill. Overall, the sector donated $14 million.In addition to giving roughly $1 million to members of Congress, Pfizer also wrote checks to 1,048 individual candidates in state legislative races.
  • The Tiny Pill Fueling Syria's War and Turning Fighters Into Superhuman Soldiers

    11/19/2015 3:38:04 PM PST · by conservativejoy · 52 replies
    Washington Post ^ | 11/19/2015 | Peter Holley
    As The Post's Liz Sly recently noted, the war in Syria has become a tangled web of conflict dominated by "al Qaeda veterans, hardened Iraqi insurgents, Arab jihadist ideologues and Western volunteers." On the surface, those competing actors are fueled by an overlapping mixture of ideologies and political agendas. Just below it, experts suspect, they're powered by something else: Captagon. A tiny, highly addictive pill produced in Syria and widely available across the Middle East, its illegal sale funnels hundreds of millions of dollars back into the war torn country's black market economy each year, likely giving militias access to...
  • We need a public option for pharmaceuticals

    10/20/2023 12:59:09 PM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 12 replies
    The Hill ^ | 10/20/2023 | WILLIAM HASELTINE
    America is currently facing dual public health crises of record drug shortages and skyrocketing prices. Several critical medicines are in short supply, including at least 14 essential generic cancer drugs, ADHD treatments, antibiotics, and even children’s acetaminophen. Americans also spend more on prescription drugs per capita than people in any other country. A quarter of adults surveyed in 2022 said that they or a member of their household have not filled a prescription, cut pills in half or skipped doses of medicine because of cost. This number will likely increase as the cost of living continues to rise. The long-term...
  • Pediatric Cancer Drugs in Shortage as Drug Supply Crisis Drags On

    09/29/2023 6:13:23 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 3 replies
    NBC News ^ | September 28, 2023 | Berkeley Lovelace Jr.
    Despite Biden administration efforts, children’s hospitals across the country report some chemotherapy drugs commonly used for leukemia and lymphoma are hard to find. Pediatric cancer doctors are sounding the alarm about a growing shortage of chemotherapy drugs for children. The dwindling supplies add another layer to the ongoing cancer drug shortage crisis that’s left doctors scrambling and forced patients to make difficult choices about treatments since early February. The Biden administration has taken steps to address the crisis, in some cases successfully: Doctors say that shortages of two cancer drugs, carboplatin and cisplatin, have eased significantly in recent weeks. However,...
  • COVID Vaccine Manufacturers Set List Price Between $120-$130 Per Dose

    09/12/2023 3:19:05 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 17 replies
    MSN ^ | 9/12
    U.S. COVID vaccine manufacturers set list prices for their shots between $120 and $130 per dose, company executives said at an advisory panel meeting of U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday. Pfizer and German partner BioNTech set the list price at $120 per dose, while Moderna said the list price for its shot is $129 per dose, for their respective COVID vaccines.
  • America’s Love Affair with Adderall

    06/15/2023 5:17:53 PM PDT · by Twotone · 29 replies
    TheFreePress.com ^ | June 14, 2023 | Maya Sulkin
    When James Hilton was a high school sophomore in Darien, Connecticut, his parents sent him to a psychiatrist because of the many problems he was having at school: He struggled to do his assignments, and then forgot to turn them in. He played the guitar in the school band, but it was agony to sit still for practice. “I rarely did my homework. I failed French freshman year,” he told me recently. “It was like a class clown kind of thing.” The psychiatrist diagnosed attention deficit hyperactivity disorder—ADHD—and prescribed a popular drug that, for almost three decades, has helped people...
  • Prozac Is Unsafe and Ineffective for Young People, Analysis Finds

    05/17/2023 10:11:20 AM PDT · by CFW · 15 replies
    Epoch Times ^ | 5/17/23 | Maryanne Demasi, PhD
    A new analysis finds that Prozac (generic name fluoxetine) is unsafe and ineffective for treating depression in children and adolescents. Regulatory documents show that trial participants attempted suicide after taking fluoxetine, but these events were excluded from the final journal publication in the Archives of General Psychiatry. I notified the journal of the new findings, but the editor refused to correct the record. Prozac Approval In 2002, Prozac (fluoxetine), manufactured by Eli Lilly, was FDA-approved for treating depression in children and adolescents based on data from two clinical trials. The two trials were published in peer-reviewed journals in 1997 (Study...
  • HomeCelebrity Arnold Schwarzenegger Issues Half-Hearted Apology For Telling Americans “Screw Your Freedom” In Support Of COVID-19 Restrictions: “I Should Have Communicated Better”

    04/19/2023 2:38:38 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 52 replies
    BOUNDING INTO COMICS ^ | April 18, 2023 | Josh Berger
    Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)More Two years after autocratically condemning those who refused to wear facial masks amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Hollywood star and former California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger apologised for his tone-deaf comments. “Screw your freedom,” Schwarzenegger declared during an interview with retired Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman and CNN senior global affairs analyst Bianna Golodryga, labelling those who adamantly challenged the government’s draconian measures as “schmucks.” The Hollywood star went on, “There are still people that live in denial. There are still people that don’t believe in...
  • The security of U.S. psychotropic supply. (Vanity)

    03/31/2023 7:37:34 PM PDT · by Bogle · 13 replies
    My question: How secure is the U.S. supply of psychotropics in the face of major disruptions? Here, I'm referring to issues of supply chain--and also major economic upheavals (war, hyperinflation, etc.). I'm having problems finding current sources. Also--understandably-- more focus is on disease-fighting drugs; but I'm afraid a sudden crash in psychotropics could be much more serious than expected.
  • Idaho Bill Would Criminalize Anyone Who Administers COVID-19 mRNA Vaccines

    02/21/2023 11:23:06 AM PST · by nickcarraway · 18 replies
    Fox11 ^ | JESSICA A. BOTELHO | The National DeskMonday, February 20th 2023
    Two Republican Idaho lawmakers introduced a new bill that would criminalize anyone who administers COVID-19 mRNA vaccines. If approved, violators would face misdemeanor charges. During her presentation to fellow lawmakers, Nichols said she is most concerned with Pfizer and Moderna vaccines." I think there is a lot of information that comes out with concerns to blood clots and heart issues," Nichols said.
  • DR. NICOLE SAPHIER: 'Miracle' Weight Loss and ADHD Medications Are Being Handed Out Like Candy by America's Medical Industry... to People Looking for Short Cuts… Creating a Shortage of Drugs for Those REALLY in Need. How Sick Can You Get?

    01/26/2023 12:40:54 PM PST · by nickcarraway · 29 replies
    Daily Mail ^ | 26 January 2023 | DR. Nicole Saphier
    Nicole Saphier, MD is a physician at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, an assistant professor at Weill Cornell Medical College and bestselling author of, 'Panic Attack.' Her opinions are her own and not reflective of her employers.Not every problem can be fixed with a pill. Not every problem should be fixed with a pill. But in an increasingly dangerous trend, America's medical industry is presenting drugs as a quick and easy solution for nearly everything that ails us – be it major, minor, or even non-existent. Now, America is running out of the prescription medications that sick people need, because...
  • The U.S. Senate unanimously passed Rand Paul's bill to help end needless animal testing

    10/01/2022 1:08:38 PM PDT · by RandFan · 14 replies
    Liberty Tree ^ | Oct 1 | Sen. Rand Paul
    WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the U.S. Senate unanimously passed Senator Rand Paul’s (R-KY) and Senator Cory Booker’s (D-NJ) bipartisan FDA Modernization Act 2.0 to end animal testing mandates. This legislation ends an outdated FDA mandate that experimental drugs must be tested on animals before they are used on humans in clinical trials. The bill doesn’t ban animal testing outright but would allow the option for drug sponsors to use alternative methods where they are suitable. The legislation is cosponsored by Senators Mike Braun (R-IN), Ben Ray Luján (D-NM), Roger Marshall (R-KS), Mike Crapo (R-ID), Susan Collins (R-ME), Angus King (D-ME),...
  • WHO 'Strongly Advises Against' Use of 2 Covid-19 Treatments

    09/18/2022 3:15:17 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 20 replies
    AsiaOne ^ | SEPTEMBER 15, 2022
    Two Covid-19 antibody therapies are no longer recommended by the World Health Organisation (WHO), as Omicron and the variant's latest offshoots have likely rendered them obsolete. The two therapies - which are designed to work by binding to the spike protein of SARS-CoV-2 to neutralise the virus' ability to infect cells - were some of the first medicines developed early in the pandemic. The virus has since evolved, and mounting evidence from lab tests suggests the two therapies - sotrovimab, as well as casirivimab-imdevimab - have limited clinical activity against the latest iterations of the virus.