Most of today’s prescribed drugs came to market after today’s physicians were already in practice. In order to introduce them to new drugs, drug company representatives offer free samples and seminars to go over the prescribing of these drugs.

Physicians are often told that new medications are the best ones yet, though that may not be true because they have not stood the test of time.

As one physician noted, “It is a sad fact that virtually 100% of ALL medical education is paid for directly or indirectly by the pharmaceutical industry. As such, the industry can control the educational agenda, and our doctors are taught little except how to control the symptoms of disease, preferably with long-term drug use. It is not the doctors themselves that are at fault, but the pharmaceutical marketing system that trains them.”

This is not a new situation. As Dr. Gary Null noted in his study DEATH BY MEDICINE, drug companies have long funded research in educational institutions. He quoted Cynthia Crossen, a writer for the WallStreet Journal. Ms. Crossen’s research indicated that, in 1981, “the drug industry ‘gave’ $292 million to colleges and universities for research. In 1991, it ‘gave’ $2.1 billion.”

An ABCNews report also noted that when a drug company funds a study on drug effectiveness and safety, there is a 90% chance that the drug will be perceived as effective whereas a non-drug company-funded study will show favorable results 50% of the time.

SOURCE: Dangerous Deadly Medical Fads book by Dr. Erwin Gemmer, page 24. dangerousmedicalfads.com ;
D E ATH BY MEDICINE, Dr. Gary Null, Ph.D., Dr. Carolyn Dean, M.D., N.D., Martin Feldman, M.D.,
Debora Rasio, M.D., Dorothy Smith, Ph.D., page 7.