Of the 50 most prescribed drugs on the market, 25 cause heart trouble, 18 cause adverse reactions and 7 are highly addictive.

Some drugs, such as Prozac^® have more than 250 potential adverse effects.

Until the summer of 2001, Bayer Pharmaceutical marketed a drug called Baycol™. It was given to lower cholesterol and was taken by 700,000 Americans. It also had a potential side effect of destroyed muscle tissues, and some of these destroyed muscle cells could be released into the blood, causing kidney failure. It has since come to light that Bayer Pharmaceutical had been aware of the problems associated with Baycol since it was approved by the FDA in 1997.

Serevent^®, an asthma drug, can trigger life-threatening spasms in the lungs.

Vioxx^®, Bextra^® and Celebrex^® have been scrutinized and two of them have been pulled off the market due to the risk of causing heart attacks and strokes.

Serzone^® is a prescription antidepressant sold from 1995 through 2004; it caused a wide range of liver problems.

Rezulin^®, a medication to lower blood sugar in diabetes, was found to cause liver damage and was taken off the market in the U.S. in March 2000. This was TWO YEARS after it was discontinued in England because of its danger.

The British Medical Journal reported in August 2003 that the risk of miscarriage increases by as much as 80% from taking common painkillers such as Advil^®, Motrin^® and Aleve^®.

SOURCE: Dangerous Deadly Medical Fads book by Dr. Erwin Gemmer, page 4; www.dangerousmedicalfads.com