Big Pharma Advertising and Studies versus Supplements (News Forum) 7/11/2007 916892

Big Pharma Advertising and Studies versus Supplements

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Big Pharma Advertising and Studies versus Supplements

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"It's a 22 billion dollar a year industry in the United States. If that's not Big Pharma, it's pretty close."

I would not call a 13 to1 ratio "pretty close". The figures for 2005 were Dietary Supplements $21.3 Billion and Pharmaceuticals $265.7 Billion.

You must be reading different publications than I am if you think there is any comparison in advertising. In 2005, advertising expenses for pharmaceutical products in the US was almost $5 Billion.

When it comes to clinical studies, I doubt that natural dietary supplements get even 1/1000th of the amount of money spent annually on synthetic drugs. Even then, one should always look at the source of the funds and ask what result would be beneficial for those who fund the studies.

When you get past the masking agencies and institutions to the actual source of the money, how many studies of vitamins and minerals are actually funded by those who will benefit most from a negative result?

Here are some more lopsided figures for you: In 2005, by the AMA's own figures, well over 100,000 people in the United States died from reactions to properly prescribed drugs. By contrast, fewer than 150 deaths were reported WORLDWIDE due to natural supplements.

The dietary supplement industry was pretty much created by ordinary people who demanded more than the failed system of managed illness was giving them. It was the unexpected public outcry that led to the DSHEA act and the subsequent increase in dietary supplement sales from less than $10 Billion in 1996 to double that amount now.

Big Pharma is still smarting and has been working fervently to undermine our access to supplements ever since.

DQ