Why is the FDA and Pharmacy companies so reluctant to promote the health benefits of Vitamin supplement?

Question 1
Why is the FDA and Pharmacy companies so reluctant to promote the health benefits of Vitamin supplement?...  We all know the Pharmecutical companies make their billions basically off the health problems of sick Americans. So it does not surprise me that they would not Promote alternative methods that actually work..What concerns me is that they DENY the effectiveness of these supplements. simply so they can go on making medications that for the most part cause more health problems for the people that its suppose to help. Many Americans are defunct in the nutritional vitamins that have supplemented our human bodies since evolution...Yet the FDA the goverment agency that is suppose to be our Health watchdogs disclaims these Vitamins useless or underestimates their value...Thus the logo "these statements have not been evaluated by the FDA" of course they havent because if their was a serious study into the healing and preventive potency of these Vitamins..A LOT less people would be on all these poisionous medications that Pharmacies and doctors give out like Candy. Oh another interesting thing in like 20 years or something over half of Americans will be Over weight and suffering from Diabetes...I'm sure the Pharmacy companies are going to have a hay ride with profits when that times comes. Your Thoughts

PS: Take your VITAMINS for your physical and mental health.

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1)   Both stupid and wrong. Vitamin supplements are a waste of money, and in the cases of vitamins A, D, E and K, vitamin supplements can make you sick or kill you. - Tiktaalik Yourmom

2)   You obviously do not understand the FDA structure function claim - - ("these statements have not been evaluated by the FDA) - - that statement is on the bottle so that no one will think that the feds have endorsed the treatment statement or the product. - Tink

3)   Fernando -
Two thirds of adults in the US and almost 50% of the worldwide adult population is already overweight, obese, or morbidly obese.
The most recent report is that 30% of adults will have diabetes as well by 2050.
Don't you think that if any of the "herbal supplements" promoted for weight loss and prevention really worked the big three pharmaceuticals wouldn't have their hands on the majority of the $50 billion per year now being spent on weight loss?
There is probably value to some of the supplements not approved but the con artists selling the "new miracle cure" far outweigh the truly beneficial products.
Couple that with the fact that most of us play "McVictim" to our poor health and diet and our desire to find a quick fix and it is the perfect storm. - EddySays

4)   Ho hum.... another alt med shill with a Big Pharma conspiracy theory.

I can assure you if alternative medicines actually worked then pharmaceutical companies would find a way to make money out them; and in any case, medicine that works IS medicine, it's not alternative.

They do not DENY the effectiveness of your supplements - the problem is you can't provide evidence that they work in the first place.

Vitamins are actually very heavily researched and studied. It is known that in most cases vitamin supplements are useless you have an actual deficiency. The average western diet typically provides all of the nutrition needed.

And lastly... Big Pharma owns most of the vitamin companies anyway.

Try to get your information from reliable sources in future. - Gary Y

5)   There have been many studies looking at the effectiveness of vitamin supplementation. You know what they find? That it's of no benefit and in some cases harmful. They don't "DENY" anything. They make judgments based on the evidence.

"Many Americans are defunct in the nutritional vitamins that have supplemented our human bodies since evolution.."

. . .What?

Nobody undervalues vitamins. They are essential to living, obviously. Mega-dosing vitamins is what the issue is.

"A LOT less people would be on all these poisionous medications that Pharmacies and doctors give out like Candy."

You're assuming that if vitamins supplements were promoted that people would start taking them, instead of their medication. How did you come to this conclusion?

A persons weight is their own responsibility. Type 2 diabetes can be largely controlled through diet.

Edit: "But it's too late. We know."

When's the revolution start? - Nate

6)   The FDA is in the pockets of the Pharma Industry. They are not a consumer protection agency. The drug company trolls/shills have given you their typical wacky responses about there being no proof for the validity of orthomolecular medicine which is one of the biggest crocks of misinformation going. They think people actually believe them. The fact that they're shilling on an alternative/natural medicine question site is proof of their mandate.
Drug based medicine is sick care, not health care. Drug companies are running conventional medicine which is why it's called ConMed. They have no interest in promoting health, but rather profiting from illness. They would like you to believe you're not well because you're not taking enough of their toxic junk.
There are hundreds of studies documenting the benefits of various nutritional supplements, herbs and homeopathics. The drug companies are hoping no one will find out.
But it's too late. We know. - thenoseknows

7)   prostitution, as they say, is not only the world's oldest profession, it is certainly the largest as well, and infests all aspects of our lives. there are plenty of people who sell themselves, their opinions, for money. these intellectual whores concoct falsified "studies" of drug safety and efficacy, while simultaneously producing others which purport to prove the uselessness of vitamins and other nutritional supplements. the love of money, as the bible says, is the root of all kinds of evil. - Mr E


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Question 2
Did my medicine not work?...  I have been taking antibiotics to treat my sinus infection. But I ended the medicine yesterday and I still feel ill, I've had a terrible headache today and my face still feels pressured. Could I still have the sinus infection, what are the chances?

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1)   Honestly, the best thing I've ever taken for my sinus infections, well, is Zicam. You can buy it at drugstores,Target,Wallmart. Just get Zicam. :) - Bella Marinn

2)   Give it some time, sometimes things like these happens. Maybe it's just a really big sinus infection and it's battling against the antibiotics. So, just wait it out. If it doesn't get any better, go back to your doctor and ask to prescribe something stronger and better. - ninjapixie24!

3)   If you are still feeling rubbish i'd say the chances that you still have an infection are very good.
Go back to your doctor. - Lightning

4)   if by "work", you mean solve the cause of your problem, the answer is always no. if you tire of the mickey mouse medical approach and want to actually correct the cause, see an hio method upper cervical specific chiropractor. - Mr E

5)   Mr E is at it again — recommending HIO chiropractors when their advice would be totally useless. Mr E suggests an "HIO" chiropractor for practically every question he answers. "HIO" Chiropractors are such ridiculous quacks even mainstream chiropractors laugh at them. "HIO" chiropractors believe ALL disease (OK — 95%) is due to a misalignment of a single (topmost) vertebra. ALL their treatments for ALL diseases and maladies — everything from cancer to sinus infections to bad breath — involve manipulations of this single vertebra at the top of the spine.

You are very unlikely to get effective help from any HIO chiropractor. Go back to your ENT physician for reevaluation. - Apropos

6)   I agree with Lightning (there's a first time for everything...lol). You should probably see the doc again. Or put a call in to him/her.

And I agree with Apropros - neck crunching will not help. - Gary Y


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Question 3
getting high on pills, question please?...  So I've been having a very rough year, and I need to relax desperately.

Please no lectures, if you don't help me, I'm just going to do worse because I won't know how much is TOO much.

Now I took 6 mg of ativan already and i feel out of it, relaxed, etc. But I also have oxycodone and darvocet as well as more ativan if neccessary.

Could I get high(er) with oxy and darvocet? Should I take more ativan?
I'm not in a position to buy weed. I know where they might sell some, but I can't go right now..no driver's license yet. but..
thank you for being concerned for my well-bein.
and yes they're my pills. mine as well as my mothers, so i won't go to jail :)
i overdosed on xnanax spelling wrong, sorry.
just took 1 darvocet pill

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1)   i'm not lecturing but one is too much. I'm just saying I watch intervention all the time and its always a fucked up situation... - missy

2)   if your the person who enjoys the "high" feeling i suggest weed. you cant overdose and its organic. popping pills is verrrrryyyy dangerous and can put you in the hospital, jail (if they are not your pills), and or rehab. if your alone poping these pills i suggest not taking any more. envite a friend over to supervise you and make sure you dont overdose. - MORIAH

3)   Smoke some weed, you won't kill yourself with an overdose. - Bill M

4)   Talk to your Dr. about Xanax for anxiety, it works wonders - CC

5)   Those are all downers! so you wont get high! and just take a look at people like anna nicole smith her son and many other people who double up on pills.. oh wait you cant they are dead!! get the picture..?? - Helen B


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Question 4
why is it that people on ecstasy grind their teeth so much?...  they all do it. the eyeball movements, especially the jaw grinding

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1)   a mannerism otherwise grinding in night worms has to be ruled out haaha
thank god only in day time - naveena

2)   When i take it it feels like my muscles are restless they keep twitching around so gnawing your jaw up and down or chewing on something is alwasy nice to cope with this - Brandon S

3)   MDMA (Ecstasy) is a stimulant. It is related to the Amphetamines which in some users causes teeth grinding and twitching. Users should try chewing gum or a lower dose. Better yet don't use at all. For more information check out this link at Erowid http://www.erowid.org/psychoactives/health/health_jaw-tension.shtml - Keke4000

4)   you can't help it.

every fiber in your body is screaming, "I HAVE TO BE DOING SOMETHING!"




this is why ravers wear pacifiers around their neck. - the jungle VIP


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Question 5
Some Legal Ways to get High?...  I want to know some combinations of kitchen and homemade things I can get high on. Legally.
I have heard of nutmeg, but is there any spices or anything I can mix and get high on?
What are the effects.
Preferably something to smoke

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1)   do what miley cyrus is doing. Some salvia or something like that. ahhaha - ninjapixie24!

2)   Climb to the top of a mountain or a very tall building.
You'll be high then aye! - Lightning

3)   well when i want to get high, i suck my cock, i dont know what makes me high, it might be the smell of my sperm when it comes into my mouth and up my nose - Bob Ripper

4)   salvia divinorum, khat, coca leaf, peyote,
Stay sober dude, look for natural highs, you don't need the stuff. - Lasinob


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