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The Dangers of New Drugs That the FDA doesn’t want you to know

Posted by: dhendricks, in: Dangerous Drugs ,

San Diego, CA July 20, 2015

Facts and Figures on New Pharmaceutical Drugs – Are They Really Safe?

New prescription drugs have a 1 in 5 chance of causing serious reactions after they’ve been approved
Doctors recommend not taking new drugs for at least five years
Even properly prescribed drugs can cause about 1.9 million hospitalizations each year
840,000 hospitalized patients are given drugs that cause serious adverse reactions, total of 2.74 million serious adverse drug reactions
About 128,000 people die from drugs prescribed to them
Prescription drugs are ranked 4^th, with stroke, as a leading cause of death
The European Commission estimates adverse reactions from prescriptions cause 200,000 deaths
80% of prescription drugs are generic
170 million Americans take a prescription drug
Over the past 35 years, it has been found that only 11 to 15 percent of newly approved drugs provide significant advantages for patients
Between 2002 and 2011, reviews in France, Canada, and the Netherlands found that only 8% of 946 new products were clinically superior, down from 11 to 15 percent in previous decade

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Source: http://ethics.harvard.edu/blog/new-prescription-drugs-major-health-risk-few-offsetting-advantages

Posted by: dhendricks, in: Dangerous Drugs ,

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