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- The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has a history of controversy. It’s been blamed for not acting fast enough. It’s also been blamed for rushing products to market.
The FDA has a tough job. It regulates a powerful industry with a lot of money - and questionable practices. With American distrust for Big Pharma at an all-time high, the FDA’s role is more important than ever.
This is how the FDA could be doing a better job at protecting Americans from the greed of some pharmaceutical companies.
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Thanks for such a hard-hitting, fearless documentary. The intro was so tight and efficient with what it chose to show in my opinion, and I was happy to see the whole episode was just as powerfully on-point. Give someone a raise : ) Cheers
Wow and I forgot Biden was about to appoint a new manager. Great timing you folks, who knows, your quality reporting just might save some lives and alleviate a lot of suffering. I really appreciate what the guy had to say at the end about the sentiments of some staff at the FDA. And nice to see that clip at the start of Bernie back in the day trying to build public awareness - of the YUGE epidemic of lobbying influence and revolving-door employment rackets.
Quick question that I'm too lazy to research myself: when pegged against other inflationary measures, what was the budget of the FDA over the past 20 years? What was the FDA's funding? When we're expecting these agencies to do their jobs, are we actually giving them the funding to do that?
In EVERY encounter, the colonizer / capitalist / pharma-co-bro shames his invented devil.
@@tao8365 have you heard if the brave woman Brook Jackson? She told the FDA of sloppy errors of the 3rd phase clinical trials. Guess what, she was fired the next day. No one investigated Ventavia. Janet Woodcock head of the FDA has now all her advisory committee all tied to Pfizer. FDA is mostly funded by big pharma. There is a reason why people don't trust. Especially Rochelle Walensky from the CDC. She lies to the public.
In the US it's called lobbying, in the rest of the world it's called bribing. Same product, different packaging.
its corruption
@@blackcat-mp7kh Thanks Capt!
not to offend the Americans but the fact that they invented a term to describe the complexity of a more sophisticated manner of bribing, is really sad. It means they are really the master of corruptions.
Ban lobbying for years better life instantly
Facts
In other countries, pharma isn't allowed to even advertise their products... it helps keep the task of filtering and regulation limited to the medical-scientific community. US govt desperately needs to correct and remove some of their regulations to protect the greater community. :/
This is correct. For anyone wondering DTC advertising or direct-to-consumer advertising is only allowed in the U.S and New Zealand. Although the WHO and advocate groups for medical professionals have called on dtc advertising to be stopped. The U.S continues to let them run. Still think Pfizer, J&J, etc. have your best interest in mind?
They don't care about us!!!
I remember 1st seeing drug ads on t.v. and I was *shocked* and I still can't believe they haven't reversed those decisions ~ although I do see *far* less pharma ads then there used to be.
@@Odreaded ever seen the white board lady in congress embarass them. they dont even spend that large a % on research and development. its mostly advertising and executive compensation it seemed like where more than research. the lie we have been sold all these years is that they actually do life saving research.
America is run by lobbyists and greed! We’re so far gone, it will be very difficult it fix. There is way too many people who are far too comfortable with the way that things are.
FDA abusing confidence actually undermines people’s overall faith in both science and government. Sketchy pesticides, medicine and chemical food ingredients should be reviewed ethically.
i find it funny when people say: but the vaccine is fda approved,
What about vaccines????
@@user-ve1sr2wi1w yeh lol, tiny bit of research shows fda approval counts for not much
Never had confidence
Exactly, and then we saw deadly consequences with covid where people didn't believe anything anymore
Yeah, but the inner city kid selling a couple of joints is the real danger. 🙄
We've been manipulated on an Orwellian scale.
Its quite sad. All this rhetoric about caring about people and drugs are bad is bs. What the state cares about is who you bought it from. Tell your doctor you can't focus and it is lowering your quality of life. And you too can get these "bad" drugs.
Look at all these untested vaccines being rolled out.. big pharma has full impunity.. In the future, the health systems won't be able to deal with vax related problems that will occur
@@lenadidas5371 it’s really crazy how twisted up everything is.
No sh!t ése
Think the smartest thing our PM did was legalize weed. What's the point? Pot heads are pretty harmless. Gotta love Canada.
As a pharmacy technician, witnessing the prices people pay everyday to live yet another day for conditions they were born with/didn't ask for. It's criminal watching people pay hundreds for epipens in case of an allergic reaction or blood pressure medications. It is so easy to manipulate this market especially with specific drugs such as xarelto that don't have generics and are price gouged thousands of dollars. People with insurance even still have to fork over a copay of a couple hundred dollars for a months supply. People will pay anything to live another day and pharmaceutical companies take advantage of that.
That’s called blackmail.
Always a natural remedy.
Well said! It is sad
They refer to humans pursuing their health as a “market” and they wanted that “market” to be bigger and more “motivated” to buy. So they destroy human lives, yet again, for their shareholders.
All they gotta do is get some regular syringes, crush up some Benadryl and bam that's a $1000 "EpiPen". They can only sell it by brand like that and charge so much because of a stupid patent that basically the EpiPen uses to autoinject you. It's not some miracle chemical it's literally just Benadryl chemical name dyphenhydrinate it's a crime they're selling it for so much
You should do an episode about medical insurance. There’s something really wrong with how it works. Insurance companies bribed hospitals and clinics, ultimately raising the prices of any kind of medical attention, making it impossible to pay for without insurance. Disgusting
That’s old news. It was the long con from the ‘80s
@@MrBobbo18 It's not old news if it is still a problem.
That’s why I stock med supplies and medical books, and learn first aid. Unless it’s life and death and I can’t do it myself, I ain’t goin to the hospital. I cut my hand open pretty bad on a rusty spike, like it was deep and tetanus seemed a possibility, but I sewed myself up and it healed just fine. It’s a shame the poor vulnerable ones who need medical care have no access to it, and the ones who can actually afford to pay out of pocket, all have medical insurance.
@@CivilizedWarrior That shouldn't be happening in a so-called first world country 😳 Thank God we have the NHS. Yes it has issues due to our Conservative government cutting funds towards the NHS over the years and allowing partial access for Private firms to our NHS, but I'd take that over the USA's scammy private insurance system anyday
@Nope Leave Me Alone thats like saying to a sick person - just dont be sick, doesnt work like that, not everyone gets lucky in life
Doctors aren’t required to prescribe this. They are just as guilty
Facts!
Yes! I have heard of so many doctors who are as corrupt, inept, and as vile as drug dealers.
Just depends on who that doctor is as a person!
As long as they have their own practice, it’s their choice to prescribe whatever they like. Within reason of course! 😁
@@girlsurfingtheinternet8195 I don’t think you understood my comment
A lot of them are lied about the drugs. Some are threaten to be sued if they're not selling the drugs like oxycontin
The fact that lobbying has been behind the approval of a lot of drug treatments (rather than genuine extensive research), not only contradicts a doctors oath to do no harm, but also creates a lot of the mistrust the public has for medicine that could potentially save lives. If all it takes to get a drug on the market is the right price, that contradicts the very nature of the science of the medical field. People become consumers rather than patients. A lot of Martin Shrekli’s out there - most aren’t vain or immature enough to brag about it on public television, but he’s right about capitalism and the medical industry. Especially in the US. A shame really because those companies do actually need money for R&D, but could cut prices if they weren’t spending so much paying exorbitant salaries to cut corners for these shady approval schemes.
our taxes pay for R&D. Sorry
My mom got addicted the same year OxyContin came out. Her addiction destroyed my entire childhood and life. She once gave me one for a headache and I was asleep for almost 3 days straight. I finally had to get an IFP (restraining order) against my own mother in 2017 because that drug made her lose her mind over the years.
That sounds so horrible for you & your mum. :(
Wow..that's terrible. I hope y'all manage to find some solace.
Much respect to you
@@msdadsfsx my migraines refused to help itself tho, it become incapacitating if i dont take it at time
Most folks can never get out of that addiction and as usual, no one is held responsible. Why when I was told, "Be Safe, We Care", I knew they were lying.
I used to work as a pharmacy assistant and I saw how many people abused the use of painkillers and antibiotics and most of the times especially if its an elderly person,some doctors would easily prescribe those.People now for the slightest headache instantly take paracetamol without even waiting if the headache will get better in a minute.Even paracetamol is medicine don't forget that it's not a candy.I wonder what would happen if people suddenly would stop taking medicine(except in very serious conditions)for any reason and sometimes just have patience with their system to do its job.A slightest cough and they wanna drink antibiotics,ridiculous.We've become resistant to many antibiotics already and its getting worse.
Ya soooooo many people abuse antibiotics they give such a great opiate like buzz said nobody ever.
I wonder how many patients in actual pain are refused medication because of this?
It’s not a small number.
I'm one of them. My Dr won't even give me the lesser evil tylenol 3. It sucks sitting in pain all the time.
Way to many people. Let's have a study seeing how many suicides caused by not being able to get there pain controlled.
A hell of a lot. My aunt is dying in hospice and still grilled if she NEEDS opioids and accused of drug seeking.
In some areas, pain patients at methadone clinics surpass the number of recreational addicts.
We kinda went to the opposite extreme.
It is bad enough if you are in terrible pain. Add getting treated like a junkie or criminal because you need some relief. It is awful. I have a painful open wound on my foot X 3 years. And even though some doctors are too chickenshit to even look under the bandage to see how bad it is, they wont prescribe any painkillers for it. I have wished a horrible painful death on every doctor who has refused to provide the relief available from the modern miracle of medicine and forced me to live like a caveman, writhing and moaning in pain at night in bed. There is absolutely no reason I should be made to suffer this way.
It is nearly impossible to get a doctor to prescribe pain medication, even the less potent ones like hydrocodone, which is a small dose of codeine, with the rest Tylenol.
To me the biggest wtf is the fact the sackler family is just out there living the high life rich af off destroying the lives of others, money does win and has always has
The whole country’s system needs to be reforms
Nah it needs to be dismantled.
@@dave_riots and replaced with...
@@dave_riots I think that's the rub
@@Frogkhan915 kmm
I dont agree with a lot of things vice puts out but this one I do and I feel the FDA and big pharma are hand in hand when it fits each others agenda and pocketbook
U don’t agree with what vice puts out lol why’s that?
Yea for the most part this channel has become an extension of the democratic party
@@danwinters3397 you got to have left and right wing protectives. It's healthy to and some outlets will view through the optics of a left leaning way.
Where I'm from, Norway, both the democratics and republicans are both right wing in the actual values they inact (not way they say in the campaign)
The governments of the world are in on it!!
@@danwinters3397 who cares..the trick is to share the information with friends and family and anyone you can, its the only way we can beat them at their own game, its all a part of the DEPOPULATION AGENDA 20-30!!
See this is exactly why i can sympathize with the anti covid vaccine community. We fucking know what Big Pharma and FDA are capable of and have done in the past. I think its fair to be skeptical of vaccine mandates. I myself have reserached it and know that mRNA technology has been in the works since early 2000s and its been more or less tested so i got both my shots, but i can totally understand why others dont want to.
Now imagine what they can get away with if they have immunity to liability regarding anything they do related to a mandated medical procedure for the country that seemingly doesn't have the effectiveness they claimed it had. Almost like they get to lie with impunity.
@@DeviantDespot almost?
mRNA technology has been in the works since the 70"s
I agree. Most of us are actually more anti-mandate than anti-vax. Even if this particular drug is safe, it's the precedent that it sets that scares me
I'm unvaccinated for covid, but in order to get a job... which I need, I'll end up having to get vaccinated. Even the remote jobs are requiring it in the usa. I don't have much of a choice I guess...
" they hired the Giuliani firm"
Thats all I needed to hear
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Sometimes I don't blame the antivax community because of situations like this. May God protect us.
Fck man im not getting the second shot
@@manishtaker8622 you should get it, serious side effects have been few and far between.
@@manishtaker8622 please get your second shot.
@@dionelreyes529I'm not anti-vaxxer but a big problem lies by what you are telling him to do without knowing anything about him.
How old is he? Did he had covid before? Is he obese, or does he belong to another group at risk? Etc.
If they can KILL YOU and get away with it, Why on earth would anyone Trust them? The big Drug companies are not bound by US laws.
Politicians bribers and the FDA should all go to jail this is criminal
Vice: "Vaccine good, it's FDA approved now."
Also Vice: "FDA is fishy."
No logical connection. The Covid vaccines have been worked on all around the world not just in one company in the US. The trials have been done in multiple countries and scientists from all over the world have reviewed them.
@@Bettie_Rage The connection would be the massive amount of money involved. Governments need a solution, or at least something they can call a solution to show people they doing something. There have been no long term studies, this pandemic hasnt lasted long enough. 16 of the 18 people on an fda panel voted against booster shots until more trials could be conducted. The head of the fda over ruled the panel and gave the green light (sound familiar?). Do the vaccines work? Maybe. Are they better than natural immunity? Unlikely. Do they stop the spread of covid? No. Will there be long term health effects from large scale deployment of mrna vaccines? Unknown, but your probably part of that study.
@@KeneticOutdoors "Are they better than natural immunity? Unlikely" WTF are you talking bout. What else? Flat Earth?
If vaccines were not better than natural immunity they would not make them in the first place. If you think that hundreds of millions of scientists, medical professionals, and medical engineers from every single country on the planet have been lying about the efficacy, you must be seriously delusional.
@@KeneticOutdoors Like you get talking points and cut data. Those 16 of 18 FDA panel was for 1 single brand of booster not all.
The vaccines WORK it is not a maybe it is a definite. Yes they are better than natural immunity because they less symptoms. You are ignoring the risk of the disease vs not get it.
@UCRL_HUtw_6YXNYzjPMPpkVw To think Covid vaccines are better than natural immunity is Joe Biden level brainworms.
US ads are insane, i listen to US podcasts and I'll get ads for online therapy, to "buy" (adopt) US kids.. insane..
yall have issues.
Some big issues going on, what have humanity become
Also some US TH-camrs
Ah yes adoption is the issue
@@RedLemon69 The EU has laws against this... This isn't a capitalism issue. It's a political one.. US gov has no balls.
@@redditman3701 Adoption is fine. Marketing it as fun however to a wide public..
I spent nine months in pain from my allergic reaction to being injected with risperidone at the highest dose, remind you I’ve never been on risperidone long enough or at all to be given an injection, as a result I suffered so bad. I now suffer with ptsd from the damages and I’m getting the right medication and help now but it’s extremely terrifying that I’ve always been told to trust health professionals and wasn’t warned about bad doctors
I had to get migraine surgery, that’s how severe my allergic reaction was to the medication, I had no history of migraine until given the medication. I’m traumatized af and only 21. It wasn’t really so much the medications fault it was the prescribers fault that I’m soon going to take to court for malpractice and patient neglect
Good luck on your court case!
Lobbying needs to be make illegal .
I'm surprised TH-cam hasn't removed this yet.
We are getting closer and closer to bringing this to light, 20 years I’ve been waiting and it’s showing up on TH-cam, keep pushing it to main stream media
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paying fines don't cut it they have to go to jail.
Straight up attempted murder
Exactly, they have so much cash that the fines don't hurt them and have no impact. They need to be locked up like the criminals they are and how it will really hurt them and actually have an impact on their lives. Show them that their actions have consequences.
for a long time.
@@dannygroom3327 many doctors should be included. I have finally after 19 yrs to wean myself off oxycontin with the help of a new doctor. I don't wish this on anyone it's terrible how the FDA allowed this to happen.
welcome to america
Aragance keeps the beast afloat 💊
Totally a coincidece that anyone and everyone who agreed with the actual studies were former pharmaceutical employees as opposed to current ones...🤔
Oh come on. It is just a coincidence. They are such good talent that the government is blessed to have them. We can be sure that there are plenty of regulations, and monitoring, to ensure no conflict of interests.🙄 As with all major problems we have, Congress passed laws/regulations are at the heart of the problem. Any doubt about how politicians become rich after a few mandates in Congress? Certainly, it is not for their small salary.
When the pandemic was just in infancy, Bill came out and told us that it isn't going away for a long time, telling is about our 'new normal' and that we might need yearly vaccine shots... He also told us about vaccine passports... Lo and behold, everything he said came to pass... No conflict at all that his foundation is heavily invested in big pharma, the World Health Organization and Covid 19 response panel.
The fact that deaths are attributed to Covid 19 when the people had other commodities isn't suspect at all. I mean, why should we isolate the exact cause of death?
Wish I could say this video was eye-opening. It's all just very sad. I do believe if there was more trust in the industry as a whole, we wouldn't be seeing such polarization on certain issues today. Too bad the trust is far from ever being earned at this point.
Not enough ppl put the blame on those money guzzlers. It's not always the patient's fault, especially when they take their medication as prescribed & still get dependent on them.
@Liberty over everything I actually don't want to get it, but I don't have a choice considering this job that I have to get. The sad thing is, is that I'm one of those cases where it's possible that the vaccine could take my life. I'm that ill.
_:/_
@Liberty over everything you gotta learn to separate the good and the bad. I'm double vaccinated and got my card and it's fine. I've also lost family prescription drugs and big pharma. It's not as simple as it seems, too many lives lost due to this disinformation campaign.
Agreed. Overly policing the patients in actual pain isn’t fair either. It actually lowers the quality of care. I was in severe pain for 3 years before a doctor took my pain seriously bc i fit “the profile”. A 25 yr old, black woman, with a rare disease. It took me being paralyzed before I got any help bc I was profiled as a pill seeker.
People have to learn that the goal is to get off all $medications$. Correct eating eg keto. No processed foods. No exposure to any Aluminum (learn this, eg cheese, antiperspirant, food additives, aluminum foil, aluminum cookware, table salt and powders, coffee and tea somewhat in that order if Neurotoxicity) Hint learn why table salt has Aluminum but rock salt does not...
Now imagine what they can get away with if they have immunity to liability regarding anything they do related to a mandated medical procedure for the country that seemingly doesn't have the effectiveness they claimed it had. Almost like they get to lie with impunity.
I took the vaccine now I'm scared man.
@@lifechange6086 you should be
@@lifechange6086 Suggestion: Your body can repair itself but you got to not take anymore medications or vaccines. They are designed to harm you. Industry only makes $profit$ off the sick. Step 2. Eat healthy whole foods. That is butter, clarified butter (make it your self), full cream milk, meat, eggs, vegetables, fruits. No sugar. No artificial sugar of any kind. Only sweeten by using fruits. No wheat, flour, bread, cereal, pasta, rice. Wheat makes you crave sugar. No processed foods. No sources of Aluminum (learn this eg cheese, antiperspirant, food additives, aluminum foil, Aluminum cookware, table salt, powders, coffee and tea). Step 3. Eat only once a day. Step 4. Learn to fast up to 5 days water and minerals only. On 3rd day you will get rid of vaccine damage to the max and detoxifying. But do not hurry this process and be sure to always eat very healthy when not fasting. Mostly stick to short fasting but because you took that nasty vaccine you will have to do 5 day fast here and there. Trust me, you will be a different person after all this. One thing, only fast when 10 kg above recommend BMI and never go below 5 kg above BMI. Even if you prefer 15 kg above BMI to start and 10 kg min that's ok too. You will loose approx 0.3 kg per day fasting if not much activity. More as you do more physical. Listen to you body's needs. Your charge is $0.00. Good Luck. Pass this on and do your own research. I do this all the time and you CAN reverse damage and disease! This info is 100's of years old, so it works.
''Since I've been on this new pain medication, I've not missed one day of work, and my boss really appreciates that''
Everyone would wanna work when they're high as hell
the answer is money
Wow so youre saying that "FDA approved" doesnt mean safe??
Shocker!
Are you serious?????
Probably gave it a GRAS classification. GRAS = Generally Recognised as Safe. But should be changed to Generally Recognised as $Sellable$ (or rather, $Profitable$)...
What about the doctors prescribing these meds? No responsibility on them?
No, responsibility falls on FDA for approving them, doctors are bound by an oath to do best for the patient, and will recommend solutions to problems, provided the relevant information and circumstances. How is a doctor supposed to know you will die if you have not died before? FDA doesn't take the fall because they performed testing based off of the pharmaceuticals testing. It's really messed up. You can pay to get some things 'expedited', it's like a freaking shipping company without vehicle brakes. Hurray!
Hold the nurse practitioners accountable too! NPs are more likely to prescribe all sorts of things because doctors get scrutanized but NPs dont
My former Dr went to prison for a couple years ,lost his Dr license and had to pat a million dollar fine.
That was then. This is now. Now Big Pharma OWNS the FDA. My late husband and stepfather were both Phd pharmacologists from prestigious universities. My bff was a pharmacist from a prestigious university. All three warned me, and everyone who would listen, to shun pharmaceuticals. My husband told me that if I had to have a medication, to ask for the oldest appropriate medicine on the market and to carefully read the package insert.
30% of all FDA approved drugs between 2000 and 2010 eventually got a black box warning or were removed altogether from the market.
source?
@@YouViolatedTheNAP I've noticed more medication commercials too. They make them look appealing until the end when they run thru the risks or side effects. 😂 Have you seen the one for 40 blue pills or 30 yellow pills. They claim to be like Viagra. That commercial looks so generic and suspicious. But here it is in our television screen... 🤔🤑 to bad that our government thinks so much of it's people.
Only after lots of class action lawsuits.
As a hospice caregiver for 26 years people don’t know the half.
That’s real helpful, state your credentials and then tell everyone they don’t know half the relevant information.
That’s it.
Don’t enlighten anyone, don’t support your statement in any way.
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Way to contribute, glad we have people with sooo much experience around.
To bad you forgot how to communicate anything besides;
“I’ve been doing it longer and know more than everyone else.”
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@700 K it's a quarter 😂
@@jaxturner7288 Provoking spies are my best type of fun.
As someone who is dependent on pain killers to even get out of bed in the morning. The entire epidemic has made getting my meds so incredibly hard. The people who actually need these drugs are getting the short end of the stick here.
Thats unfortunate i hope all is well pharma is absolutely backwards only worrying about anything that can fill their pockets
Medical marijuana has risen as well. Its a shame
Thats horrible. They really should just make it recreational. Then wed stop having people turn to heroin and stuff they can find on the street that may be fake and only has fentanyl. People like you get who are dependent because of medical reasons end up not being able to get their medicine cause of restrictions , or not enough of it, then they turn to the streets to supplement and end up dead or with a needle in their arm. If people could just go to a store like before when theyd get percoden in mexico, i think wed have a lot less od's and a lot less issues. We need to just make it like getting weed or alcohol, just gotta go to the store. That way wed have a lot less crime and death as a result of these drugs. Just like how mexican cartel weed is now non existent for the most part, id assume their heroin and fentanyl would do the same. I only see it being beneficial
Same issue here. That’s why people are self deleting. They can’t handle the pain, and the docs think everyone is trying to abuse drugs. Then they treat the patients like they are liars
100%!
Very good Vice and thank you for the truth and reminding us what we should really be concerned about, may your publications save us from the edge of the precipice we all are blindly being led to.
Another great reason for America to finally get itself a properly regulated national health system (not service) that doesn't have profit as it's overriding concern/motive.
I’m sayin
Cash is speech, corporations are people.
We all are lucky to be alive in this dystopian capitalist nightmare.
Yes. It's a total free-for-all out there. And acknowledging that is something near & dear to me. May there be oases of justice in the midst of it all.
It's even worse when a party says something similar to what i've just said and purports to be one of these trustworthy oases. May people continually to treat others with honesty & compassion.
The world is raw & it is often cruel. We suffer enough at the hands of fate already. Do we really need to prey on each other??
This is a Marxist Nightmare, not a capitalist one.
@@bobann3566 The right hates big government the left hates big business, both are oppressive elements and neither camp is guiltless.
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The Sackler family took 10 billion dollars out of the company before it went bankrupt....
EVERY drug recalled by the FDA was at one time approved by the FDA.
Of course lol who else would approve it. Aunt Jemima?
The vaccine will be next
This is a subject that needs much more attention
it gets a LOT of attention.... people just are not listening.
This is why FDA approval when it comes to medicine specifically is a major point of concern. Yes many of the things they do are actually for the public good but some of them aren’t so good. People should be allowed to know what they put into their bodies and a right to refuse it
What do you mean "right to refuse it"?
@@michaeljunior1445 not sure if you are a midwit, but it means what it means. A right to refuse to inject oneself with anything peddled by the pharmaceutical industry (an industry whose boots you seemingly love to lick)
No mandates for possible poison.
Thanks Vice...this deserves to be viewed lot more widely...its hard to put it mildly...we all deserve what we get...if we want to get it right lets work to deserve it...and that starts with awareness..
What Martin Shkreli said was true in trying to get the highest price for your product. However, it's not very capitalistic to be granted an artificial monopoly on a product by the government.
Institutionalized bribery and systemic corruption. We live in a society where profits are put before the public good.
So long as the dividend cheques continue rolling out and capital investment continues to appreciate the powers that be will do little to upset the status quo.
would love to see the history track record of good drugs and pushed through drugs that haven't been sufficiently tested. I bet the greed factor has become a bigger factor in the latter years. ( a guess. I know greed was always there)
eliminating patent extensions, so we can make generics, is the best step. They repurpose drugs, so they can extend patents.
Why should something known for decades, like insulin, increase 4x in price? Greed.
They test the meds on us at the doc's office. When they tell you.....
I'll give you a sample. Then you get hooked.
I went to the hospital a couple of months ago with my collar sticking out. They wanted to give me oxicotin/oxicodon. I'm diabetic, I don't know the relationship of this medicine side effects mixed with my insulin. I was aware that it's an opiod and can be addictive. No thanks. I just came in for a x-ray.
I'll tend to the pain my way without the side effects.
Ha! Lucky you. I legit dropped a 12 ft long piece of Hardiplank on my shoeless foot. Obliterated my big toe. They gave me an oral hydrocodone and 15 minutes later, stitched my (broken) toe back together.
Sent me home with a rigid shoe and the direction to take ibuprofen when the local wears off.
It’s become such an issue that now there is hesitancy to prescribe anything.
Sad part? Even after various injuries/surgeries, I have never even finished an entire prescription of pain meds.
@@fearingthecrabcat
I rely on my medicinal herbs. No particular one, there are many.
Now I'm taking mornings, MSM for my nerves/ hair/skin and nails, Jack fruit and gooseberries.
Oxy isn’t that dangerous. Just gotta educate urself and know the risks, as you should as a responsible adult with anything in life. Your health is your responsibility and it’s up to you to educate yourself on the matter
@@undrwrldsk8fred
Yes it's dangerous and habitual.
I'm not taking anything to add more problems.
Their plan is to get you dependent, then deny you so leading you to worse or more drugs or die.
@@faith3276 like I said, oxy is not inherently dangerous. And it’s up to you to educate yourself about any medication before you take it. Don’t just take someone’s word for it. Do your research. It’s not the doctors responsibility to educate you about anything. They just prescribe it to you. Opiates are great medicines when used correctly. People are just too ignorant to know how to use them responsibly. So maybe it is best for you and people like you to stay away from them because if you’re not willing to educate yourself on it then you’re bound to mess it up.
I'm pharmacist and its sad to say our lobby did crime of the century...
It still does
Kind of reminds me of what's happening right now.
I've got a horror movie in my watchlist to be seen later tonight .. I think i made a mistake , this was the real horror movie all along .. Man , this is ... sad .. and scary AF ..
The real Reality is way scarier than any Fictional Horror movie.
Thanks for speaking out for us.
As someone who is vaccinated--mandates should not be allowed on civil rights grounds. When I say I'm Pro-Choice, I actually mean it
Another example of this is FESS surgeries (Functional Endoscopic Sinus Surgery). Empty Nose Syndrome has been an associated side effect of the surgery (more specifically turbinectomies), however, it is not recognised as an official side effect/health issue (by the same doctors that make a majority of their money from the surgery in the first place). Till this day, you will not see this listed on the complications list before having a FESS, yet there are many people who have suffered and continue to suffer from this iatrogenic debilitating condition.
Guinea pigs we are.
Skip: why is Purdue pharma the only company mentioned in the video though 🤔
Because the video is focusing on oxycontin, which Purdue made..
And folks are baffled that people don't trust the drug dealers in suits.
@@E.Asinus no, it’s more like
“HERE, YOU BETTER TAKE THIS!!!”
Make one about Xanax. my mother has been ravaged by it, a lot of popular music promotes it. it's second behind oxy, followed closely by adderall.
It’s the lowest tier drug and known to the government as non addictive. Definitely fucked up
I'm sorry to hear that...Hope your mum gets better...
Benzodiazepines are hell to come off for a lot of people. Especially the strong Xanax and klonopin. Complete cotastophe
Nah adderalls irrelevant been on 60 mg a day for 6 months lost half of my script and practically had to cold turkey it for 2 weeks zero withdrawal symptoms almost forgot about the drug. Benzos on the other hand are worse then opiates physically and mentally.
I'm a freshman in college I don't have add or anything but my psychiatrist offered xanax I just know to stay away from it because it messed up my mom a little bit to.
that show DOPESICK on Hulu staring Michael Keaton is all about this (well more so the rise of OxyContin) & it's really good....not the drug but the show
"Not the drug but the show", lol
I understand why we have to explain everything these days. Otherwise "Karens" will come for you.
To be fair, the drug is awesome as well, which is why there is a show about it.
@@thelittledetailscr7231 i use to like it to and you are right it was pretty awesome
In the 90's they hired people to drive around and hand out samples of OXY all over America. They knew exactly what they were doing
Show is Much recommended 👌🏽👌🏽👌🏽
The FDA needs better leaders. Period. This will help with some changes 🤷🏻♀️
Changing leaders do nothing when they are accepting funding from pharmaceutical companies. That is the main problem
@@mika274 yep! Until we stop the money. We will never get change. Because so they are thinking about is their gain.
"the company" is guilty of 3 felonies? That's a bunch of bullshit. Hold those making the profits from these practices accountable. I've lost 3 friends from this madness we've allowed in the USA.
Well, the fact remains: some of us need opioids for chronic pain. The proper dosage and the proper use should be HONESTLY taught to people.
This VICE video barely even scratches the surface, and there is one very important thing they completely left out and didn't address - the FDA is underfunded and overworked. If the government funded the FDA properly and adequately instead of having them rely on the payments from drug manufacturers, they'd be much better at what they do, and they're already considered world class - only second to the EU - EC in consumer protection. The FDA was established primarily for public safety, but over the years, big pharma THROUGH the government and politicians have used the FDA to align with their agendas. Lots of republican and conservatives are delusional and think it's political and that only the democrats want to kill everyone - if it were up to Democrats or mainly progressives, the FDA would be adequately funded. Go look into how much Republicans in congress fought against the FDA even becoming a thing. Or that time they made the FDA lose the authority to regulate catfish so their conservative base could sell more fish while neglecting the safety requirements. Or the story about tobacco regulation.
I blame the US government and congress entirely because the FDA wouldn't be what it has become if they didn't politicize it and push drugs through to meet the demands of their lobbyists. The turnover rate at the FDA is insane! A lot of people go in to serve the public then get in and realize they're basically puppets for the people in power and politicians.
I’m an addict in recovery been clean a year and a half now first time I’ve been clean since I first got hooked on oxy after sports injuries at 12 years old the doctors kept feeding it to me even giving me benzos and ambian at the same time (had some childhood trauma and was born with insomnia and adhd ) I’m 23 now done playing sports and finally clean after decade long addiction from legal prescribed oxy , Xanax , sleep pills, and adderall. eventually went to heroin and meth after getting cut off then fent and benzodope. I’m finally clean and working full time but on Medicaid still paying off hospital and rehab bills and not just from the addictions also from multiple different injuries and surgeries and I’m on Medicaid now and they will no longer pay for my combination of meds prescribed by a good trusted doctor that isn’t any opioids, amphetamines, benzos, barbiturates nothing it’s all light and easy and actually helps me but no Medicaid is telling me I need to go back on adderall and they won’t give me my anti inflammatory meds they’re saying I need to take subutex…. 🤔 what ?! They want a kind of recently clean addict to go back on meth in a pill and another opioid well opioid agonist🤦♂️ hmmm sounds familiar to when I was a kid tf do we let these people get away with! Btw I can’t just buy my meds without insurance either they’re almost $500 for a 30 day supply… wtf
Got cancer 13 years ago and was prescribed oxys after surgery.. today I'm in a rehabilitation center to beat my addiction to fenthynol.. girlfriend of 11 years od'd a few weeks back, lost my house, my job, and ability to see my step children..all started with a pill prescribed by my family doctor.. has been a nightmare a can't wake up from..
If that isn't 🧢 Then I wish you the best
Nobody ever goes to prison when it comes to pharmaceutical companies why is that???? Because dirty money and blood money is being pass around.
They pushed oxy through and look now 🤦🏻♂️ “greatest” country in the world huh
It sure did change a lot as far as our society. Changed the workforce and made some people dependant on the government in one way or another. It's sad. It ruined and continues to ruin people's lives. Just evil what they have done and are doing. And as long as we allow them to lobby... this will always be the results.
@@justthe2ofusindempines it wont ever change.
@@redditman3701 it will only get worse.....
My ashtma medication went up 800% because pharma lobbied the EPA to ban the propellant in the inhaler because of the ozone layer. No problem with that, but even though the medication didn't change, the company was granted a new patent... so no more generics. $$$$$. This was during the Bush administration.
What is the name of the medication?
Not a Republican no way no how 🙄. All people want to do is knock Clinton for that one incident but fail to recognize he had us in the best financial shape in years. Bush screwed that up in 1 years time.
Dr kelsey! a great woman! respect
Wow, just started watching the Season 4 of Goliath and this notification just popped up on my screen.
The "opioid epidemic" is due to human suffering . This is just a contributing factor . The F.D.A needs a head with integrity,now would be good.
Funny how the sales of "medicine" rode with like what 2000%? After usa invaded afghan land to steal the opium
I'm actually shocked that VICE is exploring this topic. Good job.
Huge reason why I didn’t want to be a doctor, healthcare shouldn’t be monetized. I don’t believe in turning the sick away bc of their insurance or lack of.
If you dive down the rabbit hole, it's much worse. They already hijacked the food industry, too, drain the food of minerals, add substances that create addiction and make people sick. They are all in one big boat.
And now cheerios (high in carbs and sugar, no vitamins at all) are considered to be healthy, they are manipulating people into sickness, prescribe medication that create more sickness, more pills.
Already hijacked the education system, too.
That is exactly what is happening, the people, with good cause do not have trust in their elected government, regulators and the power of corporate factions.
Wait a drug that wasn’t tested or shows any efficacy was put to market? Now if they just force you to take it, that would be the last straw! 😂😂
"SAFE AND EFFECTIVE" hmmm, wwwwhere have i heard that phrase 🤔
Thanks Ronald Regan.
This feels like a rerun
I like USA's 7,500% mark-up on a vial of insulin.
USA: oh, you need this $3 vial of life saving drug to live?
Also USA: that'll be $225.
So today I was picked up by police and put in a ward for smoking marijuana, locked up I'm offered opiods, makes sense.
😂
We’re driving under the influence of marijuana? You aren’t supposed to.
FDA also approves cloning and doesn't require that meat or dairy from cloned animals be labeled because they deemed it safe. I don't believe it's safe at all.
But don't question the covid vaccines...
That'll get you banned from TH-cam, we witnessed this last year.
What about those of us that have to sit in pain because of this? People _are_ needlessly suffering in pain!
Distrust at an all time high yet nearly every household I’m in has a counter full of prescription pills (I’m a house cleaner).
Doctors have resorted to writing 3-5 different non-controlled drugs "for pain" (that don't do anything for pain, but makes it seem like they're doing something). But I doubt anyone that's lucky enough to get rx opioids just leaves them on a counter.
When money is involved greed lurks
And how many people are in prison for selling marijuana? We live in a very strange time in history.
The FDA has created this hell we're all going thru. I wish I knew how to fix it. Honesty goes a long way but when you've lied this long and followed the $, I don't know how to get back.
Dear friend who is reading this , we may not know each other but i wish you all the best in life✨. Stop blaming yourself accept the things and move forward. Your smile is precious🤗 all the keys of happiness are in your hands so open it up🔓
Love from a small TH-camr💖💗🥰
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Same to you! ✌
Greed sucks. Lobbying IS bribery!
Absolutely correct. Where is the fabled ethics comittee to check national and corporate corruption?????
Drugs are sorcery
any thing that gets the backng of the govt is immune to any backlash so we can cry about it some more but nothing will get done before we rally together to over throw the goverment fonding fathers warned us about what were seeing today. Lets go Brandon!
We are gonna be watching this in 2025 but it’s gonna be about the vaccines
And there's the pitch!
No no we know very well FDA official are very famous in it they can be trusted.its not like that.its very difficult for companies to do such things.many companies in India are put under scanner by FDA, so do not underestimate
Sounds like the drug companies can do the same when it comes to giving approval to the vaccines
No that’s a right wing conspiracy theory.
No, that's the sole exception. /s
They are doing it already
@@YouViolatedTheNAP I’m being sarcastic ☺️
@@picolascage8123 prove that its not true then. Otherwise you are the conspiracy.
What I didn't see mentioned here was the multiple federal funding cuts to the FDA budget.
Why don’t they sue FDA? or the government?
Trump wanted it. At least that's what he said in order to be elected. He wanted to sue WHO too.