On AlterNet: pharmaceutical industry

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How Psychiatric Drugs Made America Mad

Gary G. Kohls, Consortium News. April 22, 2012.

Many casually prescribed drugs are fully capable of disabling – often permanently – bodies, brains and spirits.

'I Thought I Was Dying': A Common Synthetic Antibiotic Can Cause Permanent Side Effects

Carey Purcell, AlterNet. February 17, 2011.

Ten years after taking the medication, Bobby Grozier suffers from brain damage and he's lost more than $3 million in medical costs and income.

Obama's Deal With Big Pharma

Barbara O'Brien, August 10, 2009.

We'll get all the health care reform that special interests will allow.

Big Pharma Is Spending Big Bucks Hoping That You Have Fibromyalgia

Martha Rosenberg, AlterNet. February 28, 2009.

Pfizer is planting fake medical articles and issuing unbranded "PSAs" to push pills? Again? Say it ain't so.

Conservatives' Dangerous Plan for Health Care

Roger Hickey, Campaign for America's Future. October 21, 2008.

Instead of working to guarantee health care for everyone, conservatives are pushing for a policy that will deprive people of coverage.