The 4th leading cause of death in the U.S. isn’t a disease.
Taking medications as prescribed kills 128,000 Americans every year.
Only two countries in the world allow drug advertising—New Zealand and the USA. // . Source: NIH
For every dollar spent on creating a drug, nineteen dollars are spent marketing it. // Source: BMJ
Using medications as prescribed is the 4th leading cause of death in the United States. 128,000 Americans die every year.
It’s not just Big Pharma.
There are other powerful self interests working behind the scenes to come up with brand new disorders and dysfunctions, all aimed at expanding markets for their brand new medicines. Why? Because there is a lot more money to be made telling healthy people they’re sick.
Healthcare is a business and we are customers. It’s all about selling sickness.
“Sickness used to happen to you.
Now we live in a world where it is being sold to us.”
The human costs of prescription drugs are far too high.
Big Pharma and the government regulatory machine have morphed into a Goliath focused on selling sickness, not wellness. Healthcare is big business and often patients are treated more like customers than patients.
Bringing people together to change the system for good.
For over 19 years, I have been fighting for more drug transparency and accountability. Advocating and educating doctors, healthcare providers, legislators and government agencies as a counterbalance to the stories that are being peddled by the Big Pharma lobby. I offer them a solid dose of truth and reality, reminding decision-makers that the choices they make impact real people’s lives.
I am currently a Consumer Representative on the FDA Psychopharmacologic Advisory Committee and travel the globe sharing my story and expertise.
My hope is to inspire ordinary everyday people to take on extraordinary things.