Natural Anti Aging

You’ve probably heard about Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, (the makers of the chemical hormones Premarin and Prempro), petition in the United States to request that the FDA prohibit compounding pharmacies from making bioidentical hormones for their patients. If not, a brief summary is to follow. You should be aware that the big pharmaceuticals – because they cannot profit by patenting bioidentical mixtures – are trying to deny your access to bioidentical hormones.

The history to all this is that the pharmaceutical companies saw a great cash cow in being able to provide pregnant mares’ urine (Premarin) and Prempro (chemical hormones) to treat the menopause symptoms of women. Think of all the female customers they would have because every woman eventually reaches menopause. The dollar signs were flashing in the great pharmaceutical companies’ eyes: Ca-ching! Ca-ching!

Lo and behold though. The Women’s Health Initiative came out with a study in 2002 which illustrated that chemical hormone replacement therapy caused heart attacks, strokes, an increase in breast cancer and blood clots in the lungs. Further research has again and again supported these findings.

Women stopped taking chemical HRT (hormone replacement therapy) and profits declined for the big pharmaceutical companies. For example, Wyeth’s profits from Premarin and related products fell a full 68% between 2002 and 2004 – from $2,072,000,000 in 2002 to $880,000,000 in 2004. Ouch!

So Wyeth filed a “citizen’s complaint” to end the competition from compounding pharmacies to stop the loss of profits by eliminating the competition from the compounding pharmacies. The problem for the pharmaceutical companies is that the mixtures of the natural plant based hormones cannot be patented; therefore, it is not financially rewarding to produce bioidenticals in various strengths to suit the needs of individual women.

Additionally, the FDA profits from drug user fees paid by the pharmaceutical companies, so it is in the interests of the FDA that they eliminate the competition from the compounding pharmacies. Compounding pharmacies are regulated by the individual States and not the federal government so the FDA is also losing drug user fee profits. They are all in bed together and never forget that.

Women in the US who use bioidentical mixtures have fought back by voicing their complaints against the Wyeth action.

Likewise in Canada, something strange is happening…. The government is trying to make natural supplements available only by prescription. What gives? It’s definitely all about profit and not about the rights and health of the patient. Want to take Vitamin C? – go to your doctor and get a prescription. Puleeeeze!

I find it even stranger that women in Europe have been using bioidentical hormones for over 50 years and governments and pharmaceutical companies are trying to outlaw them here in North America. One of the greatest arguments against bioidentical hormones over here on this continent is that there hasn’t been any research. Well, how about starting the research right now because the women are rebelling and using them because they WORK!

I contacted a doctor on his website after reading one of his articles which was vehemently opposed to bioidentical hormones. His article basically said, “they don’t work”. When I wrote back to this doctor stating they did work, they fixed all my symptoms – he never answered! Well, speak to the millions and millions of women who are using them and ask them if bioidenticals work. You are going to get a positively resounding answer “they work” and “don’t you dare take them away from me!”

So women are rebelling and will fight to use bioidentical hormones because – ask any woman who uses them – they work! The story with Wyeth trying to outlaw the compounding pharmacies rights to provide their patients with natural solutions continues. Stay tuned…

Become active. Ask yourself, if so many women (and men) are using bioidentical hormones why hasn’t the government funded research by now? If bioidentical hormones have been used in Europe and (estriol) is used in China with great success – why is the government trying to make them illegal here?

Think about it… if the cure for AIDs or Diabetes was found – do you really think the pharmaceutical companies would make it publicly available – of course not! They only profit when a disease is unsolved and continues on for a very lengthy period of time – more drugs – more time EQUAL MORE PROFIT.

As I said, the women are rebelling.  More and more women are now using bioidentical hormones.

We apologize for the late announcement of this news but we should make our Canadian readers aware of the following which will affect their health in the future. We believe in nutritional supplements and the need for them. We support our health industry. We believe in an organic approach to our health. We will possibly lose this right to evaluate, to research and to think for ourselves if we do not act now. Please read the following by Chris Gupta. It concerns you and your health. Although the date has passed (we received this at quite late today), you can still act now.

The article follows:

While most Canadians rely on natural health supplements for their health, Bill 51 could give Health Canada unprecedented powers to legally remove vitamins and minerals off the shelves. This bill seems to serve the interest of the pharmaceutical industry, and prevent access to safe natural health products. While it passed first reading in Parliament, it can still be stopped as long as the public makes it known, to our politicians, that it is up to us whether we want to take vitamin C or not, and not need a prescription for it.

This bill has the potential of imposing foreign policy (CODEX) on Canadians, annulling previous policies that were put in place to protect the Canadian public and the natural health industry. This could mean for example that you will requires prescription for vitamin C at more that 100mg (ridiculously low amount).
Please read the info below, share it with as many Canadians as you can and make it known (written letters and calls are better, email is important too) to your MPs that you are not giving them a mandate to pass bill 51. Rallies are also taking place nationally, including one in Toronto this Saturday.
One good resource to learn more is NHPPA.

Email petitions can be found in web sites listed below. Please read below to learn more about this.
“THEY will make a critical decision on Thursday May 8th 2008 on whether to schedule Bill C-51 on next week’s order paper. IT IS CRITICAL THAT YOU KEEP UP THE PROTESTS AND WE HAVE CREATED A SPECIAL WEBSITE TO ASSIST IN THIS – go to HelpStopBillC51 and / or Health Canada Abuse and send the E-Action Protest letters immediately.”

See also: The Canadian Health Coalition poster here.

Here is the current status on Bill C-51 deliberations and Trueman’s input
A couple websites are posting some of the rally info (the following sites are not the organizers), there are ~ 3 pdf’s available to least -

Life is my Message
Inspired Life
The Big Carrot

Other rally info can be found here:

Stop C51

Chris Gupta

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