FDA’s New Policy To Fast-Track Big Pharma Drugs Plays Fast And Loose With Your Health
But You Can Take Back Control With These Simple Steps
Don’t be fooled by the FDA’s latest plan to bring new drugs to market faster or their claim that it means more cures for the “average American.”1
It’s nothing more than a corporate land grab.
The FDA plans to flood the market with thousands of new generic drugs — without ever proving if they’re safe or effective.
As a doctor who’s spent more than 30 years working outside of the medical-industrial complex — and saving lives by keeping my patients away from Big Pharma’s poisons — I can tell you this is not progress.
It’s a dangerous new chapter in an already broken system... and I must admit I’m disappointed.
The man leading this new charge is Dr. Marty Makary, a surgeon and media talking head, who was recently sworn in as FDA commissioner.
In his own words, he wants to “modernize” the agency and cut out the red tape that slows down drug approvals.
I’m all for cutting red tape, especially when it comes to the FDA — until you realize what it really means.
Makary has openly stated that the FDA should ease its scientific requirements. He has suggested that independent, randomized clinical trials — the gold standard for safety — are not always going to be necessary.2
Things are already bad enough...
A 2023 JAMA Network Open study found that almost 70% of all clinical trials were funded primarily by pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical device companies.3
It’s also worth noting that Makary is NOT talking about relaxing the FDA’s grip on lifesaving stem-cell breakthroughs or oxygen therapies or reducing the restrictions on medicinal herbs that have been used as anti-inflammatory, anti-viral, and anti-cancer treatments for thousands of years.
Instead, he’s focused on flooding the market with literally thousands of new generic drugs — each one more dangerous than the last. And, as manufacturers fast-track their new drugs to market, they won’t even have to prove they’re effective or safe.
In this Confidential Cures article, you’ll learn what the new FDA chief really means when he says he wants to fast-track drugs — and how dangerous it can be if you or a loved one gets caught in the crossfire as more toxic drugs hit the market. You’ll also learn why it has never been more important to take control of your own health.
If You’re Not Scared, You’re Not Paying Attention
I’ve been telling my readers for a long time that Big Pharma and the US Food and Drug Administration that regulates it have no interest in curing diseases.
Once upon a time, pharmaceutical companies and the FDA played a vital role in your health.
With their approval of the first antibiotic in the early 1940s, they helped to save hundreds of millions of lives.
But by the 1980s, everything began to change. The Bayh-Dole Act allowed universities and businesses to commercialize federally funded research, including medical discoveries. This blurred the lines between independent science and commercial interests.
The real turning point came with the 1992 Prescription Drug User Fee Act. The law passed by Congress allowed the FDA to collect fees from Big Pharma to fund and speed up drug reviews.
By the early 2000s, the FDA and Big Pharma were openly in each other’s pockets. Regulators took high-paying jobs in industry after leaving public service... and sometimes at the same time.
The capture of FDA leadership through industry relationships and lobbying pressure has now become a hallmark of the corruption in America’s health system.
Makary also has notable industry ties — including insurer Sidecar Health and drug compounder Sesame Care.
If he does make a “faster” FDA, that should scare you.
It might make Wall Street happy. It might even boost stock prices for Big Pharma giants like Pfizer, Moderna, or even the next fly-by-night drug startup.
But it won’t help you...
By the early 2000s, the FDA and Big Pharma were openly in each other’s pockets.
They won’t need to wait for long-term results. No need to compare new drugs against existing therapies. Just fast-track it all and let the chips fall where they may.
FDA “Approval” Doesn’t Mean What You Think
The FDA already has a long and terrible history of approving drugs that turn out to be dangerous — and deadly.
Just look at their track record...
A recent report outlined 10 major drugs approved by the FDA but later recalled after causing horrific side effects, including organ failure, heart attacks, strokes, and even death.4
All of these drugs were rushed to market, heavily promoted, and backed by glowing studies funded by the same companies that stood to profit from them.
Then came the tragic stories... followed by the lawsuits. Finally, the FDA quietly pulled them from the market.
But by then, it was too late. Tens of thousands of people had already been harmed. Families were shattered.
And not a single Big Pharma CEO went to jail.
Here are just a few of those nasty drugs I’m talking about...
Avandia: This drug resulted in 83,000 heart attacks, 304 deaths, and thousands of reports to the FDA. Ten separate studies found that it increased the risk of heart attacks by up to 80%... and it’s still being prescribed to diabetes patients.5,6
Rezulin: This drug for type 2 diabetes was associated with cases of severe liver injury, including acute liver failure, resulting in 63 deaths and dozens of cases of acute liver failure.
Baycol: This statin drug caused a rare, but sometimes fatal muscle ailment called “rhabdomyolysis.” There were 31 reported deaths directly linked to it before Baycol was pulled from the market.
Vioxx: Prescribed 105 million times ... it killed 57,000 people before its maker, Merck, was forced to finally stop selling it.
Other recalled medications include Meridia, Bextra, Efalizumab (Raptiva), Selacryn, and Pemoline — all cited for heart attacks, strokes, organ toxicity, or fatal side effects.
This is exactly what happens when you let the fox guard the henhouse.
And now the FDA wants to take that same system... and make it even faster.
Just Follow The Money
The new FDA chief claims he’s just trying to help the average American... but his financial ties tell a very different story.
Don’t forget he’s on the board of Sesame, the telehealth company that connects patients with doctors who can prescribe — guess what? — compounded type 2 diabetes meds that double up as weight-loss drugs.
His push to “streamline” the FDA likely has nothing to do with improving your health, but everything to do with making it easier to sell his weight-loss and other Big Pharma concoctions.
The new FDA chief claims he’s just trying to help the average American. But his financial ties tell a very different story.
The truth is, Big Pharma is desperate, and it’s running out of runway.
Many of their blockbuster patents are expiring soon. These include...
Keytruda, made by Merck, is an immunotherapy med that treats melanoma, lung, head, and neck cancer. The drug brought in $24 billion last year, but competitors may start selling biosimilar drugs in 2028.
Humira, made by AbbVie, treats rheumatoid arthritis, Crohn’s disease, and psoriasis. Revenue peaked at $21 billion last year. The drug’s patent expired in 2023.
Eliquis, made by Bristol Myers Squibb and Pfizer, is a blockbuster blood thinner drug that generated $10 billion last year. But the patent expires next year.
And that’s just a handful of them. A dozen or so other blockbusters are about to lose their patent protection over the next few years, which means
Big Pharma is about to lose billions of dollars almost overnight.
When Big Pharma profits are threatened, they no longer innovate — they just accelerate... and cut corners.
Are You Ready For Artificial Medicine?
Part of Makary’s plan to speed up drug approvals involves using artificial intelligence (AI).
Here at the Sears Institute for Anti-Aging Medicine, I use cutting-edge diagnostic tools and treatments all the time — but I’d never trust a computer to make life-and-death decisions without the nuance of clinical experience, context, and human judgment.
That’s why AI drug approvals sound like a Silicon Valley disaster waiting to happen.
AI might be great at sifting through mountains of data... but it can’t spot the long-term side effects for new drugs for one simple reason: They are unknown until they appear.
AI can’t listen to your body. It can’t know that some patients may react badly six months or five years after taking it, even if an algorithm says otherwise.
This isn’t medicine. It’s software engineering.
And it’s a disaster waiting to happen.
You see, the next so-called “miracle drug” could hit the market before anyone knows whether it causes birth defects, liver damage, or worse.
Big Pharma already cherry-picks data from its self-funded clinical trials. AI can simply exclude “bad responders” or run the trial so short that long-term damage doesn’t show up.
By the time those effects show up, the companies will have moved on. The profits will be locked in. And the damage done to your health is just a lawsuit paid out from a tiny proportion of the profits that Big Pharma has already reaped.
Become Your Own Best Health Care Provider
My advice is to make the decision to become your own best health care provider once again.
Because the next generation of drugs will be sold faster, looser, and more recklessly than ever.
But the future of medicine doesn’t lie in faster drugs... it lies in freeing yourself from the system that made you sick in the first place.
Cholesterol-busting statins won’t cure heart disease. ACE inhibitors won’t solve your high blood pressure problems and metformin won’t fix your diabetes. All these drugs — and the thousands of others prescribed for chronic ailments — merely attempt to fight symptoms, but they end up doing more harm than good.
The next “miracle drug” won’t help you either.
Here are three powerful steps you can take TODAY to safeguard your health while the FDA plays roulette with new drugs:
Avoid all drugs, if possible, but always stay away from any new drug that hasn’t been on the market for at least five years. That’s often how long it takes for the real side effects start to emerge.
Stick to therapies with thousands of years of clinical evidence. I’m talking about herbs, nutrition, fasting, and the right kind of movement.
Find a doctor who works for you, not the system. Look for a health partner who uses evidence-based natural therapies and honors your body’s wisdom.
You see, most modern ailments are rooted in your body’s reaction to the massive sugar overload packed into our modern diet. It’s your body producing unnaturally high levels of insulin to cope, resulting in insulin resistance in your cells, along with inflammation.
And as you know, inflammation is your body’s reaction to a diet we didn’t evolve to eat.
You don’t need Big Pharma’s drugs. Instead, you need to reduce insulin resistance and inflammation immediately.
My 3-Pronged Approach to Taking Back Your Health
Here’s a three-pronged protocol I recommend to my patients...
Change Your Diet: The most important step you can take to stay healthy and avoid the inflammatory damage that causes disease is to alter what you eat.
Changing to a healthier, more natural diet is surprisingly easy. Eating naturally doesn’t rely on denial or strength of will, because you still have the instinctive tastes of your Paleolithic ancestors.
When you remove the starchy carbohydrate garbage from your diet, you’re attacking the roots of chronic disease at their source.
You can get started by sticking to three easy principals:
Make Natural Fats The Focus Of Every Meal. Humans evolved to eat fat. Today, we know that eating fat reduces inflammation... lowers heart disease and diabetes risk... reduces cancer risk... boosts mood... strengthens immunity... and helps you fight obesity. And fat does not spike insulin or blood sugar levels. Get your fats from grass-fed animals, wild-caught fish, whole milk, butter, tallow, and lard. Good plant-based fats include olive and coconut oils. Avoid trans fats and grain-based seed oils.
Eat Protein At Every Meal. Almost every cell in your body needs protein to survive. You use protein to build and repair tissues. It’s an important building block of bones, muscles, cartilage, skin, hair, nails, and blood. You also need protein to produce enzymes and hormones, make antibodies to fight disease, and transport oxygen throughout the body. When your body doesn’t get enough protein, it prompts insulin to store fat. Pastured eggs, grass-fed beef and organ meats, chicken, and wild-caught fish are your best sources. No plant protein sources can compete.
Include Very Little — Or Zero — Starch. Your body wasn’t built to eat carbs. When you do, your pancreas reacts by massively overproducing insulin to push the sugars from these foods into your cells to make energy. The more carbs you eat, the more insulin builds up in your blood. It overwhelms the insulin receptors in your cells. It makes them insulin resistant. Insulin becomes less effective at pushing glucose into your cells. Diseases linked to insulin resistance include diabetes, hypertension, obesity, cancer, Alzheimer’s, and heart disease.
This is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to taking back your health – naturally. Read on for 2 more life-changing steps you can take today.
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