Open any magazine, look at the billboards along the
highways or observe the calendars in your doctor's office
and you'll see the multi-billion dollar marketing efforts
of big pharma.
They're everywhere. They have a pill for every ill...and
if you don't have an ill, they'll help create one, thanks
to the pressure they exert on the medical community (and
the funding they provide) to "expand" the definitions of
illness and disease.
They're all over the TV, too.
Now, my family watches VERY little TV--at this time of
year,... NFL football games are about it.
And during our nice family activity, we get barraged with
ads for Cialas while we watch football with our 10 year-
old son. It is beyond ridiculous to have to explain what
"erectile dysfunction" is to a young boy who doesn't even
know about sex yet.
One of the latest attacks by the pharmaceutical industry
in their effort to make us all patients is the Prevacid
"Beyond the Burn" rewards program.
You sign up online by answering a few questions about your
acid reflux or GERD or whatever and in just a few days, you
receive your membership kit in the mail.
There's a brochure that repeats the same old worthless
advice that people with everything from acid reflux to
gastritis to ulcers get from their doctors--avoid spicy
foods, peppermint, tomatoes, garlic, onions and citrus
fruits.
And the thing is, those foods have NOTHING to do with the
symptoms those people are suffering from.
There's also a lengthy discussion on how Prevacid is
supposedly the answer to a heartburn sufferer's prayers, no
matter what the cause.
It's more like the answer to TAP Pharmaceuticals' prayers.
Because not only are they encouraging people to use their
chemicals to "control" acid reflux and other stomach
conditions, but they're also being suggested as a long-term
therapy to maintain healed ulcers.
Yippee--another patient for life.
Now, tucked neatly (basically hidden) in the back flap of
the membership kit and printed in type so small you need a
magnifying glass to read it is the drug literature.
That's where you see the horrible side effects and adverse
reactions from this "wonder drug."
Headaches, abdominal pain, nausea, dizziness, diarrhea and
vomiting are the most common side effects.
Doesn't that tell you something? Your body was not meant
to take a drug to shut off the acid pumps in your stomach--
you're basically stopping your stomach from doing its job
and digesting your food, specifically proteins.
Those side effects are simply your body's way of saying
it's being poisoned.
And it doesn't stop there.
Some more of the adverse reactions include:
- Back pain
- Carcinoma (that means cancer!)
- Chest pain
- Arrythmia (irregular heart beats)
- Cerebral vascular accident (stroke)
- Anorexia
- Colitis, including ulcerative colitis
- Esophageal ulcer (one of the conditions Prevacid claims
to help!)
- Diabetes
- Goiter
- Anxiety
- Leg cramps
- Bone and joint pain
- Asthma
- Abnormal or blurred vision
- Deafness
- Impotence
- Kidney stones
...and many, many more.
So that begs a question: How can a chemical that is
supposedly so "helpful" cause so many horrible effects?
Answer: It's poison, that's how.
Here's a little known fact: None of the short-term
experimental trials of Prevacid extend beyond 12 weeks, and
there was just one study done for 12 months for long-term
use.
Yet how many people are walking around taking this drug
for YEARS?
And the icing on the cake is that in the Beyond the Burn
membership kit you get a Prevacid "Instant Savings Card"--
allowing you to save up to $25 on each and every refill.
So the bottom line: We're being bribed to become
completely dependent on a chemical that stops your stomach
from working and causes a mile long list of nasty side
effects as it's poisoning your body.
Insanity.
Acid reflux, GERD, and most other digestive disorders are
caused by one thing and one thing alone...
...the overproduction of acid from consuming highly acidic
foods and badly combined meals. Period.
There are no other causes. None.
When you eat to stay alkaline, you will never have
digestive problems. Ever.
So instead of worrying about saving $25 a month on a
literal poison, join the Great Taste NO Pain faithful and
make a small one-time investment to learn how to eat for
life.
Do that and you get to stop throwing your money away on
expensive drugs.
Delicious meals. Easy digestion. No more 4 alarm fires
in your chest. No acidy burps.
See for yourself.
To your health,
Sherry Brescia
PS: Debra is pain-free after just one week:
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Dear Sherry,
I can't thank you enough for the Great Taste No Pain plan.
It has changed my life in one week and cost less than the
prescription cost of Nexium, Protonix or Prilosec.
I started suffering from symptoms in 2006 and went to the
Dr. in August of that year. Six months after that first
visit, I had a Thyroid scan (because of the sensation of
food stuck in my throat) and started on Prilosec.
I progressed to Protonix when that didn't work. By the
time other things were ruled out and I finally had my
endoscope, I had several esophageal lesions, my voice had
changed and I was having ear aches, not to mention the pain
and sleepless nights.
Taking Protonix, raising the head of my bed, and no soda,
caffeine or tomatoes helped some but didn't end the
discomfort.
My insurance company wouldn't cover Protonix so I moved to
Nexium. I might as well have taken candy. More of the
same until one sleepless night I found your website, a full
2 1/2 years since my first doctor visit for the symptoms of
GERD.
One week later on your plan, I'm off of Nexium, pain free,
eating well, sleeping all night, and have lost 4 pounds.
(I'm "only" overweight by 10 pounds or so and feel like I
might finally reach my pre-pregnancy weight, but that's
just a bonus to the freedom from pain.)
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. I've already referred
several colleagues and family members to your website.
