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"Take Back Your Health" Audio Series by Jon Barron Enjoy Jon Barron's free audio series called "Take Back Your Health" that parallels many of the chapters in Jon Barron's book Lessons from the Miracle Doctors -- with a few added nuggets of information. |
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Lessons from Jon Barron
Problems Associated With Government Regulators    In this week's excerpt from Lessons from the Miracle Doctors, Jon Barron discusses problems associated with government regulators.  "It doesn't matter what country you live in, you have an FDA-type regulatory authority promoting questionable pharmaceutical solutions while at the same time limiting your access to far safer alternatives. A 2006 article in The Washington Post brings home the point that FDA approval (actually, any government approval) does not guarantee safety. It also makes it clear that approved pharmaceuticals, over-the-counter medications, medical devices, and even food products are not what you think they are. This article highlights the findings of a 15-month investigation of the FDA following a worldwide flu vaccine shortage. In the process, investigators documented profound and disturbing indications of much more far reaching and deep-seated problems. While the motivation for the investigation was undoubtedly political, the results are inarguable. First, consider the trends revealed in the investigation: - In the previous five years, the number of warning letters that the FDA issued to drug companies, medical device makers, etc., dropped 54 percent to 535 in 2005 from 1,154 in 2000.
- The seizure of mislabeled, defective, and dangerous products dipped 44 percent.
- The biggest decline was found at the agency's device center, where enforcement actions decreased 65 percent in the five-year period of the study, despite a wave of problems with devices including implantable defibrillators and pacemakers. The most disturbing indicator in these statistics is that the research found no evidence that such declines could be attributed to increased compliance with regulations. Investigators at the FDA continued to uncover about the same number of problems at drug and device companies during the study as during comparable time periods before the study. The inquiry found instead that top officials at the FDA increasingly overruled the investigators' enforcement recommendations."
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