Gwen Olsen | Confessions of an Rx Drug Pusher

[PatColo]

Friday, September 16, 2011

Gwen Olsen | Confessions of an Rx Drug Pusher (http://veritasradio.blogspot.com/2011/09/subscribe-at-httpwww.html)


^ This is a 5 part youtube playlist, all 5 play automatically at the link above. Olsen is interviewed by Mel Fabrigas on Veritas Radio on 9/16/11. In the first video, advance to about 6:00 to cut through all the opening nonsense. Show description reads:


Gwen Olsen never intended to become a whistleblower. For 15 years she peddled drugs door-to-door and made plenty of money doing it. Her role as a sales rep for "big pharma" meant she was highly-trained. No, not medically—she had the scripts down cold. Scripts -- as in acting. She could counter physician concerns, misinform and persuade with the best of them. So deep was her spending account, she never met its limit.

But then things began to change. She was now taking an anti-depressant and contending with one of the serious side effects she'd down-played for so long -- manic psychosis. It nearly cost her her life. Then, as if her Faustian bargain hadn't been harrowing enough, Olsen watched a protracted prescription drug-related scenario lead to the death of her medical student niece.

"I'm not anti-drugs, I'm anti-misinformation," Olsen says in this interview. "People have the right to know what they are putting into their bodies and what these prescriptions are doing to our children."
The prescription drug industry in this country is about nothing but profit, Olsen proclaims, bringing an insider's perspective to a growing whiff of rot in the land of "first do no harm."

"We have to rein in these pharmaceutical companies. Profiteers are pushing anti-psychotics on our children." She illuminates big pharma's agenda; and they don't want us well.

Olsen is now a writer and lecturer. "Confessions of an Rx Drug Pusher" is in print and she's working on her next book: "Duped, Doped and Dying in America."

For more information and resources, check out www.Gwenolsen.com.

On December 2, 2004, Gwen Olsen's niece Megan committed suicide by setting herself on fire-and ended her tortured life as a victim of the adverse effects of prescription drugs. Olsen's poignant autobiographical journey through the darkness of mental illness and the catastrophic consequences that lurk in medicine cabinets around the country offers an honest glimpse into alarming statistics and a health care system ranked last among nineteen industrialized nations worldwide. As a former sales representative in the pharmaceutical industry for several years, Olsen learned firsthand how an unprecedented number of lethal drugs are unleashed in the United States market, but her most heartrending education into the dangers of antidepressants would come as a victim and ultimately, as a survivor. Rigorously researched and documented, Confessions of an Rx Drug Pusher is a moving human drama that shares one woman's unforgettable journey of faith, forgiveness, and healing.

B I O

Gwen Olsen is the author of the award-winning book, Confessions of an Rx Drug Pusher and contributing author to two other books, Doctor of the Future by Dan Yachter, D.C., and the Maximized Living Makeover Manual by Dr. Ben Lerner et al. Gwen has also published health-related articles in the Well Being Journal, Natural News, and the Health News Digest.

Gwen is a passionate mental health activist, writer, and dynamic speaker who devotes much of her time to mental health and child advocacy. Gwen volunteered as a Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) for the Travis County court system from 1995 to 2000, serving as an advocate for abused and neglected foster children in Texas. A 2007 Human Rights Award recipient, she is sought after internationally as a speaker and media resource, and has testified numerous times before Congress and the FDA. Please use the "Hire Gwen" tab in this website to schedule Gwen to speak at your upcoming event.

A fifteen-year-veteran pharmaceutical rep from 1985 -- 2000, Gwen worked for McNeil Pharmaceutical, Syntex Laboratories, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Abbott Labs and Forest Laboratories. She was a hospital rep and specialist rep for the majority of her career, educating residents in hospital teaching settings and selling prescription drugs to doctors in obstetrics and gynecology, orthopedics, cardiology, neurology, endocrinology and psychiatry.

Gwen has a unique industry insider's perspective of the current U.S. healthcare dilemma, and utilizes both her experience and the insight she received in her extensive sales training with Pharma to illuminate marketing trends and illustrate how current greed and conflicts of interest make the system itself the biggest health risk to American consumers.

For the past 5 years Gwen has made hundreds of appearances and presentations and has been interviewed and featured on national and international television, radio, on-line and print media, documentary films, etc., Please visit the "Videos" page and the "Media Coverage" section in this website to view some of these events.


Olsen's site - http://www.gwenolsen.com

her book @ amazon:
Confessions of an Rx Drug Pusher [Paperback] (http://www.amazon.com/Confessions-Drug-Pusher-Gwen-Olsen/dp/1935278592/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8)


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On December 2, 2004, Gwen Olsen's niece Megan committed suicide by setting herself on fire-and ended her tortured life as a victim of the adverse effects of prescription drugs. Olsen's poignant autobiographical journey through the darkness of mental illness and the catastrophic consequences that lurk in medicine cabinets around the country offers an honest glimpse into alarming statistics and a health care system ranked last among nineteen industrialized nations worldwide. As a former sales representative in the pharmaceutical industry for several years, Olsen learned firsthand how an unprecedented number of lethal drugs are unleashed in the United States market, but her most heartrending education into the dangers of antidepressants would come as a victim and ultimately, as a survivor.Rigorously researched and documented, Confessions of an Rx Drug Pusher is a moving human drama that shares one woman's unforgettable journey of faith, forgiveness, and healing.

About the Author

Gwendolyn Leslie Olsen spent more than a decade as a sales rep in the pharmaceutical industry working for health care giants such as Johnson & Johnson, Bristol-Myers Squibb and Abbott Laboratories. She is a writer, speaker, and mental health activist who lives outside Austin, Texas.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A realistic and honest book about the dangers of prescribed medications, February 1, 2011
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This review is from: Confessions of an Rx Drug Pusher (Paperback)
Finally a very honest and genuine account of the reality of the drug industry. Gwen Olsen takes you through a personal journey of a pharma sales rep with glimpses into the harsh reality of how the pharmaceutical industry operates. In this account, Gwen courageously talks about the suicide of her niece and the effects that prescribed medication may have had on bringing about this tragedy.
Her work is scrupulously researched and very balanced as she tries to find answers to the events that led to the death of her young niece. At the same time she begins to question her work as a "drug salesman" and begins to question the ethos of the health care system. Could the same drugs that she had been selling be harmful to the brain chemistry of people, perhaps permanently? Olsen gives a balanced view of the factors that led to the violent suicide of this young soul. It is not an attack on the pharmaceutical industry, but an honest account by someone who is brave enough to have broken away from what was a lucrative career in order to find truth.

Having left pharmaceutical research myself, for reasons similar to what Olsen describes, I can relate very closely to what she says. Now, working in clinical practice, I see the devastating effects that prescribed medicines can cause. This is a book that I will be recommending to many patients that come through my door.

5.0 out of 5 stars Life changing! Eye Opening!, August 29, 2010
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This review is from: Confessions of an Rx Drug Pusher (Paperback)
This honest account by Gwen Olsen brought hope and answers! The puzzling questions of what happens to people on these drugs, the effects and the hazards. I have recommended (and bought it) for several people and the opinion is this is a must read for anyone on or contemplating taking SSRIs, how big PHarma has hood winked the public, and the very real dangers of the anti-depressant world (why we are seeing violence and suicides escalating). I am so sorry for your loss and I thank you Gwen Olsen for your courage!

[Golden]

Thumbs up.

[Large Sarge]

on part 4 right now, very powerful interview....

[PatColo]

I recall the recent DBS/Kaminski interview, they mentioned that a few years ago there was a doctors strike in Australia, and the death rate fell, then resumed the "normal rate" when they went back to work. Here's the first 5 scroogle search results when I just queried:


Australian doctors strike death rate falls - Google Search

1. Modern Medicine's Secret (http://www.goodsamiam.com/modern_medicines_secret.htm)

"Experiments show that when doctors go on strike, turning off modern medicine, the death rate falls. And when the strike is over, turning modern medicine back ..."
www.goodsamiam.com/modern_medicines_secret.htm

2. The Straight Dope: When doctors go on strike does the death rate go ... (http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/2741/when-doctors-go-on-strike-does-the-death-rate-go-down)

"4 Jan 2008 ... When doctors go on strike does the death rate go down? ... found that in both Australia and the U.S. birth rates decreased from 1 to 4 percent on ..."
www.straightdope.com/columns/read/2741/when-doctors-go-on-strike-does-the-death-rate-go-down

3. Reading: Death Rate Drops During Doctor Strike (http://www.qcc.cuny.edu/socialsciences/ppecorino/MEDICAL_ETHICS_TEXT/Chapter_3_Moral_Climate_of_Health_Care/Reading-Death-Rate-Doctor-Strike.htm)

"Since then, the medical doctors have cancelled hundreds of thousands of visits to ... As soon as the strike was over, the death rate went back to normal. A 50% ... In Australia drug companies spend an average of $10000 per year per physician ..."
www.qcc.cuny.edu/socialsciences/ppecorino/MEDICAL_ETHICS_TEXT/Chapter_3_Moral_Climate_of_Health_Care/Reading-Death-Rate-Doctor-Strike.htm

4. The Pharmaceutical Drug Racket-Part One (http://www.globalhealingcenter.com/the-pharmaceutical-drug-racket-part-one.html)

"The rocketing cost of health care in Australia is not unique to this country, but is typical of all industrial nations. .... DOCTORS STRIKE: DEATH-RATE DROPS ..... J.W. Hodge, MD, of Niagara Falls, New York, writes about the AMA: " The medical ..."
www.globalhealingcenter.com/the-pharmaceutical-drug-racket-part-one.html

5. Why Death Rates Decrease When Doctors Go On - Articles - Mercola (http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2004/05/26/doctors-death-part-two.aspx)

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articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2004/05/26/doctors-death-part-two.aspx

[BabushkaLady]

Thanks PatColo for another great informational link.

The experiences Gwen described with the revolving door of psych medicines was dead on. The doctors know it will be much worse when you go off the pills.

As a caregiver to my mom with Alzheimer's, I witnessed first hand the continual rollercoaster from psych meds. After many different doses and pills, I began only buying one weeks supply. In just a few days I could tell if the drug would be helpful or more hazardous for my mom. I had many discussions with the psychiatrists. Of all doctors, they scare me the most.

[Awoke]

Thanks for posting, Patcolo. Tag.

[PatColo]

The Disease Machine: Why Drug Makers Keep You Sick (http://www.activistpost.com/2012/01/disease-machine-why-drug-makers-keep.html)

Wednesday, 25 January 2012 09:35



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'Why are ineffective and dangerous drugs peddled by supposed ‘public health’ organizations in place of well-established natural solutions with virtually zero side effects?

The truth of the matter is that drug makers simply would not profit if the world were to awaken to the plethora of free health-promoting substances that beat out over-priced pharmaceuticals and medical interventions. There would be no need for pharmaceutical manufacturers, phony ‘public health’ organizations peddling the latest ‘miracle’ drug, and certainly no research organizations feeding off the donations of good-hearted individuals.'



Read more: The Disease Machine: Why Drug Makers Keep You Sick (http://www.activistpost.com/2012/01/disease-machine-why-drug-makers-keep.html)

[PatColo]

wanna get those pesky prescriptions out of the way of profits!

(http://www.naturalnews.com/035801_FDA_prescription_drugs_over_the_counter.htm l) FDA Proposes Bypassing Doctors, Selling Prescription Drugs Over the Counter (http://www.naturalnews.com/035801_FDA_prescription_drugs_over_the_counter.htm l)


Tuesday, 08 May 2012 09:04



http://www.davidicke.com./images/stories/May20123/big-pharma-well-org_crime.jpg
'When it comes to freedom of food choice, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) considers Americans to be too stupid to make their own dietary choices. But when pharmaceuticals are involved, the FDA apparently thinks individuals should be able to completely self-medicate themselves without a prescription, having recently proposed new guidelines that would make it easier than ever for patients to access high-risk prescription drugs without even having to see a doctor.

The Washington Times reports that a new four-page proposal made by the FDA suggests that cholesterol (statins), diabetes, and asthma drugs, among others, be made available over-the-counter (OTC) to patients without a prescription. And what is the reason for this? According to the agency, too many patients are not getting their prescriptions filled, and many would-be patients are not going in to receive the treatments that their medical overlords feel they should be receiving.'


Read more: FDA Proposes Bypassing Doctors, Selling Prescription Drugs Over the Counter (http://www.naturalnews.com/035801_FDA_prescription_drugs_over_the_counter.htm l)

[PatColo]

as long as I've been on a tear bumping old med/pharma threads, :D

also see:
Thread: Jane Burgermeister warning of another flu bio-weapon hoax (http://gold-silver.us/forum/showthread.php?62451-Jane-Burgermeister-warning-of-another-flu-bio-weapon-hoax)

[Serpo]

one of the serious side effects she'd down-played for so long -- manic psychosis. ,,,,and thats just a side affect ....WTF

[PatColo]

This podcast is broader scoped than Big Pharma's chicanery, though that's part of it. The guest gets into various "pre-screening" rackets, IE MRIs, cat scans, mamograms, colonoscopys, PSA tests and more- as "selling fear" leading to needless surgeries and other [profitable...] escalations based on false-positives. 1.5 hour commercial free:

Spingola Speaks 2012.08.01 (http://grizzom.blogspot.com/2012/08/spingola-speaks-20120801.html)

http://www.spingola.com/Deanna%2005.jpg (http://www.spingola.com/Deanna%2005.jpg)
Guest: Dr. Alan Cassels (http://alancassels.com/), author of Selling Sickness (http://www.amazon.com/Selling-Sickness-Pharmaceutical-Companies-Patients/dp/156025856X) and Seeking Sickness: Medical Screening and the Misguided Hunt for Disease (http://www.amazon.com/Seeking-Sickness-Medical-Screening-Misguided/dp/1771000325/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1343428968&sr=1-1&keywords=Seeking+Sickness%3A+Medical+Screening+and +the+Misguided+Hunt+for+Disease)


Deanna's site (http://www.spingola.com/radio_schedule.html)

RBN (http://republicbroadcasting.org/)


Listen (http://www.talkshoe.com/resources/talkshoe/images/swf/lastEpisodePlayer.swf?fileUrl=http://k005.kiwi6.com/hotlink/7a6d4kwkig/spingola_speaks_2012_08_01.mp3)

Download (http://k005.kiwi6.com/hotlink/7a6d4kwkig/spingola_speaks_2012_08_01.mp3) MP3

[mick silver]

thanks pat

[PatColo]

Spingola Speaks 2012.08.27 (http://grizzom.blogspot.com/2012/08/spingola-speaks-20120827.html)

http://www.spingola.com/Deanna%2005.jpg (http://www.spingola.com/Deanna%2005.jpg)
Guest: Dr. Lorraine Day, (http://www.drday.com/) Natural, Alternative Therapies for all Diseases, author of Who Rewrote the Bible (http://www.drday.com/who_rewrote_bible.htm)

Deanna's site (http://www.spingola.com/radio_schedule.html)

RBN (http://republicbroadcasting.org/)

Listen (http://www.talkshoe.com/resources/talkshoe/images/swf/lastEpisodePlayer.swf?fileUrl=http://k006.kiwi6.com/hotlink/bk8qw40715/spingola_speaks_2012.08.27.mp3)

Download (http://k006.kiwi6.com/hotlink/bk8qw40715/spingola_speaks_2012.08.27.mp3)

[PatColo]

I listened to this this morning, guest Hollingsworth is down on [either bromine (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bromine) or bromide (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bromide), I can't understand which one they're saying!! Anyone? I think it's the former, bromine] and soy, and she likes iodine, check her site for more re her shtick.

56 mins comm free:

Spingola Special 2012.09.19 (http://grizzom.blogspot.com/2012/09/spingola-special-20120919.html)

http://www.spingola.com/Deanna,%20Gethsemane.jpg (http://www.spingola.com/)
Elaine Hollingsworth of Doctors are Dangerous (http://doctorsaredangerous.com/), author of Take Control of Your Health

Deanna' site (http://www.spingola.com/radio_schedule.html) Spingola Specials (http://www.spingola.com/SpingolaSpecials.html)

Download (http://www.spingola.com/Hollingsworth_2012-09-19.mp3)

[PatColo]

90 mins comm-free,

Spingola Speaks 2013.01.010 (http://grizzom.blogspot.com/2013/01/spingola-speaks-201301010.html)

http://www.spingola.com/Deanna%2005.jpg (http://www.spingola.com/Deanna%2005.jpg)
Guest: Dr. David Healy, (http://davidhealy.org/) author of Pharmageddon (http://www.amazon.com/Pharmageddon-David-Healy/dp/0520270983/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1356794332&sr=8-1&keywords=pharmageddon) (2012) and 19 other books; RxISK is the drug safety website to research and report side effects (http://www.rxisk.org/)

Deanna's site (http://www.spingola.com/radio_schedule.html)

News Page (http://mynewspage.wordpress.com/websites/deanna-spingola/)

Official chat room (http://spingola.chatango.com/)

Join Spingola Speaks Email List (spingolaspeaks-subscribe@yahoogroups.com)


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[zap]

A word of advise, sensible too..... Stay away from the white coats.

[PatColo]

heh, yeah "white coats" is Dr Rebecca Carley's term for them. She's still got a radio show, but recently had to change networks coz her former, Orion, had been kosher-opted and was cracking the PC "hate-speech" whip.

John Friend just did a show with her as guest,

The Realist Report with John Friend (http://johnfriendsblog.blogspot.com/2013/01/the-realist-report-with-john-friend.html)

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-TnGGZlHE5sY/UOZ1PV3PgBI/AAAAAAAAAyg/6KQrt7SLbDI/s400/Dr.+Rebecca+Carley.jpg (http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-TnGGZlHE5sY/UOZ1PV3PgBI/AAAAAAAAAyg/6KQrt7SLbDI/s1600/Dr.+Rebecca+Carley.jpg)




I just finished the first ever broadcast of The Realist Report with John Friend (http://www.blogtalkradio.com/the-truth-militia/2013/01/08/the-realist-report-with-john-friend) on Truth Militia Radio. My guest Dr. Rebecca Carley (http://www.drcarley.com/) and I discussed her history as a medical professional, the medial mafia, vaccines, and the history of the medical establishment in America. You can download the entire program here (http://blogtalk.vo.llnwd.net/o23/show/4/222/show_4222183.mp3), or subscribe to Truth Militia Radio on BlogTalkRadio here (http://www.blogtalkradio.com/the-truth-militia). Also, check out Dr. Carley's radio archives here (http://thelightofdayradioshow.com/archives/RBN-BACKUP/Carley-Sunday-Shows.html).




If you haven't sat down and watched Dr. Carley's presentation Vaccines - The True Weapons Of Mass Destruction, you really should.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WoMps4Pmpo

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[Dogman]

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[PatColo]

Chinese police allege Glaxo sales reps trained to offer sexual bribes (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/pharmaceuticalsandchemicals/10204304/Chinese-police-allege-Glaxo-sales-reps-trained-to-offer-sexual-bribes.html)
Saturday, 27 July 2013 09:18






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'GSK sales reps “established good personal relations with doctors by catering to their pleasures or offering them money, in order to make them prescribe more drugs,” China’s official news wire Xinhua reported on Friday.


Citing police investigations, Xinhua quoted a 35-year-old female “medical representative” who reportedly worked for a GSK regional sales manager named only as Mr Li. The woman, named as Ms Wang, said “some executives gave clear directives to the sales department to offer bribes to doctors with money or opportunities to attend academic conferences.”


Ms Wang said she would even go so far as fulfilling some doctors’ “sexual desires” in order to “meet their needs” and persuade them to prescribe more drugs.'


Read more: Chinese police allege Glaxo sales reps trained to offer sexual bribes (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/pharmaceuticalsandchemicals/10204304/Chinese-police-allege-Glaxo-sales-reps-trained-to-offer-sexual-bribes.html)

[Hypertiger]

The powerful live off the yield from the powerless.

The liars live off the yield from the ignorant.

[PatColo]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFqDIZMOJcI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFqDIZMOJcI

[PatColo]

couple great Spingola guests recently, similar topics, emphasis on the drugging of children, incl infants on prozac, etc

advance to the middle of this one, IE top of the 2nd hour,
Tuesday, 10-22: Dr. Linda Lagemann (http://spingolaspeaks.info/2013/10/22/tuesday-10-22-dr-linda-lagemann/)


Dr. Linda Lagemann (http://www.drlagemann.com/), a Licensed Clinical Psychologist who closed her practice in August 2013 to devote herself full-time to efforts to reform the mental health field, joins Deanna today to talk about the drugging of America’s children. Please visit The DSM Controversy (http://www.dsmcontroversy.com/) which she will update with educational information about the state of the field and the impact on the public. (MP3 (https://copy.com/zksQJxNFLvN2hITv))
Related: Citizens Commission on Human Rights (http://www.cchr.org/), Citizens Commission on Human Rights International (http://www.cchrint.org/), SSRI Stories (http://ssristories.com/)

biochemistry (http://spingolaspeaks.info/tag/biochemistry/), health (http://spingolaspeaks.info/tag/health/), PhRMA (http://spingolaspeaks.info/tag/phrma/) 2 Replies (http://spingolaspeaks.info/2013/10/22/tuesday-10-22-dr-linda-lagemann/#comments)



Deanna's 1x/week show on AFP radio:
The Spingola Zone at AFP 11/5/2013 (http://grizzom.blogspot.com/2013/11/the-spingola-zone-at-afp-1152013.html)

http://shoabloger.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/deanna-spingola.jpg (http://shoabloger.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/deanna-spingola.jpg)
Soft-spoken yet extremely hard-hitting, Deanna Spingola is one of the most popular independent voices in the alternative media today. Her radio broadcasts have been “must” listening for truth seekers around the world, and her books in the “Ruling Elite (http://shop.americanfreepress.net/store/p/493-The-Ruling-Elite-Double-Book-Offer.html)” series have captivated readers with their amazing revelations of many heretofore untold “hidden” facts of history.
Deanna's guest is Dr. Linda Lagemann of The DSM-5 Controversy.
Show-page (http://www.blogtalkradio.com/americanfreepress/2013/11/05/the-spingola-zone) American Free Press (http://americanfreepress.net/)


Download (http://www.blogtalkradio.com/americanfreepress/2013/11/05/the-spingola-zone.mp3)

[PatColo]

great Spingola guest recently, appeared 2x, Dr. Linda Lagemann (http://www.dsmcontroversy.com/), emphasis on the drugging of children, incl infants on prozac, etc... VG


advance to the middle of this one, IE top of the 2nd hour,
Tuesday, 10-22: Dr. Linda Lagemann (http://spingolaspeaks.info/2013/10/22/tuesday-10-22-dr-linda-lagemann/)


Dr. Linda Lagemann (http://www.drlagemann.com/), a Licensed Clinical Psychologist who closed her practice in August 2013 to devote herself full-time to efforts to reform the mental health field, joins Deanna today to talk about the drugging of America’s children. Please visit The DSM Controversy (http://www.dsmcontroversy.com/) which she will update with educational information about the state of the field and the impact on the public. (MP3 (https://copy.com/zksQJxNFLvN2hITv))
Related: Citizens Commission on Human Rights (http://www.cchr.org/), Citizens Commission on Human Rights International (http://www.cchrint.org/), SSRI Stories (http://ssristories.com/)

biochemistry (http://spingolaspeaks.info/tag/biochemistry/), health (http://spingolaspeaks.info/tag/health/), PhRMA (http://spingolaspeaks.info/tag/phrma/) 2 Replies (http://spingolaspeaks.info/2013/10/22/tuesday-10-22-dr-linda-lagemann/#comments)



Deanna's 1x/week show on AFP radio:
The Spingola Zone at AFP 11/5/2013 (http://grizzom.blogspot.com/2013/11/the-spingola-zone-at-afp-1152013.html)



http://shoabloger.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/deanna-spingola.jpg (http://shoabloger.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/deanna-spingola.jpg)


Soft-spoken yet extremely hard-hitting, Deanna Spingola is one of the most popular independent voices in the alternative media today. Her radio broadcasts have been “must” listening for truth seekers around the world, and her books in the “Ruling Elite (http://shop.americanfreepress.net/store/p/493-The-Ruling-Elite-Double-Book-Offer.html)” series have captivated readers with their amazing revelations of many heretofore untold “hidden” facts of history.

Deanna's guest is Dr. Linda Lagemann of The DSM-5 Controversy.

Show-page (http://www.blogtalkradio.com/americanfreepress/2013/11/05/the-spingola-zone)
American Free Press (http://americanfreepress.net/)


Download (http://www.blogtalkradio.com/americanfreepress/2013/11/05/the-spingola-zone.mp3)


@ Lagemann's homepage:

The DSM-5 Controversy (a continuing education seminar)
A Critical Look
Is it time to reclaim our Profession?
(6 CE Credits for MFT and LCSW)



COURSE CONTENT:

The course covers the key changes in DSM-5, the controversy it has generated within the field, the major critiques of it (including conflict of interest, lack of science, lowered diagnostic thresholds), data on the rise in psychotropic drug use, outcome studies, and a look at the placebo effect and its implications. The course includes a discussion of the impact of the DSM and Direct to Consumer Advertising of psychotropic drugs on the American public (1 in 5 Americans is on a psychotropic drug). The course concludes with a discussion of the impact on our profession and alternatives.


PROVIDER:


Linda Lagemann, Ph.D., is a licensed Clinical Psychologist, Psychoanalyst, and Associate Clinical
Professor at UCSF where she was awarded the Annual Teaching Excellence Award three times.
She has over 20 years experience in private practice, teaching and supervising. Dr. Lagemann
is also the founder of the popular post-performance discussion programs "Theater on the Couch" at American Conservatory Theater and "Opera on the Couch" at San Francisco Opera.


http://www.dsmcontroversy.com/images/acd281b073164360362121c59451f23a_ktqa.jpg

COURSE OBJECTIVES:


Learn the changes in DSM-5
Understand the growing controversy generated by the DSM
Know the major critiques of DSM-5
Understand how subjectivity within the DSM has led to fad diagnoses (e.g., 20% of high school boys are diagnoses with ADHD)
Learn the data on the rise in psychotropic drug use (especially in children)
Learn about drug outcome studies (including cross-cultural data)
Learn about changes in the placebo effect and their implications

[PatColo]

good anti-FDA/Pharma show @ Red Ice,



Gregory Smith & Jon Rappoport - American Addict
January 29, 2014





This interview is conducted in a different format than usual. Although, it features two guests, they were both recorded at different times. First, we hear from Gregory Smith. Later, Jon Rappoport gives a brief 20 minute commentary. We'll be discussing topics from American Addict, a film co-written and produced by Gregory. Jon is an Associate Producer. Gregory Smith graduated with a degree in both Chemistry and Biology. He went on to graduate from medical school. He is board-certified in both Anesthesiology and Interventional Pain Management. He went on to form Comprehensive Pain Relief Group inc. in 2001. Smith has published numerous research articles, published over 12 books, hosted 2 radio shows and has appeared as guest on multiple local and national radio and television shows. Returning guest Jon Rappoport, was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize and has worked as an investigative reporter for 30 years. The film American Addict unveils how America has gone from the land of the free to the land of the addicted. America represents 5% of the world's population but consumes 50% of the world's prescription pills and over 80% of the world's prescription narcotics; this is not a coincidence. We'll discuss the relationships between the FDA, big Pharma, physicians and the media that are in place to ensure that medical problems are treated primarily with pills. We'll talk about the horrific consequences that result from this. Gregory also talks about recovering from addiction and natural, healing alternatives. Later, Jon explains the conspiratorial side of how the medical and pharmaceutical cartel formed and presented drugs as the only solution for illnesses. We end on how the elite profit from a highly medicated population and discuss the grim future if this continues.



Website: americanaddictthemovie.com (http://www.americanaddictthemovie.com/)
Music: Marilyn Manson - Coma White (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQPJYnr48yU)






MP3: http://rediceradio.net/radio3fourteen/2014/R314-140129-gregorysmith-jonrappoport.mp3

trailer of guests docu:

http://youtu.be/SFisyyupY-E

http://youtu.be/SFisyyupY-E


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Today's Spingola, this guest operates RXisk.org, an independent drug side effect reporting dbase, bypasses the corrupt Pharma.zion.gov machine,


Spingola Speaks 2014.02.06 (http://grizzom.blogspot.com/2014/02/spingola-speaks-20140206.html)


Guest: Dr. David Healy (http://davidhealy.org/), an internationally respected psychiatrist, psychopharmacologist, scientist, and author.

David’s latest book, Pharmageddon (http://www.amazon.com/Pharmageddon-David-Healy-ebook/dp/B006K67HCW/?_encoding=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=ur2&tag=spingspeak-20), documents the riveting and terrifying story of how pharmaceutical companies have hijacked healthcare in America and the life-threatening results. Dr. Healy is also a founder and the Chief Executive Officer of Data Based Medicine Limited, which operates through its website RxISK.org (https://rxisk.org/), dedicated to making medicines safer through online direct patient reporting of drug effects.

News Page (http://mynewspage.wordpress.com/websites/deanna-spingola/)
Deanna's site (http://www.spingola.com/radio_schedule.html)
Official chat room (http://spingola.chatango.com/)
Spingola Speaks .Info (http://spingolaspeaks.info/)

Download (http://k007.kiwi6.com/hotlink/ri3pt7j8n4/Spingola.Speaks.Dr.David.Healy.2014.02.06.mp3)

[mick silver]

back up ....................

[PatColo]

stunning stats about .mil psych drug 'scrips at the opening of this show. Like mil rate 30x greater than general pop. New recruits given scripts fresh out of basic training, "preventatively". Mil suicides exceeded combat deaths since 2012. more...

280,000 infants < 12 mos old now being prescribed anti-depressant/phychotic drugs by their GPs.
1 MM children < 5 yrs old on psych drugs
83 mins comm free:

Spingola Speaks 2014.02.11 (http://grizzom.blogspot.com/2014/02/spingola-speaks-20140211.html)





Guest: Dr. Linda Lagemann (http://www.drlagemann.com/), a Licensed Clinical Psychologist who closed her practice in August 2013 to devote herself full-time to efforts to reform the mental health field joins Deanna today to talk about the drugging of America’s children and the psychiatric drugging of the military. Please visit The DSM Controversy (http://www.dsmcontroversy.com/) which she will update with educational information about the state of the field and the impact on the public.

News Page (http://mynewspage.wordpress.com/websites/deanna-spingola/)
Deanna's site (http://www.spingola.com/radio_schedule.html)
Official chat room (http://spingola.chatango.com/)
Spingola Speaks .Info (http://spingolaspeaks.info/)

Download (http://k007.kiwi6.com/hotlink/4q8k4pvskt/Spingola.Speaks.Dr.Linda.Lagemann.2014.02.11.mp3)

[PatColo]

Couple recent podcasts. Descriptions mention Ft. Hood shooting (which Dr. K/nodisinfo.com calls another hoax (http://nodisinfo.com/)...), but the shows are mostly about psychotropics, just passing quickly over the Ft. Hood 'event'.

Rense:
Listen (http://www.talkshoe.com/resources/talkshoe/images/swf/lastEpisodePlayer.swf?fileUrl=http://k007.kiwi6.com/hotlink/12l6kpzlcj/Rense.20140407.2of3.mp3) Download (http://k007.kiwi6.com/hotlink/12l6kpzlcj/Rense.20140407.2of3.mp3) Hour 2 - Ann Blake-Tracy (http://www.drugawareness.org/) - Ft Hood...Yet Another SSRI Mass Shooting

Spingola:
Deanna's guest is Dr. Linda Lagemann (http://www.drlagemann.com) who will be discussing the Fort Hood shooting, the film, The Hidden Enemy (http://www.cchr.org/documentaries/the-hidden-enemy.html), and the psychiatric drugging (http://www.cchrint.org) of the military. Download (http://www.blogtalkradio.com/americanfreepress/2014/04/08/the-spingola-zone.mp3?localembed=download)

[PatColo]

Whistle-blower Falls on Hard Times (http://henrymakow.com/2014/11/whistle-blower-falls-on-hard-times.html)


November 8, 2014
http://henrymakow.com/upload_images/zzzjake1.jpg
(left, Jake Gyllenhaal and Oliver Platt play reps for Pfizer in the movie "Love and other Drugs")

Not every whistle blower
gets the support he deserves.

"You do in fact lose a lot when you are very poor and often broke- people in particular."

by Dan Abshear
(henrymakow.com)


The main factor in my economic decline was blowing the whistle against Novartis eight years ago. (ttp://www.henrymakow.com/i_was_a_corporate_whistle_blow.html) (Essentially, pharmaceudical companies bribe doctors to prescribe their drugs.) Not only did that end my high paying job with them as a rep, but no decent employer will hire me even now because I did blow the whistle.


No, I do not regret what I did. I would most certainly do it again. That lawsuit I filed is public record. I've applied for hundreds of jobs - jobs I'm most qualified to perform. And no one replies. The job I have now, setting up greeting card displays, they hired me out of desperation. It's low paying and very physically demanding.


After whistle blowing, I was abandoned by my own family and friends back home in Missouri. No one could comprehend why I did it. All they know is that I intentionally lost a very good job. My ex-wife said all this to me weeks after learning I would not receive a settlement for this lawsuit. She then used a phony "abuse" charge to jail and clean me out. They all treated me great when I was middle class, these family members and close friends. Once I became unemployed, they disowned me.


I miss the lifestyle I once had with the money and all. But I'm a better person I feel without that life. A much better person. So I'll likely never have that life again. What I'd like is a book contract. That would get me out of poverty. Right now I'm about trying to survive and doing good for others in some way. And I'd like to find a girl possibly within normal limits, if such limits can be defined.


Since then, I've lived in VA homeless programs in three major cities. Presently I live in Milwaukee Wisconsin. Thanks to my present very low-paying part-time job, I have access to a low income housing program for veterans. So I have my own apartment now. Thankfully I'm no longer homeless.


A lover is why I moved here now. She eventually left me for a man who could better provide for her. The lover I had after her was a black girl who also left me for a man who could better provide for her. You do in fact lose a lot when you are very poor and often broke- people in particular.


Any money I make now goes to my cost of living. But things were not always this way with me.


RECALLING THE GOOD TIMES?


When I was a pharmaceutical rep, I wore thousand-dollar suits. I got company cars. Often I'd take doctors out to very expensive steak dinners and things like that. Limousines would pick me up at airports when I'd fly to meetings. I've lost that life somewhat intentionally. It is as if I've been teleported to this parallel universe where now I try to simply survive every day. Yet, I'm much more awake in this universe. I am very thankful for that.


At times I feel as if I'm living on borrowed time. By some estimates I should be dead. Yet I continue to love and protect others. That keeps me going- having others to sustain me in some way. And I feel I sustain them one way or another. They are beautiful souls these people. We do not judge each other.


Severe parental alienation is also occurring. I have a 16-year old daughter in Missouri who I've not see or spoken to in years. I hand write her beautiful letters every week, and I mail these letters to her with beautiful cards to my ex in law's house, because I have no idea where my daughter lives now. She does get these letters but she does not write me back or contact me. This is a constant pain in my life.


http://henrymakow.com/upload_images/zzwhistle.jpg

Often I go to food pantries so I can eat. I do get food stamps, but I sell these to a friend for extra money so I can pay bills. Also, I shovel snow in the winter so I can keep this apartment I always try to make extra money.


SOUL TO THE FORE


There is no atrophy of my essence. My soul remains on fire always. If I do get knocked down, I always get back up. I was recently beat up at a bus stop here in Milwaukee. Considering the trauma I've experienced in my life, this beating did not phase me much. My jaw was broken. I never fell when I was hit a few times at this bus stop by a very large black man.


When I don't work, I normally go to this VA hospital to see friends and use their computer. This is where I'm at now. Near there is a coffee house for veterans. I also go there to use their computer and see more friends. You see, I really do not like being alone at all.


I have post traumatic stress disorder. Among other symptoms, I often experience nightmares normally involving my ex wife and daughter. People really need to explore intrinsic pain more then they do. High anxiety complicates my situation by the way. I'm never at peace. And I never sleep well.


While I'm suicidal at times, I'm overall very optimistic with my life- this life of struggle and striving to survive. This is for really two main reasons. First one is I'm somehow very healthy physically. When I work, I often lift and move thousands of pounds of equipment. And I never sweat. I have no pain and no fatigue.


At the age of 48, I could easily compete with any 20 year old at this time. I often walk miles every day because I do not have a car. Again no fatigue. No pain. My last physical revealed no issues physically whatsoever. I'm very thankful for my present condition, but I'm very amazed I'm this healthy all things considered.


Second reason I remain optimistic is that I appear to be very likable. You would think I'd be very angy and bitter considering all that has happened to me. But I'm not at all. My disposition remains pleasant. I hit it off with strangers. And I have solid relationships with friends in this city right now.


So try and remember this: What does not kill you in life really does make you stronger. Often much stronger. I'm living proof of this.


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First Comment by BDM:


Thank you for another relevant and engaging essay.

Mr. Abshear's story had me nodding my head. My whistleblowing was not nearly as significant, nor were the results so drastic and immediate. However, my half-hour spent disclosing a corporate problem, an exercise that would be rewarded in a sane environment, brought me a reprimand, a demotion and years of poor reviews and declining responsibility--despite good work. I finally quit, but then was laid off from my new company. I soon found that corporations value youth over experience. However, as your author pointed out, silver linings sometimes appear. During six months of unemployment, I exercised more and wrote a novel. I eventually found part-time work for one-fifth of previous income.

Like Mr. Abshear, I have no regrets. Several others wanted to do what I did, but chose to cower. It became an education on how some "professionals" get by by being deceptive and petty. Mr. Abshear's testimony encouraged me and I want to encourage him. I wish him well and I hope there is a book, or a financial break, in his future.

http://henrymakow.com/2014/11/whistle-blower-falls-on-hard-times.html


also see Abshear's:
Living in a Car After False DV Charges (http://www.henrymakow.com/my_fight_with_the_domestic_vio.html) August 30, 2010

MD$ on the Take: My Career-Ending Expose (http://www.henrymakow.com/i_was_a_corporate_whistle_blow.html)

September 27, 2010


(http://henrymakow.com/2014/11/whistle-blower-falls-on-hard-times.html)

[PatColo]

Timponi's show,

Gwen Olsen – Confessions of an Rx Drug Pusher – April 14, 2015
Gwen Olsen
THE MORNING SHOW with Patrick Timpone Gwen Olsen Confessions of an Rx Drug Pusher On December 2, 2004, Gwen Olsen’s niece Megan committed suicide by setting herself on fire-and ended her tortured life as a victim of the adverse effects of prescription drugs. Olsen’s journey through the darkness of mental illness and the catastrophic […] http://oneradionetwork.com/health/gwen-olsen-confessions-of-an-rx-drug-pusher-april-14-2015/


Ross McKenzie – Producer of the Film Bipolarized: Breaking Free from Psychotropic Medicine – April 14, 2015
Ross McKenzie
THE MORNING SHOW with Patrick Timpone Ross McKenzie Producer of the Film Bipolarized After being on lithium for 16 years to treat his bipolar symptoms, Ross McKenzie progressively reduced his use of the psychotropic drug using orthomolecular medicine along with other alternatives: acupuncture, cellular cleansing, cranial sacral, psychoanalysis, osteopathy, structural integration, shamanic energy medicine, […] http://oneradionetwork.com/health/ross-mckenzie-producer-of-the-film-bipolarized-breaking-free-from-psychotropic-medicine-april-14-201

[cheka.]

old girl has a new interview at oneradionetwork

[PatColo]

Another show on weaning off psychotropics,

Spingola and Friends, #49
Deanna’s guest today was Gareth Thomas. Gareth talked about his experience with more than one doctor/psychiatrist/psychologist, how he was prescribed ten different drugs over an eighteen year period and how he has been working slowly but surely with the help of his wife to get off of these toxic mood/mind altering and physically debilitating drugs. He also explained how he cured himself of prostrate cancer using a natural method. Gareth explains why people should avoid psych drugs at all costs. (MP3)
http://spingolaspeaks.net/2015/04/13/spingola-and-friends-49/

[PatColo]

Couple Dr. Day interviews with A.C.Hitchcock, 1hr ea:



http://eurofolkradio.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Dr.-Lorraine-Day-200x150.jpg (http://eurofolkradio.com/2016/06/22/andrew-carrington-hitchcock-show-101-dr-lorraine-day-population-extermination-program-part-1/)
The Andrew Carrington Hitchcock Show (101) Dr. Lorraine Day – The Population Extermination Program – Part 1 (http://eurofolkradio.com/2016/06/22/andrew-carrington-hitchcock-show-101-dr-lorraine-day-population-extermination-program-part-1/)

Andrew Carrington Hitchcock (http://eurofolkradio.com/author/andrew/) June 22, 2016 The Andrew Carrington Hitchcock Show (101) Dr. Lorraine Day – The Population Extermination Program – Part 1 (http://eurofolkradio.com/2016/06/22/andrew-carrington-hitchcock-show-101-dr-lorraine-day-population-extermination-program-part-1/)2016-06-22T09:00:26+00:00 ANDREW CARRINGTON HITCHCOCK SHOW (http://eurofolkradio.com/category/radio/andrew-carrington-hitchcock-show/) No Comment (http://eurofolkradio.com/2016/06/22/andrew-carrington-hitchcock-show-101-dr-lorraine-day-population-extermination-program-part-1/#respond)
On June 21 2016 I began a new series for which my guest Dr. Day…
. . . more (http://eurofolkradio.com/2016/06/22/andrew-carrington-hitchcock-show-101-dr-lorraine-day-population-extermination-program-part-1/)



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The Andrew Carrington Hitchcock Show (106) Dr. Lorraine Day – The Population Extermination Program – Part 2 (http://eurofolkradio.com/2016/06/28/andrew-carrington-hitchcock-show-106-dr-lorraine-day-population-extermination-program-part-2/)

Andrew Carrington Hitchcock (http://eurofolkradio.com/author/andrew/) June 28, 2016 The Andrew Carrington Hitchcock Show (106) Dr. Lorraine Day – The Population Extermination Program – Part 2 (http://eurofolkradio.com/2016/06/28/andrew-carrington-hitchcock-show-106-dr-lorraine-day-population-extermination-program-part-2/)2016-06-28T16:35:42+00:00 No Comment (http://eurofolkradio.com/2016/06/28/andrew-carrington-hitchcock-show-106-dr-lorraine-day-population-extermination-program-part-2/#respond)

http://eurofolkradio.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Dr.-Lorraine-Day-165x300.jpg (http://eurofolkradio.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Dr.-Lorraine-Day.jpg)



Today we continue our series on, “The Population Extermination Program,” for which Dr. Day has prepared an agenda proving a population extermination program that is currently underway and has been targeting us for decades. Dr. Day goes into the elite’s following methods of population extermination, “drug medications prescribed by doctors, fluoridation of water and toothpaste, vaccinations, birth control, and street drugs.”


Click Here To Listen To The Show (http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-135369/TS-1091341.mp3)


Please check out Dr. Day’s two excellent websites below.


Click Here For Dr.Day.com (http://www.drday.com/)


Click Here For GoodNewsAboutGod.com (http://www.goodnewsaboutgod.com/)


Click Here For The Andrew Carrington Hitchcock Show Archive Where You Can Listen To Or Download All My Shows (http://eurofolkradio.com/2016/02/02/the-andrew-carrington-hitchcock-show-info-downloads/)

[PatColo]

couple new vids,



https://i.ytimg.com/vi/XqRMjUa9_7s/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEXCNACELwBSFryq4qpAwkIARUAAIhCGAE=&rs=AOn4CLCAuBKdqylf8_6aPy4jV_eA8ayHcg (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqRMjUa9_7s) 17:24
Faux War on Drugs part 2 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqRMjUa9_7s)

19 views
3 hours ago





https://i.ytimg.com/vi/-irOtYfEYZM/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEXCNACELwBSFryq4qpAwkIARUAAIhCGAE=&rs=AOn4CLDJH0UZBc9F3fVTaSACPzC3jyQmog (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-irOtYfEYZM) 11:48
Anti Depressant Withdrawal Part 1 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-irOtYfEYZM)

46 views
22 hours ago

[PatColo]

UK vlogger The Outer Light

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/i9hGeKzZoc4/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEXCNACELwBSFryq4qpAwkIARUAAIhCGAE=&rs=AOn4CLCC6CY42u-c6Q0MmSP616QZkMRnwA (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9hGeKzZoc4) 13:39
Scientific study: "empathy" in humans being reduced by pharmaceutical industy (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9hGeKzZoc4)

497 views
50 minutes ago