[Vision2020] Stop drug company lobby blitz!

[lfalen]

Saundra
I will read the information on the web site you posted.  I would also like to read the actual bill. I am in favor of strong safety regulations, but not unnecessary restriction. I get a list of the potential side effect with the prescriptions I take. I hope that covers the problem.  What I am concerned about is truth in advertizing. All claims should be backed up by scientific studies. testimonials don't cut it.

Roger
-----Original message-----
From: "Saundra Lund" sslund at roadrunner.com
Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2007 14:39:36 -0700
To: vision2020 at moscow.com
Subject: [Vision2020] Stop drug company lobby blitz!

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Consumers Union [mailto:action at consumer.org] 
> Sent: Monday, April 23, 2007 11:47 AM
> To: 
> Subject: Stop drug company lobby blitz!
> 
> 
> We need 100,000 letters to the Senate in the coming weeks!
> 
> Tell your Senator to vote FOR  real drug safety reform, and start the push
> for final passage!
> http://cu.convio.net/site/R?i=VhVttpXvwv0J1GA4Zgp7GQ..
> 
> Dear Saundra,
> 
> Vioxx, Paxil, Zyprexa drug companies knew their risks, but failed to tell
> the public.  As a result, tens of thousands of Americans suffered or died
> from these medications.
> 
> But thanks to help from thousands of you, we can now pass real drug safety
> reform this spring.  A "must pass" bill will give you and your doctor
> critical information about hazardous drug side effects--but the drug
> industry is lobbying to strip off hard won safety provisions.
> 
> Take a moment right now to ask your Senator to vote "Yes!" for strong
> reforms.
> http://cu.convio.net/site/R?i=_CNghEu_o2Zi8GJ4g_rJdw
> 
> Together we have already sent more than 43,000 messages just to lawmakers on
> the key committee that voted this bill out last week.  We now have just a
> few weeks to solidify support in the whole Senate.  Let's send a hundred
> thousand more calls, letters and emails.
> 
> This bill has real momentum, but the drug companies haven't left Washington.
> They will be out in force, visiting every Senate office and trying to get
> drug safety protections stripped out of this good bill.  Drug companies
> spent an average of $289,000 per member of Congress to create stalemate in
> Washington between 2005 and 2006--and managed to defeat Medicare drug price
> reforms on the floor of the Senate just this week.
> 
> That's why it's critical that you tell your Senator right now to vote FOR
> real reform  when this bill reaches the Senate floor.
> http://cu.convio.net/site/R?i=p1V-hlcAQIbpCR2HSsXsIQ
> 
> Washington is broken, and the only fix is clear, persistent and direct
> communication from you (alongside a hundred thousand others).  Please help
> us grow this campaign!  Every Senator from every state needs to hear from
> us.  Please take a moment to forward this action to everyone you know so
> they can register their own thoughts on the importance of safer, lower cost
> drugs to all Americans. 
> 
> Thank you,
> Liz Foley
> PrescriptionForChange.org
> A project of Consumers Union
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