Gwen Olsen > Quotes

“If you are a parent trying to determine if psychiatric medications are appropriate for your child, remember one thing: Most of these drugs have not been tested on and are, therefore, not approved to be used in children under the age of eighteen. Many may escalate your child’s emotional issues. Children require love, attention, nurturing, and healthy boundaries to feel emotionally secure and well- adjusted. Even if the drugs manage to restrain or numb their feelings and behavior, if the root of their origin is not addressed, they will soon return, often with a vengeance, once the drugs are removed.”
― Gwen Olsen, Confessions of an Rx Drug Pusher

“However, because of the great marketing hype surrounding the SSRIs, one of them, Prozac, now has the distinguished honor of having more adverse effects submitted to the FDA than any other drug in history. More than 40,000 adverse reactions were reported in its first ten years on the market. No other drug even comes close (Breggin and Cohen 67).”
― Gwen Olsen, Confessions of an Rx Drug Pusher

“During my research for this book, I discovered more than 16,000 patients die annually from the use of prescription and over-the-counter NSAIDs. I also learned more than 100,000 hospital admissions yearly could be attributed to GI bleeding from NSAIDs alone (Strand 173). Although I knew about the risk of GI bleeding and ulceration, the gravity of these statistics was never brought to my attention by any of the companies for which I sold NSAIDs.”
― Gwen Olsen, Confessions of an Rx Drug Pusher

“With the proper dietary adjustments and the nutritional supplementation of Omega-3 essential fatty acids (EFAs), many symptoms of ADHD can be completely eradicated.”
― Gwen Olsen, Confessions of an Rx Drug Pusher

“Omega-3 fatty acids in the treatment and prevention of Crohn’s disease, arthritis, cardiovascular disease, and diabetes.”
― Gwen Olsen, Confessions of an Rx Drug Pusher