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Brigham Buhler

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Modern Wisdom
#912 - Brigham Buhler - Ex-Pharma Rep: Why American Healthcare Is So Broken

So it's a duality that's a challenge. It's the drugs and the treatments that big pharma suppresses coming to the market. So one example would be peptides, right? GLP-1s are peptides. Why were they not on the bulks list that got banned by the FDA? Because they've been patented and monetized by big pharma. Why did BPC and these other drugs go on the naughty list? Not because they were dangerous.

Modern Wisdom
#912 - Brigham Buhler - Ex-Pharma Rep: Why American Healthcare Is So Broken

So it's a duality that's a challenge. It's the drugs and the treatments that big pharma suppresses coming to the market. So one example would be peptides, right? GLP-1s are peptides. Why were they not on the bulks list that got banned by the FDA? Because they've been patented and monetized by big pharma. Why did BPC and these other drugs go on the naughty list? Not because they were dangerous.

Modern Wisdom
#912 - Brigham Buhler - Ex-Pharma Rep: Why American Healthcare Is So Broken

That's an absolute bullshit lie. They went on the naughty list because Merck has over 200 patents in process for peptides. They are attempting. So they in one breath, they say, oh, no, no, no, no. You got to get rid of these things. These are dangerous FDA. You've got to shut these guys down. But then what they do is they come and capture those molecules, patent them.

Modern Wisdom
#912 - Brigham Buhler - Ex-Pharma Rep: Why American Healthcare Is So Broken

That's an absolute bullshit lie. They went on the naughty list because Merck has over 200 patents in process for peptides. They are attempting. So they in one breath, they say, oh, no, no, no, no. You got to get rid of these things. These are dangerous FDA. You've got to shut these guys down. But then what they do is they come and capture those molecules, patent them.

Modern Wisdom
#912 - Brigham Buhler - Ex-Pharma Rep: Why American Healthcare Is So Broken

That's an absolute bullshit lie. They went on the naughty list because Merck has over 200 patents in process for peptides. They are attempting. So they in one breath, they say, oh, no, no, no, no. You got to get rid of these things. These are dangerous FDA. You've got to shut these guys down. But then what they do is they come and capture those molecules, patent them.

Modern Wisdom
#912 - Brigham Buhler - Ex-Pharma Rep: Why American Healthcare Is So Broken

them and sell the exact same thing that compounding pharmacies were already providing to the public for a fraction of the dollar amount. So like a GLP-1 is $1,600 through the insurance big pharma model. Most compounding pharmacies are providing that compound for under $300 a month mailed to your doorstep. And depending on your dosage, it may be like $100 a month. which is just mind boggling.

Modern Wisdom
#912 - Brigham Buhler - Ex-Pharma Rep: Why American Healthcare Is So Broken

them and sell the exact same thing that compounding pharmacies were already providing to the public for a fraction of the dollar amount. So like a GLP-1 is $1,600 through the insurance big pharma model. Most compounding pharmacies are providing that compound for under $300 a month mailed to your doorstep. And depending on your dosage, it may be like $100 a month. which is just mind boggling.

Modern Wisdom
#912 - Brigham Buhler - Ex-Pharma Rep: Why American Healthcare Is So Broken

them and sell the exact same thing that compounding pharmacies were already providing to the public for a fraction of the dollar amount. So like a GLP-1 is $1,600 through the insurance big pharma model. Most compounding pharmacies are providing that compound for under $300 a month mailed to your doorstep. And depending on your dosage, it may be like $100 a month. which is just mind boggling.

Modern Wisdom
#912 - Brigham Buhler - Ex-Pharma Rep: Why American Healthcare Is So Broken

The big ones that are, that are worrisome for me and have been forever. And this is partially why I left being a drug rep all these years ago. When you look, and this is one of the things Bobby Kennedy's kicked a hornet's nest over is these SSRIs, these antidepressants. Literally, if you look at the data of over 75 studies in a meta analysis, literally,

Modern Wisdom
#912 - Brigham Buhler - Ex-Pharma Rep: Why American Healthcare Is So Broken

The big ones that are, that are worrisome for me and have been forever. And this is partially why I left being a drug rep all these years ago. When you look, and this is one of the things Bobby Kennedy's kicked a hornet's nest over is these SSRIs, these antidepressants. Literally, if you look at the data of over 75 studies in a meta analysis, literally,

Modern Wisdom
#912 - Brigham Buhler - Ex-Pharma Rep: Why American Healthcare Is So Broken

The big ones that are, that are worrisome for me and have been forever. And this is partially why I left being a drug rep all these years ago. When you look, and this is one of the things Bobby Kennedy's kicked a hornet's nest over is these SSRIs, these antidepressants. Literally, if you look at the data of over 75 studies in a meta analysis, literally,

Modern Wisdom
#912 - Brigham Buhler - Ex-Pharma Rep: Why American Healthcare Is So Broken

85% of the efficacy of an SSRI was related to placebo. These are their own studies. These are Big Pharma's own studies. 85% was related to placebo. It has a 50% failure rate or relapse rate. It causes increased suicidal ideation, violent thoughts. You know, when we talk about the gun crisis in America, look at how many of these mass shootings involved antidepressants.

Modern Wisdom
#912 - Brigham Buhler - Ex-Pharma Rep: Why American Healthcare Is So Broken

85% of the efficacy of an SSRI was related to placebo. These are their own studies. These are Big Pharma's own studies. 85% was related to placebo. It has a 50% failure rate or relapse rate. It causes increased suicidal ideation, violent thoughts. You know, when we talk about the gun crisis in America, look at how many of these mass shootings involved antidepressants.

Modern Wisdom
#912 - Brigham Buhler - Ex-Pharma Rep: Why American Healthcare Is So Broken

85% of the efficacy of an SSRI was related to placebo. These are their own studies. These are Big Pharma's own studies. 85% was related to placebo. It has a 50% failure rate or relapse rate. It causes increased suicidal ideation, violent thoughts. You know, when we talk about the gun crisis in America, look at how many of these mass shootings involved antidepressants.

Modern Wisdom
#912 - Brigham Buhler - Ex-Pharma Rep: Why American Healthcare Is So Broken

These are dangerous compounds and they don't have the efficacy that the American people have been sold on. In fact, even in the studies on a 52 point scale, a depression scale, it differentiates from placebo by one to two points. One to two points. We could give you sugar pills with none of the side effects, but then we don't even talk about diet, exercise, lifestyle.

Modern Wisdom
#912 - Brigham Buhler - Ex-Pharma Rep: Why American Healthcare Is So Broken

These are dangerous compounds and they don't have the efficacy that the American people have been sold on. In fact, even in the studies on a 52 point scale, a depression scale, it differentiates from placebo by one to two points. One to two points. We could give you sugar pills with none of the side effects, but then we don't even talk about diet, exercise, lifestyle.

Modern Wisdom
#912 - Brigham Buhler - Ex-Pharma Rep: Why American Healthcare Is So Broken

These are dangerous compounds and they don't have the efficacy that the American people have been sold on. In fact, even in the studies on a 52 point scale, a depression scale, it differentiates from placebo by one to two points. One to two points. We could give you sugar pills with none of the side effects, but then we don't even talk about diet, exercise, lifestyle.

Modern Wisdom
#912 - Brigham Buhler - Ex-Pharma Rep: Why American Healthcare Is So Broken

If I don't work out, I'm an anxious wreck, man. I mean, it's just the way my mind is. I have to go work out. I don't want to. I'm like everyone else. Like once you get in it, you enjoy it. But I think it's just a matter of like reframing things for the American people and helping them see the answer is not at the bottom of a pill bottle, man. It never has been. It never will be.

Modern Wisdom
#912 - Brigham Buhler - Ex-Pharma Rep: Why American Healthcare Is So Broken

If I don't work out, I'm an anxious wreck, man. I mean, it's just the way my mind is. I have to go work out. I don't want to. I'm like everyone else. Like once you get in it, you enjoy it. But I think it's just a matter of like reframing things for the American people and helping them see the answer is not at the bottom of a pill bottle, man. It never has been. It never will be.

Modern Wisdom
#912 - Brigham Buhler - Ex-Pharma Rep: Why American Healthcare Is So Broken

If I don't work out, I'm an anxious wreck, man. I mean, it's just the way my mind is. I have to go work out. I don't want to. I'm like everyone else. Like once you get in it, you enjoy it. But I think it's just a matter of like reframing things for the American people and helping them see the answer is not at the bottom of a pill bottle, man. It never has been. It never will be.