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GUEST POST by DEBBIE TONG The name Malibu implies a lovely place that is warm and sunny, but Malibu the mare is not from such a place. She is from a Premarin horse farm that houses horses inside on cold concrete floors. They are made to stand 24 hours a day for 6 months out… Continue reading Malibu the Premarin Mare
GUEST POST BY ANNA TWINNEY Reach Out to Horses® INTRODUCTION I have made it my life’s mission to give a voice to the voiceless through gentle ways of both training horses and coaching individuals on effective communication. For almost 2 decades I have gentled PMU mares, colts and foals in both Canada and the United… Continue reading Anna Twinney and the gentling of rescued Premarin mares and foals
Welcome to the month of March, a time of year when we focus on a key horse welfare issue for the entire month. This year we are marching once again for Premarin Horses. Let's get started. A particular item to note is that Aprela ― after many years ― was finally approved by the FDA.… Continue reading March for Premarin Horses starts right here, right now
Isn't it funny how some things work out and in ways you least expect. A friend of a friend of yet another friend has a niece who is working in New York, who just happens at the moment to be employed at Pfizer. She mentioned that she noticed some mail coming in with cute little… Continue reading Pfizer anti Premarin flyers drifting in
"If anyone believes that the downsizing of the PMU industry here in North America is advantageous for the mares and foals who suffer at the hands of Big Pharma, they are sadly mistaken" -- Jane Allin The news in January 2009 of pharmaceutical giant Pfizer’s announcement to take over rival company Wyeth for $68 billion… Continue reading Pfizer consigns PMU horses to killing fields of Asia
As long as women buy into the clever marketing by the pharmaceutical industry that menopause is a disease, they will seek relief from the symptoms of what in actuality are signs of natural hormonal changes. As part of March for PMU Horses campaign against the manufacture of drugs made from the estrogen rich urine of… Continue reading Alternatives to the Premarin family of drugs in the treatment of menopausal symptoms
Hayley and Comet, who feature in many of the Int'l Fund for Horses' campaign flyers, are back. This time the popular cartoon horses star in the March for PMU Horses flyer to Pfizer. Pfizer bought out Wyeth, and now responsible for continuing with the outdated methods in the manufacture of the Premarin family of drugs,… Continue reading Cartoon horses Hayley and Comet back in flyer to Pfizer re Premarin
Written by JANE ALLIN In early July of 2002 the alarming news of the National Institutes of Health Women’s Health Initiative (WHI) study sent shock waves through the medical and scientific communities. Wyeth’s hormone combination replacement therapies (e.g. Prempro®), long believed to provide cardiovascular benefits to the millions of menopausal women who took them, now… Continue reading Premarin and Prempro: The consequences of deception – A litany of litigation
Every year, doctors prescribe hormone replacement therapy (HRT) — also referred to as menopausal hormone therapy — to hundreds of thousands of women experiencing menopausal symptoms. One of the most widely prescribed drugs for HRT is made from animal waste. The drug is Premarin, an estrogen-therapy drug manufactured by Wyeth Pharmaceuticals (now a division of… Continue reading Why we must end the use of pregnant mare’s urine in drugs
Written by JANE ALLIN Research Analyst, Int'l Fund for Horses (August 3, 2010) -- The introduction of Aprela® looms ever closer in the EU and Japan. Viviant® (i.e. bazedoxifene), a SERM (selective estrogen receptive modulator) which is the post-menopausal osteoporosis component of Aprela® was approved by the European Commission under the name Conbriza in April… Continue reading A Disturbing Trend in Pfizer’s Agenda
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