Remove The Ad Promoting Premarin from your publications.
Remove The Ad Promoting Premarin from your publications.
The Issue
To the Executive Editor of Redbook Magazine;
I was very upset seeing the commercial on my Television today with the Premarin Ad stating that people can see this particular drug Ad in Redbook Magazine. As a woman and an animal lover I please urge you to remove this Ad from your Magazine. Premarin also known as PRE-gnant MAR-es ur-IN-e is a cruel and outdated drug that should not be taken by any women! Most women are not aware that this drug is the urine of a pregnant horse they leave that part out for an unsuspecting public women should know exactly what they are putting in their bodies and where it comes from So please please STOP promoting this disgusting drug!
Hormone replacement drugs Premarin (Pregnant Mare's Urine) and the Premarin family of products, which include Prempro, Prempak-C and Premphase, are used to treat menopausal symptoms in women.
Harvested for their urine, the horses suffer terribly for the production of this drug. They are kept continually pregnant in stalls too small for them to even turn around in order for their urine to be collected by filthy, bulky tubing attached to their bodies. When they can no longer reproduce quickly they are sent to the slaughterhouse. Their meat is then sold for human consumption or dog food!
At PMU farms –- found in Canada and North Dakota -- mares in their third or fourth month of pregnancy are placed alone in narrow stalls. They are fitted with a short rope or chain, a harness, and a urine collection bag which scrapes their legs, causing sores. As a result of these restrictive devices, the mares are made virtually immobile. They can take only a step or two in any direction and are unable to turn around or lie down comfortably. Because farmers find sufficient bedding costly and bothersome to clean, the animals frequently have no protection from the cold concrete floor. Moreover, farmers restrict the amount of water given to the mares because water dilutes the concentration of their urine, making it less profitable. The vast majority of Premarin mares give birth to a foal every year. Afterwards, they are almost immediately impregnated again. If they fail to become pregnant, they are sent to slaughter!Some foals are killed immediately after birth. A few of the females will be raised to be "Premarin mares" and join the production line.
Thousands of horses suffer to produce Premarin even though several humane estrogen replacement therapies exist!
Make the Switch
If you currently take Premarin, Prempak-C, or Premphase, ask your doctor about equally effective synthetic or plant-based alternatives such as:
Cenestin
Estrace
Estraderm
Ogen
OrthoEst
Estratab
Menest
Estinyl
Estrovirus
OrthoDienestrol
Tace
Climara
Make Some Noise –
Contact Ian Read, Chairman & CEO of Pfizer. Demand Pfizer produce a more humane product!
Ian Read
Chairman, CEO
Pfizer Inc
235 East 42nd Street
New York, NY 10017
USA
Phone: 1-212-733-2323
The Issue
To the Executive Editor of Redbook Magazine;
I was very upset seeing the commercial on my Television today with the Premarin Ad stating that people can see this particular drug Ad in Redbook Magazine. As a woman and an animal lover I please urge you to remove this Ad from your Magazine. Premarin also known as PRE-gnant MAR-es ur-IN-e is a cruel and outdated drug that should not be taken by any women! Most women are not aware that this drug is the urine of a pregnant horse they leave that part out for an unsuspecting public women should know exactly what they are putting in their bodies and where it comes from So please please STOP promoting this disgusting drug!
Hormone replacement drugs Premarin (Pregnant Mare's Urine) and the Premarin family of products, which include Prempro, Prempak-C and Premphase, are used to treat menopausal symptoms in women.
Harvested for their urine, the horses suffer terribly for the production of this drug. They are kept continually pregnant in stalls too small for them to even turn around in order for their urine to be collected by filthy, bulky tubing attached to their bodies. When they can no longer reproduce quickly they are sent to the slaughterhouse. Their meat is then sold for human consumption or dog food!
At PMU farms –- found in Canada and North Dakota -- mares in their third or fourth month of pregnancy are placed alone in narrow stalls. They are fitted with a short rope or chain, a harness, and a urine collection bag which scrapes their legs, causing sores. As a result of these restrictive devices, the mares are made virtually immobile. They can take only a step or two in any direction and are unable to turn around or lie down comfortably. Because farmers find sufficient bedding costly and bothersome to clean, the animals frequently have no protection from the cold concrete floor. Moreover, farmers restrict the amount of water given to the mares because water dilutes the concentration of their urine, making it less profitable. The vast majority of Premarin mares give birth to a foal every year. Afterwards, they are almost immediately impregnated again. If they fail to become pregnant, they are sent to slaughter!Some foals are killed immediately after birth. A few of the females will be raised to be "Premarin mares" and join the production line.
Thousands of horses suffer to produce Premarin even though several humane estrogen replacement therapies exist!
Make the Switch
If you currently take Premarin, Prempak-C, or Premphase, ask your doctor about equally effective synthetic or plant-based alternatives such as:
Cenestin
Estrace
Estraderm
Ogen
OrthoEst
Estratab
Menest
Estinyl
Estrovirus
OrthoDienestrol
Tace
Climara
Make Some Noise –
Contact Ian Read, Chairman & CEO of Pfizer. Demand Pfizer produce a more humane product!
Ian Read
Chairman, CEO
Pfizer Inc
235 East 42nd Street
New York, NY 10017
USA
Phone: 1-212-733-2323
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Petition created on March 5, 2015