The New York Times reporter Melody Petersen concludes that selling prescription drugs - rather than discovering them - has become the industry's obsession. Watch this Bill Moyers PBS video.
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My Comment:
If you have ever been prescribed a medication, you need to watch this video.
The closing comments by the author sums it up nicely:
MELODY PETERSEN: The system is so out of whack the way it is today, you really have to be careful. Don't take any drug without understanding the risks that it could have. Find the doctor who has thrown the sales reps out of his office, who has said 'I'm gonna do what's right for my patients'. And there's a growing number of doctors who feel that way and think the thing that could do the most good is to have a law that bans doctors from taking money from drug companies. We need our doctors to be our independent advocates again.
I have not read the book yet, but it is available on Amazon:
1 comments:
I certainly hope this is a step in the right direction. I am a Certified Health Coach and I see so many people who take drugs and have adverse reactions with them or they have been taking them for years. My first question is, is it helping? They usually say, oh, yes, as long as I stay on the drugs. So, it's just masking the symptoms, right? People don't understand that. They don't get that it isn't balancing or healing. They often times don't care, as long as they don't have to deal with the pain and are being 'taken' care of.
That worries me. Our society is based on fast, cheap and easy. The drug manufacturers know that. The insurance companies cover most of the cost, the drugs mask the symptoms, usually in a matter of hours or days, and it certainly is easy to open mouth and insert.
This is a pet 'pill' with me. I do not like the power and manipulation that the FDA and big pharma have on our lives.
It's all about power and money.
I would like to hear more about Codex, as well. I get so upset with that organization. Most people, including those in the health field have never heard of Codex or very little, as well the general public.
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