Why Am I Not Surprised

[auditor0007]

This just supports what I have believed all along about most prescription meds. If you really don't need them don't take them, and if you do need them, good luck.

Ben Goldacre: WATCH: What Doctors Don't Know About the Drugs They Prescribe

 

[Mr. H.]

Fuck if I'm going to plow through that.

Boil it down will ya?

 

[auditor0007]

Fuck if I'm going to plow through that.

Boil it down will ya?

Basically, this doctor makes the assertion that when drug companies do clinical trials on potentially new drugs, the only submissions to medical journals and eventually the FDA are the ones that support the validity of the drug, when in fact many of these trials show just the opposite. In other words, a lot of prescription drugs out there are worthless and/or even dangerous, and the drug companies know this yet they push them if money is to be made. That is not to say that this happens with all drugs, because some new drugs do pan out and the clinical trials do support their validity without having any negative clinical trials.

It's actually worth the 13 plus minutes to watch.

 

[Mr. H.]

Marketing at its worst.