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In reply to the discussion: Big Pharma Sells Risky Meds We Don’t Need for Disorders It Made Up That We Don’t Have [View all]annabanana
(52,791 posts)187. Deaths are just the "cost of doing business".. caveat emptor folks . . n/t
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Big Pharma Sells Risky Meds We Don’t Need for Disorders It Made Up That We Don’t Have [View all]
marmar
May 2016
OP
They may have risked patient's lives but in their defense the drug companies did make profits.
Scuba
May 2016
#1
Indeed, their satisfaction from profiting at the expense of everyone's health is "scientifically"
villager
May 2016
#159
Diabetic neuropathy and restless legs syndrome are two tangentially-related, but separate
Aristus
May 2016
#45
Yeah, that sounds like restless legs. One thing most of my RLS patients have in common is smoking.
Aristus
May 2016
#49
Just a reminder that the article in the OP discusses how the A1C levels have been artificiall reduce
dixiegrrrrl
May 2016
#119
Interestingly, my doc showed zero interest when I dropped my cholesterol levels by diet
dixiegrrrrl
May 2016
#62
Same here - I dropped my cholesterol 100 points & the doc didn't even want to know how I did it
womanofthehills
May 2016
#107
Both statin medications for cholesterol and ACE Inhibitors like lisinopril are standard treatment
Aristus
May 2016
#117
It is a real ailment, however, and is usually connected with PLMD, which can be measured
pnwmom
May 2016
#75
Has anyone ever done a study to estimate what Big Pharma spends on TV advertising?
mnhtnbb
May 2016
#5
On CBS Sunday Morning, a PR firm that makes up medical conditions allowed one of the
Hestia
May 2016
#7
'Profit goldmine'7 out of 10 Americans take one prescriptiondrug. 13%! on opioids or antidepressant
Sunlei
May 2016
#8
At the geriatric clinic where I used to work, the treatment for incontinence was Keagal (?)
Hestia
May 2016
#9
You need cholesterol for your brain, sex drive, to fight infections etc.
womanofthehills
May 2016
#122
try a natural vascodilator for blood pressure like the amino L'Arginine
womanofthehills
May 2016
#116
Actually, Dr Louis Ignarro won the Nobel Prize for his work with nitric oxide
womanofthehills
May 2016
#208
I live in a rural community too - no docs - but a women physician assistant
womanofthehills
May 2016
#139
If American health care were run by organized crime, would it be any different than it is now?
TryLogic
May 2016
#31
Many examples of this: Inventing and distributing bone density machines to sell Fosamax.....
joanbarnes
May 2016
#33
One of my husband's best friends had prostate cancer and had to take Viagra just to
liberal_at_heart
May 2016
#132
Which means the doctor either needs to keep looking for physical or mental causes
Drahthaardogs
May 2016
#57
I am an Assistant Professor in Biomedical research at a major research university.
momto3
May 2016
#160
I am not being dismissive, I just think we are looking to fix the blame and not the cause
Drahthaardogs
May 2016
#162
A few studies I found on PubMed examining the pathology and etiology of fibromyalgia.
momto3
May 2016
#163
"ADHD" may be an actual disorder,but not at the rate that lazy parents and teachers have you believe
Socal31
May 2016
#140
the behavioral problems would be symptoms of the embalance. the embalance is detected by and treated
arely staircase
May 2016
#190
This has Hillary Clinton-Sachs written all over it. She would deny those suffering from cancer
rhett o rick
May 2016
#136
Sometimes new diseases are identified because of science or patient advocacy groups
andym
May 2016
#200
Giving hormone replacement therapy resulted in 20k breast cancer patients.
Jesus Malverde
May 2016
#204