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| puregenius |
 Posted: Fri Aug 24, 2007 12:24 pm |
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My late Grandfather was a renowned ophthalmologist in the St. Louis. In Jan. of 1987, He published an article in Metro Medicine, the journal of St. Louis Metropolitan Medical Society. It was entitled, Marketing Has it's Price - Can We Afford It? At that time, he was very concerned about the medical profession being corrupted by marketing. As we see today his concerns were very well founded.
Today the profession seems to have forgotten that most basic tenet of the profession. Many prescription drugs do more harm than good, and the practice of medicine has taken a step down. In my Grandfather's day, doctors were more than just prescription writers. Today, a doctor without the ability to write them isn't much use.
Because of his contacts and connections, I received consultations with people who were among the best in their specialty. If they were well-respected in the fields of psychiatry, neurology, psychology or any of the sub-specialties I saw them. From 1990-93, I saw doctors everywhere from Johns Hopkins to the Mayo Clinic. They said I exhibited symptoms of everything from Schizophrenia to sociopathy. Unfortunately, I was medicated as if I had all of those conditions. As one can imagine, the effects of all those chemicals on an adolescent brain were severely detrimental. In 1994 my real problem, Asperger's disorder, was added to the DSM.
After all my experiences with illicit and prescription drugs, I have come to one conclusion. I would rather be harmed by an untested, unproven substance than one that was rubber stamped safe. |
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| hereticzero |
| Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2007 3:58 pm |
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Right on!
Shortly after phenadrine (I'm not sure how it's spelled) was made illegal, the govt. went back and legalized it for some types of use. I remember the court (roughly by memory here) claimed that banning the drug for being dangerous was not proven since legal drugs do not have to be totally safe to be approved--many legal drugs can cause death either if misused or just used as directed. If that's the case, then why is the govt. dragging its heals in approving marijuana for medicinal purposes if it does not have to pass a safety test which is not given to legal drugs anyway? Money talks ... otherwise the govt. would pay more attention to the safety of its medications. How does the govt. decide how many deaths are acceptable when using legal medications as directed? |
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| puregenius |
| Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2007 12:09 pm |
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They continue to drag their feet, because immense profits are being made. There is an irrational fear in the pharmaceutical industry that legalization will harm profits. While some people would definitely try natural alternatives, I think most would stay with traditional care.
It can be difficult to pinpoint the reason's the war on some drugs began, but I believe it continues for two major reasons. Political inaction and profit. Many powerful people benefit from the current situation and they don't want to lose out.
I am pretty cynical sometimes so I happen to believe any number of deaths is fine as long as it happens within the regulatory structure. |
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