Darren Wilson's Side of the Story

[Ike Bana]

Originally Posted by merrylander

You know I have often wondered that we ban advertising of spirits in magazines and on TV but every magazine that come into this house has one page devoted to the latest 'wonder drug' followed by four pages of the horrible side effects.

And the ones on TV where they say 'tell your doctor what drugs you are taking' excuse me if I am taking any it is because he prescribed them.

I am all for banning drug advertising and with some doctors I would suggest they tell the druggist what you need and let him/her select the drug as they are usually more up to date.

Big pharma lies like dogs. When they are confronted with how RX is managed in the EU and that sick people are not forced to decide between food and meds in the EU, you know what we get from big pharma. We get..."Our R&D costs for bringing new drugs to market will be overwhelming if our profit margins are controlled. Sick people who need these new products will die...blah...blah."

Which is utter bullshit since big pharma spends more money on advertising than they spend, or ever have spent, on R&D.

And...big pharma also knows that their advertising causes idiotic Americans to run to their idiotic primary care docs (GP's and in the case of idiotic American women, idiotic OB/GYN primary care docs) who won't say 'no' to their patient demands for the wonder drug they see on the TeeVee. Most of the board certified psychiatrists I know will not allow their patients to dictate what psychotropics they will be prescribing.