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Your doctor is only prescribing what the numerous pharmaceutical reps hammer him to prescribe. He isn't researching every pharmaceutical before prescribing it to patients. He doesn't have time. YOU MUST LOOK OUT FOR YOURSELF.
Your doctor is only prescribing what the numerous pharmaceutical reps hammer him to prescribe. He isn't researching every pharmaceutical before prescribing it to patients. He doesn't have time. YOU MUST LOOK OUT FOR YOURSELF.
What you neglect to mention is many, if not most of the lawsuits are initiated by "trolling for clients" tort attorneys that run those class action lawsuit commercials on TV, on the radio and in print. The lawyers are getting rich off of it, its sending insurance rates through the roof and its all on the back of the consumers who pay higher prices for everything because of it. As for side effects and interactions.... Google aspirin's side effects and see what is listed there. Would you have aspirin taken off the market? Its only been around and used since before the time of the Egyptian Pharaohs
It was one of those "trolling for clients" tort attorneys commercials on TV that saved my life.. I had been having a lot of problems and was watching my life as I knew it slipping right out from under me and didn't know why... when he gave the list of symptoms that day on TV for a drug I was on and went down the list of side effects, word for word it was was exactly what was happening to me.... my jaw DROPPED to the floor.
Just seeing that commercial turned my life around and that was the day I started getting my life back. I only wish I had written down his name and phone number so I could call and thank him for giving me my life back!
(It's a well know drug, pushed like candy by the doctors who are clueless as to the bad side effects some people have on them that are STILL not listed on the inserts.)
any pharmacologically active drug has side effects. these range from trivial, to very serious, including fatal. one cannot examine the side effects in isolation, without also looking at the benefits. equally, the side effects are meaningless unless one also considers their incidence. the totality of the profile of a drug is what needs to be considered, i.e. the "benefit/risk profile". for example, cancer drugs may cause a certain frequency of bone marrow failure, which might be acceptable in cancer treatment, because the drug has the potential to extend life for a few years, but certainly would not be acceptable for a drug to treat a more minor condition, say toothache.
yes, it is the physician's responsibility to prescribe responsibly, and take reasonable measures to monitor for side effects, but equally it is the patient's responsibility to know what they are taking, why they are taking it, and what the potential complications are - that is why all drugs come with approved labeling, written in language understandable someone with the reading level of a 5th grader.
in cases where the patient is not competent to that this responsibility, they should have a carer who is.
so, to the one valid point the OP made - yes, indeed, you should look out for yourself - as an adult, you should take responsibility for all areas of your own life, including your health, and your healthcare.
divestment of personal accountability is the scourge of our time.
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