tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2693278311831499317.post2040731231392190247..comments2023-12-15T20:38:35.316-08:00Comments on W.A.Rusho Author: Medical Lies and Your Wallet and Your HealthW.A. Rushohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04313458212200821633noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2693278311831499317.post-17421972176320294952015-06-06T14:28:02.300-07:002015-06-06T14:28:02.300-07:00I think we should say to ourselves, what are they ...I think we should say to ourselves, what are they selling? When I hear all the commercials on TV about a drug and then the side effects, why would anyone want to take them in the first place.The drug detail people that work for pharmaceutical companies have a quota to keep. They drop off samples to a doctor's office in hopes that the doctor will push the drug for them. I question everything I take, even if the doctor hands me a sample.Arleenhttp://www.garrettspecialties.com/blognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2693278311831499317.post-42551830988547781682015-06-06T07:14:47.846-07:002015-06-06T07:14:47.846-07:00You have to be very careful with these companies. ...You have to be very careful with these companies. There is no telling what some of these things will do to people. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11507777883649035705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2693278311831499317.post-58752101368128426172015-06-05T12:43:13.945-07:002015-06-05T12:43:13.945-07:00This is the epitome of Buyer Beware. I wonder how ...This is the epitome of Buyer Beware. I wonder how much of the misrepresentations in the medical field are the direct result of the change in advertising which allowed pharmaceutical companies to advertise directly to consumers, instead of going through doctors, who would supposedly be better equipped to sort out the real from the "enhanced" facts?Meredith @ The Palette Musehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11786583611080068454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2693278311831499317.post-68175358999002448772015-06-05T10:03:12.544-07:002015-06-05T10:03:12.544-07:00Yes! You must always look at things like who fund...Yes! You must always look at things like who funded the study. You can find studeis that prove almost anything so you need to look at more than one study to make an educated decision.<br /><br />There was a drug in available from 1938 to 1971 that women who were pregnant took who had a history of miscarriage to help them carry the baby full term. Years later, they learned that not only was the drug ineffective, it was causing female cancers in many of the daughters that were born who were now young women. My mother was one of those daughters and she developed such a condition. She eventually died of cancer, and they've always believed that this drug her mother took played a part in her health troubles. Ericahttp://www.ericamesirov.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2693278311831499317.post-83242138747256563332015-06-05T08:45:11.621-07:002015-06-05T08:45:11.621-07:00Have read a lot about how pharmaceutical companies...Have read a lot about how pharmaceutical companies operate and it's horrendous reading. They bribe doctors to prescribe drugs they know could kill patients. Stop patients in poor countries get access to drugs that could save their lives and so forth. Some American drug companies have even been protected from law suits by Congress. Nothing those companies do will surprise me. Catarinanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2693278311831499317.post-60852651278146458422015-06-05T02:01:02.686-07:002015-06-05T02:01:02.686-07:00Research funded by the company that will benefit f...Research funded by the company that will benefit from selling the product is obviously not impartial research. It is just amazing that such a thing can exist and that these companies can submit the findings to the FDA which apparently doesn't require additional, unbiased studies.Beth Niebuhrhttp://encorewomen.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2693278311831499317.post-66708349178523240732015-06-04T21:08:27.656-07:002015-06-04T21:08:27.656-07:00Is everyone else as sick of those drug commercials...Is everyone else as sick of those drug commercials on TV as I am?<br /><br />In the mid-1970s, Merck CEO Henry Gadsden admitted to Fortune magazine that it had long been his dream to make drugs for healthy people so that Merck could "sell to everyone". This tells you all you need to know about the pharmaceutical industry.<br /><br />Don't be a pill-popper if you can help it. Just say NO to the overmedicated society.A. Peakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10603056373768030580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2693278311831499317.post-16787249032976620952015-06-04T19:55:29.908-07:002015-06-04T19:55:29.908-07:00Unfortunately, as the government keeps cutting bac...Unfortunately, as the government keeps cutting back the funds for medical research, private industry is picking up the slack. Another big issue is that when a doctor prescribes a drug for you, he will rarely ask if you are taking a drug prescribed by another doctor for different disease and most patients don't think to offer the information. Taking the two together could be deadly. Jeannette Paladinohttp://writespeaksell.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2693278311831499317.post-80887154823195107832015-06-04T13:05:54.395-07:002015-06-04T13:05:54.395-07:00What really gets me is how the way doctors recomme...What really gets me is how the way doctors recommend various medications has definitely been impacted by all the advertising that is now done for drugs. Now patients go in and ask for that one drug they saw on TV, and then the doctor will come back with how they should try another one because that's what they're getting kickbacks on. And the expense is just ridiculous! JeriWBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04560326888524377308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2693278311831499317.post-19708178917826378262015-06-03T19:04:35.620-07:002015-06-03T19:04:35.620-07:00Great point! I agree. Each company should be accou...Great point! I agree. Each company should be accountable for their misleading remarks. S.q@sabrinasorganizing.comhttp://www.sabrinasorganizing.com/blognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2693278311831499317.post-22336454926011387032015-06-03T10:43:20.639-07:002015-06-03T10:43:20.639-07:00Don't get me started on how companies and adve...Don't get me started on how companies and advertisers lie with statistics. I think consumers are part of the problem. We tend to belief any statement that involves a % sign and the statement, "In a recent study". Misrepresenting studies or quoting studies that don't follow the scientific model is out of control in the media and online. People include links to studies that have nothing to do with their topic, just to look more professional, I'm a pain in the butt-I don't just follow the link to another page giving misinformation, I check the original study. Wow let's talk discrepancies.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2693278311831499317.post-88733655316120111472015-06-02T06:13:47.280-07:002015-06-02T06:13:47.280-07:00This has long been a sore point with me, not just ...This has long been a sore point with me, not just within the medical community but also in the food industry. Whoever pays the scientist is bound to have the odds in their favour, for the exact reasons you state. If companies are going to fund research, I think the funds should go anonymously into a central pool with scientists applying to this pool for funding. That is the only way to get accurate data - it is probably also very unrealistic. If companies can't influence the results, it's doubtful they would provide the funding.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07290481404730172080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2693278311831499317.post-81083868238437292762015-06-01T15:03:34.188-07:002015-06-01T15:03:34.188-07:00Medical research certainly does impact us all. It ...Medical research certainly does impact us all. It takes a lot of research to get a drug to market. And rightly so, because we want it to be safe and effective. Unfortunately, that also means a company may have a lot invested in it long before they can start to market it and have a strong vested interest in getting positive results. I'm not sure what the answer is - more transparency, tougher penalties, other sources of funding research? As consumers, I think we need to fight for accurate information and hold the businesses accountable as best we can.Donna Jankehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16654611289969837061noreply@blogger.com