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Originally Posted by Patrick Winter
My take is in general pharmaceuticals are not a great option. There are times when they fill a vital role of course, diabetics, thyroid issues, etc. Things that are genetic defects and require intervention. Pain also at times needs pharma. Because at times when you have pain, it is very tough to be optimistic. if something can alleviate that and give you a decent quality of life and offers a side effects that are minimal in comparison to the sickness you have. Its a learning process. Doing research is what is key.
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Pharma is there to make profit, and they will charge the alot to the insurance or hospital who uses thier products, which why certain generics exist to keep costs low. Thier excuse for an overcharge is to recover"investment from research and development" Of course they have that right, but thier profits already exceed thier research anyways, the worst thing is that since they have patents, nobody can make cheaper alternatives, this allows them to have monopolies on the drugs. the most profitable drugs, i learned from my biochem teacher was lipitor, a CHOLESTEROL drugs, it earned them hundreds of billions of dollars. chronic conditions are pharmaceuticals main market, because they know that people who have chronic illness need these medications.
for antibiotics, there is a big problem, because using antbiotics to treat a viral disease is wasteful and its ineffective. AS abx breeds antibiotic resistance,