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pan6467 · 07-19-2004, 08:11 AM

If a drug company spends millions on finding a "cure" for yellow toenails, yet hasn't come close to anything that fights cancer, there is a problem where their research money is going. (Lamactisil (sp))

We must ask why drug companies are coming out with what I consider cosmetic drugs, and not true drugs that fight true diseases.

We must ask ourselves how we can justify overprescribing drugs such as Ritilin to our children.

We must ask why the drug companies visit doctors to push newer and far more expensive medications, when the older ones work just fine.

We must ask why drug companies find it necessary to advertise their drugs, if you truly suffer from yellow toenails, then when you see your doctor should he not know how to treat it, without having a commercial on tv every 30 minutes.

We must ask why all the psyche drugs to help us cope.

We must ask how and why doctors can get away with charging insured patients and their companies a discounted price and those uninsured a higher price.

We must ask why if we truly are the greatest country so many have no insurance, others lose insurance mid-illness and the rest who are insured don't want to find ways to help those that need it.

As for the Constitution, I do not believe the founding fathers could ever foresee the medical industry as it is today. But IMO the preamble could be used as a start "promote the general welfare"... When one industry controls so much of the economy, can bankrupt millions, can determine who gets treated and who doesn't, then the general welfare of the nation is at risk.

We have drugs for everything now except the true diseases that cause long illnesses (cancer, AIDS, heart disease, diabetes, etc.).

As long as we have insurance companies paying for overmedicating people with truly inane drugs and there is money in treating and drawing out for extended lengths serious diseases, there is no reward and ambition to research and find cures to the serious diseases.

In the end because of unregulated medicine researching what they want, and keeping prices as high as they want, we will continue to see more junk drugs and more psyche drugs "to make us happy or numb us into oblivion" and fewer and fewer drugs for the true diseases that truly hurt the overall economy but is the health industry's bread and butter.

07-19-2004, 08:11 AM	#24 (permalink)
pan6467 Lennonite Priest Location: Mansfield, Ohio USA	If a drug company spends millions on finding a "cure" for yellow toenails, yet hasn't come close to anything that fights cancer, there is a problem where their research money is going. (Lamactisil (sp)) We must ask why drug companies are coming out with what I consider cosmetic drugs, and not true drugs that fight true diseases. We must ask ourselves how we can justify overprescribing drugs such as Ritilin to our children. We must ask why the drug companies visit doctors to push newer and far more expensive medications, when the older ones work just fine. We must ask why drug companies find it necessary to advertise their drugs, if you truly suffer from yellow toenails, then when you see your doctor should he not know how to treat it, without having a commercial on tv every 30 minutes. We must ask why all the psyche drugs to help us cope. We must ask how and why doctors can get away with charging insured patients and their companies a discounted price and those uninsured a higher price. We must ask why if we truly are the greatest country so many have no insurance, others lose insurance mid-illness and the rest who are insured don't want to find ways to help those that need it. As for the Constitution, I do not believe the founding fathers could ever foresee the medical industry as it is today. But IMO the preamble could be used as a start "promote the general welfare"... When one industry controls so much of the economy, can bankrupt millions, can determine who gets treated and who doesn't, then the general welfare of the nation is at risk. We have drugs for everything now except the true diseases that cause long illnesses (cancer, AIDS, heart disease, diabetes, etc.). As long as we have insurance companies paying for overmedicating people with truly inane drugs and there is money in treating and drawing out for extended lengths serious diseases, there is no reward and ambition to research and find cures to the serious diseases. In the end because of unregulated medicine researching what they want, and keeping prices as high as they want, we will continue to see more junk drugs and more psyche drugs "to make us happy or numb us into oblivion" and fewer and fewer drugs for the true diseases that truly hurt the overall economy but is the health industry's bread and butter. __________________ I just love people who use the excuse "I use/do this because I LOVE the feeling/joy/happiness it brings me" and expect you to be ok with that as you watch them destroy their life blindly following. My response is, "I like to put forks in an eletrical socket, just LOVE that feeling, can't ever get enough of it, so will you let me put this copper fork in that electric socket?"