I agree. There exists a three horned dilemma with contradictions. Because of NICE my specialist will not recommend one particular drug, yet my
General Practitioner will happily prescribe it because he knows that that many
of his patents find it helpful and its safe on a risk/benefit scale. In other
words, he is not prescribing it to cure me but to ameliorate some of the
symptoms.
And in reply to coats post above: In Germany, doctors can
prescribe 'white willow bark' that seems better tolerated than pharmaceutical
aspirin. For some ulcers, honeyhas been found better than antibiotics. There are many more examples.
The so called health industries now seems more intent on profit than their
declared mission. So much so that they try to side line any threat to their
market share in defiance of their publicly declared raison d'ĂȘtre.
I
say give them a dose of the own medicine. The next time they want you to have a
'little' look at their computer, recommend a hardrivesctomy... etc. [ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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