I am outraged that no serious action is being taken by medical doctors to stop the conscious killing of patients by the pharmaceutical companies. Responsible physicians need to stand up—we swore an oath to protect our patients—to keep their welfare as our highest priority—not to safeguard the earnings of any industry. Research over the past four decades has consistently shown that intensive drug treatment will lower risk factors, such as cholesterol, blood sugar, and blood pressure; but will also cause patients to die sooner, albeit, with better looking numbers. So far, any changes in medical practices resulting from all this bad news have been imperceptible. In fact, most of my colleagues, without taking a single dime, readily come to the defense of the drugs they prescribe, and their manufacturers—the others take a bribe. |