A pharmacist's opinion

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A Pharmacist’s Opinion: The 15 Biggest Absurdities in the World of Pills

A retired pharmacist bemoans the neglect of preventive efforts and overreliance on medications. Are we serving the pharmaceutical industry?

Dennis Miller, RPh - March 28, 2024

https://www.peoplespharmacy.com/article ... d-of-pills

Dennis Miller, R.Ph. is a retired chain store pharmacist. His book, The Shocking Truth About Pharmacy: A Pharmacist Reveals All the Disturbing Secrets, can be downloaded in its entirety at Amazon for 99 cents. Here is his latest commentary.
My list of the biggest absurdities in the world of pills:

1. FDA is protecting you far less than you think.

2 Pharma doesn’t want you to know that prevention is better than pills.

3. No one really knows the real-world incidence of drug side effects.

4. Pharmacists feel subtle yet powerful pressure to be positive about pills.

5. Pharmacy mistakes are surprisingly common at chain drug stores.

6. Powerful interests downplay the fact that most cancers are preventable.

7. Many commonly-prescribed drugs may be carcinogenic.

8. Clinical trials are sliced and diced to deliver results favorable to Pharma.

9. Normal biological processes are portrayed as errors in human evolution.

10. Only the USA and New Zealand allow advertising of prescription drugs directly to the public.

11. The modern world is making us sick but our regulatory agencies won’t admit it.

12. Many “chronic” conditions aren’t really chronic.

13. Pharma has fundamentally mischaracterized pharmaceuticals.

14. The brain chemical imbalance theory is a sophisticated ploy to legitimize the massive prescribing of pills for mental conditions.

15. Schools of pharmacy legitimize Pharma’s approach to human health.

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Excellent! Must read

Regards, Vesta

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