Posted by Dan Perkins on December 23, 2004, at 1:07:51
In reply to Won't happen because alcohol's patent is expired, posted by fachad on December 23, 2004, at 0:19:48
well said!
and have you seen those armies of drug reps dispatched out to doctor's offices? They are usually very attractive young women (or men in some cases). It's a sad commentary on the state of physicians that the drug companies can use sex to sell their products.
> Only drugs with patent protection get "objective scientific studies"...
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> which are used to arm armies of sales savvy detail men drug reps...
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> which results in docs recommending the drugs.
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> Alcohol, effective as it may be, is off patent and therefore there is no money in it.
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> If some natural substance were found to be more effective than the expensive patent drugs, the pharmaceutical industry would wage a massive propaganda and legal campaign against it to suppress it's use.
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> Remember tryptophan? That was right before Prozac came out and the whole 'serotonin' revolution in psychiatry. Too bad they found that dangerous contamination in that one batch and were forced to recall all tryptophan and the FDA was forced to ban it.
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