Thank you! This article is very interesting, so interesting I can't believe it appeared in a JAMA journal. Agreed, now a study of the harms of these useless meds is needed. Did you take a look at the conflict of interest statement/affiliations of the authors?
The conclusion I'd come to, based solely on my bad experiences with medicines, is that they are inadequately tested and any actual test data is heavily massaged. I'm told I must be an extraordinarily sensitive individual, to have all these bad reactions. I don't believe that. I do believe hundreds of thousands suffer but never figure out that it is the med they're taking, OR they figure suffering is necessary to reap the benefits. Peter Breggin, in his book "Your Drug May Be Your Problem", says that easily 100,000 Americans die of side effects of prescription meds each year and those are just the ones who die in hospital.
Thank you! This article is very interesting, so interesting I can't believe it appeared in a JAMA journal. Agreed, now a study of the harms of these useless meds is needed. Did you take a look at the conflict of interest statement/affiliations of the authors?
The conclusion I'd come to, based solely on my bad experiences with medicines, is that they are inadequately tested and any actual test data is heavily massaged. I'm told I must be an extraordinarily sensitive individual, to have all these bad reactions. I don't believe that. I do believe hundreds of thousands suffer but never figure out that it is the med they're taking, OR they figure suffering is necessary to reap the benefits. Peter Breggin, in his book "Your Drug May Be Your Problem", says that easily 100,000 Americans die of side effects of prescription meds each year and those are just the ones who die in hospital.
We have a long walk back.