It’s not just that, many of the drugs developed have horrible side effects. That a few years after going to market they are given FDA warning labels. And there is the money factor. No money in developing a drug for a “orphan disease” that effects a few thousand a year. You also have ‘orphan’ diseases that are not contagious, Fibromyalgia, FMS, 30 yrs ago it was called a syndrome, or the patient needed a shrink. They treat the symptoms not the disease, the treatment mimics the disease.
Now they are pushing the crappy side effect riddled Lyrica or Gabapentin Lyrica anti-epileptic http://www.rxlist.com/lyrica-side-effects-drug-center.htm
Often used beside Lyrica.
Gabapentin Side Effects http://www.rxlist.com/neurontin-side-effects-drug-center.htm
NEW TO MARKET
Savella http://www.rxlist.com/savella-side-effects-drug-center.htm
FDA Warning Savella
http://www.fda.gov/Safety/MedWatch/SafetyInformation/ucm203615.htm
http://www.fda.gov/Safety/MedWatch/SafetyInformation/ucm203615.htm
Look at the Nexium commercial do you hear the words Bone Density causing drug or Barret’s Esophagus? Long term use of these acid blocking drugs are responsible for that. So before you reach for that new OTC drug be sure to check it out the side effects.
Take the current crop of OP drugs. Please NOTE, I have OP, have reacted to Fosamax. Refuse the rest because of the reaction and the FDA warnings. My doctor is limited to 1 bone density test per 2 yrs. I have opted to go the Holistic route with bone vitamin and mineral route, after all that is what your bones are made of, not some stinking side effect riddled FDA warning drug that causes Kidney Failure Deaths, A Fib, Jaw Degeneration, GI and Bone Pain, Reclast is the worst of these drugs, as 1 IV never leaves your system.
OP DRUGS
Reclast UPS kidney failure, A FIB risk.
http://www.webmd.com/osteoporosis/news/20110901/fda-osteoporsis-drug_ups-kidney-failure-risk
Safety update for osteoporosis drugs, bisphosphonates, and atypical fractures
http://www.fda.gov/drugs/drugsafety/drugsafetypodcasts/ucm229800.htm
Black box warning Foreto
http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=21853
Like most useful medications, Forteo may have its possible downside. In animals, it promotes the development of osteosarcoma, a type of bone cancer. In humans, osteosarcoma has not been reported but it remains a concern with Forteo. (The daily injections are also a downside.)
These are patient discussion boards. Tons of complaints on the side effects of the drugs ruing their lives.
Mrs. Makwa’s OP death was horrible.
http://www.inspire.com/makwa/
The natural course of life is to be dead by 40. For most people if you want to live longer that requires medical intervention. Yes drugs have side effects, but the benefits more than outweigh the side effects, unless you are a lawyer. we all die of something, if you choose to do it naturally at 30 or 40 God bless you, I would like to see my grandchildren grow up. I take my blood pressure meds.
I don’t believe that the current FDA rules and regulations are oriented towards consumer safety so much as they are the result of lobbying by labs and producers to get their product approved. (Lobbying=money to politicians.)
All drugs appear to have side effects, even the most widely used drugs.
You are ingesting a foreign chemical...
What could go wrong...?
"Look at the Nexium commercial do you hear the words Bone Density causing drug or Barret’s Esophagus ? Long term use of these acid blocking drugs are responsible for that."
PPIs prevent Barrett's esophagus they don't cause it.