This is the 2nd installment of this video series on Big Pharma and how they are more focused on making money than on treating patients. We are literally drowning in prescription medications. The most amazing part of this is that most ‘new’ drugs that are released to the market are either old drugs that are given a new name, or ‘me too’ drugs that are not really any more effective than the drugs that they are replacing.
The bottom line is that patients are being used as profit patsies. One drug, Nexium®, is being pushed as a new drug, but it is essentially identical to the drug is it allegedly replacing, Prilosec®. This move by the manufacturer of the drug made it one of the best-selling drugs in history. continue reading…