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Re:Chemical clears Alzheimer's protein and restores memory i... by Zigurd on Thursday December 17, 2015 @02:54PM (#10754015)
Nobody, of course. But would you prefer not to have drugs of dubious effectiveness marketed like consumer products? It's not an either or choice.
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Re:Chemical clears Alzheimer's protein and restores memory i... by tptacek on Thursday December 17, 2015 @03:30PM (#10754287)
I would definitely prefer not to have chemical compounds that haven't been demonstrated effective marketed as consumer medical products. I'm not sure how that connects to the thread, though.
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Re:Chemical clears Alzheimer's protein and restores memory i... by Zigurd on Thursday December 17, 2015 @06:51PM (#10755603)
> demonstrated effective

While there are some drugs that are clearly effective, there are big problems in Big Pharma's approach to clinical trials, including burying half the trials' results and poor experiment design. And once a drug makes it to market, expanding that market without testing becomes a priority. Do you think Risperdal was a one-off, or is it a representative case study of how drugs are marketed by at least a major part of Big Pharma?

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