Re:Vitamin D insufficiency may account for almost 90% of Cov...
by bserge on Tuesday December 01, 2020 @03:32AM
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> Prescription drugs need a prescription because they have potentially dangerous side effects
Or, more likely, someone just decided they should be prescription only. Why are melatonin, gabapentin, piracetam prescription only? Paracetamol will kill you in the right dosage, yet it's OTC. Hell, you can overdose on vitamins and minerals/metals, too.
It's like a game for the industry, at the expense of a minority who have to suffer from only having access to bad doctors.
Prescription drugs need a prescription because they have potentially dangerous side effects. Often you don’t get a wanted effect without potential side effects.
OTC drugs are usually extremely cheap (hence why you could think the medical community dislikes cheap medication). The fact that you don’t need a medical professional to get them makes them a target for the alternative medicine crowd.
In the end it’s also the fault of patients for simply asking for simple cures. My doctor uses every occasion to tell me that I should do more sports, but that would mean that I would actually need to put effort in my health.