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Originally Posted by SusanStCatherine
Decriminalize all drugs and drug-related criminal activity will be reduced.
The current laws and policies on drugs are flawed (l was a nurse so have a lot of interest and knowledge) and here are a few examples I know are true:
Someone recently had a severe case of shingles. Denied any kind of prescription pain medication due to doctors being reluctant to prescribe due to the opoid epidemic.
Someone who has had ADHD for 10 years has to see a physician every 90 days so they can get a 30-day-at-a-time prescription of a stimulant drug they have been taking for 10 years for which they have to show their drivers license each and every time they pick it up. And get to pay close to $300 for that drug with a coupon - every single month. And the pharmacy doesn't always have stock, so just wait and do without it until it comes in.
Have severe sinus congestion? Go buy the most effective drug for that - pseudoephedrine - and be forced to give your ID so you don't start your own meth lab on the limited quantity you are allowed to purchase.
Want to use some ephedra which was never a prescription drug? Ephedra is a Chinese shrub which has been used in China for medicinal purposes for several thousand years. It was used in the US by many for years until a baseball player (Belcher) took too much and went out in the hot sun while dehydrated and died. Never mind he had suffered a couple of heat strokes during adolescence and his half-brother died of a brain anyuerism and his father had 70% blockage of his aorta. His wife's testimony lead the FDA to ban it in the US.
Katie Couric husband dies of colon cancer - tons of invasive colonoscopies for even those at low-risk.
Your bad cholesterol edging to the upper limit? Take a statin and nevermind the many awful side effects. From what I've read and witnessed, statins are extremely overused.
The insulin patent from the University of Toronto was sold for $1 with the understanding that cheap insulin would become available. Yet many who need insulin are unable to afford today's high prices. Many recent deaths due to people trying to ration their doses to reduce their costs.
Those are just a few examples of drugs and regulations.
I would probably vote to decriminalize all drug use, especially marajuana. I would strongly consider legalizing all drug use. As for possession and distribution of large quantities of non-regulated drugs , that's another thing.
P. S.
The current state of US pharmaceuticals drive me crazy.
The Affordable Care Act drives me insane.
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Most of those are so big pharma makes more.
I heard one just. day or two ago. A new drug for Post Partum Depression. Of all teh treatments currently available many (most?) are ineffective. The new drug shows almost 75% cure in days.
J&J "requires" the patient to have tried 4 separate treatments that failed and have tried Electro Shock therapy, and THEN they can get a prescription (recommended to doctors, not required) And all of that has to happen within 6 months of delivery. It is virtually impossible to get all that done in 6 months.
And ECT? Seriously for postpartum depression? When there appears to be a cure that works in days with no significant side effects.
I really don't like big pharma much.