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Seven Toxic Effects of Drug Companies

I'm the first to admire the strengths and outcome were minimal to none.3. When they
virtues of the free-enterprise model as draw attention away from non-medication
it applies to drug development and sales. treatments.Drug companies sell drugs.
This model encourages drug companies to Therefore, when it comes to marketing
employ talented people and to take risks their products, they have no interest in
in developing new drugs for serious promoting -- or even mentioning --
medical problems. But let's face it, non-drug treatments. There are no
current practices also produce salespeople making the rounds of doctors'
undesirable effects.1. When their drug offices to remind physicians of the
that was wonderful last month is suddenly rigorously proved benefits of stress
no good.It's been entertaining to watch management training for migraine and
the drug companies suddenly come up with tension-type headaches, or of
new, patentable variations of their drugs cognitive-behavioral counseling for
just when their old patents are expiring. depression.4. When they hook us on
For example, since the 1970s, the Abbott samples.Doctors' offices receive samples
company has been doing a dance with of patented (high mark-up) drugs and not
different formulations of valproic acid of unpatented (low mark-up) drugs.
(used for seizures, migraines and bipolar Therefore, patients are steered toward
disorder). At first, the brand name was the expensive drugs by means of these
Depakene, but when that patent ran out, "loss-leaders."5. When they shape medical
Depakene was suddenly no good any more, practice.Drug companies aggressively
and Depakote (just barely different court the thought-leaders, like faculty
enough to be patentable) was the only members at medical schools, with
drug one should think of. Then when financial perks such as impressive fees
Depakote's patent ran out, suddenly it for speaking engagements. They also
wasn't any good, either. Now Depakote ER subsidize medical publications. The
(extended release) is the only way to effects of these marketing activities on
fly.This approach of reworking the old medical practice are not necessarily
drug into longer-acting formats has beneficial to patients.For example,
worked for other drug companies, too. For tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) is an
example, GlaxoSmithKline has gone through expensive clot-dissolving drug approved
the same dance with their formulations of for use in stroke patients. Its benefits
bupropion for depression, evolving from are modest and its risks are real (brain
Wellbutrin to Wellbutrin SR (sustained hemorrhage and death). Thoughtful
release) to Wellbutrin XL (extended clinicians might reasonably conclude that
release). Wyeth, seeing a good thing, the benefits of administering tPA do not
followed the same path with venlafaxine outweigh the risks. But this is not the
antidepressant, going from Effexor to message that comes from many
Effexor XR (extended release). It's just thought-leaders and publications.
an amazing coincidence how these new, Instead, the implication is that
suddenly-better drugs emerge just when administering this drug is a standard of
the old drugs expire and face generic care, and omitting it constitutes
competition.2. When they make us forget malpractice.6. When the sales reps push
that the older drugs work just fine.Since unapproved uses.Recently, a Pfizer sales
1954 we've had effective anti-psychotic rep told me that his company's drug,
drugs to treat schizophrenia, but pregabalin, is effective in preventing
beginning in the 1990s a series of new migraine. He shouldn't have said that.
anti-psychotics emerged, now called the Pregabalin is FDA-approved for treatment
"atypical" or "novel" anti-psychotics. of epilepsy and nerve-pain, but not
Suddenly, the older drugs -- all generic migraine. Although physicians in the U.S.
and therefore reasonably priced -- were are allowed to prescribe drugs for
no good. Only the new, patented "off-label" uses, drug companies are
anti-psychotics were any good and one prohibited from advertising their drugs
might even be guilty of malpractice if for non-approved uses. In fact, Pfizer
one prescribed an older drug (or got in trouble for pushing another drug,
continued prescribing one to a patient gabapentin, for unapproved uses.7. When
who seemed to be doing fine). Indeed, a doctors don't think critically about what
generation of new psychiatrists cycled they're doing.This, strictly speaking,
through training programs with this isn't a deficiency of the drug companies.
concept in mind, rarely writing a But because the only salespeople that
prescription for an older drug.The doctors see are for expensive, branded
alleged superiority of the newer drugs drugs, the names of less expensive (or
was tested in the recently completed more effective) alternatives may not come
CATIE (Clinical Antipsychotic Trials in to mind when prescriptions are
Intervention Effectiveness) study and written.(C) 2006 by Gary CordingleyGary
found to be absent. The study compared Cordingley, MD, PhD, is a clinical
four newer drugs to an older drug, neurologist, teacher and researcher who
perphenazine, and the differences in works in Athens, Ohio.




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