The Debate About Doctors Giving Out 'Fake' Medicines

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I dont think that the doctors should be giving out fake medicine because what if the patient gets really sick form the disease and then they c0ould die and it would be on the doctor. The patient has the right to get the right treatment and the proper treatment. They dont need to be a test study fro the doctor to prove that the mind controls the type of pain the person is in. If the person wants the real thing then they deserve it. They should have a chance to get treated and have a chance to live and be alive for as long as possible. Yes sometimes it might work but what if the patient started to get worse and worse until it is to late and they die. Doctors need to think about what could happen and try to treat the patient for what they have. People could die from the doctors trying to save money and not perscribing the right thing and they could ruin the life of not just the patient but also the lives of their family.No one deserves to get the fake treatment and not get what they need to live so why should the doctors try to trick them into thinking that they are getting the real thing. No matter how much the drug costs the patient deserves to get the proper treatment. No one deserves to be tricked into thinking that the treatment costs to much and not get the medicine they need just because of money. Can you put a price on a life? I don't think you can and it isn't right to just to try and do a study on innocent people that need care. When you look at why people go to the hospital and you think why they are there what do you come up with? I think they are there so they can get treated and know that they aren't being cheated out of the healthcare they pay for. No matter what a doctor thinks about how pain is related to the mind the person still should have a choice on weather or not they want to get a fake drug or the real thing to help save and fix their lives. Every one that I know only goes to the hospital is when they really need to. So why should they not get the real treatment theat they came to get. If I ever found out that I was getting a fake drug i would go to the hospital and tell them to give me the real thing so that I can heal and have my health restored. This is what i think about the fake drugs that the doctors think will help the person. I would want the real treatment and not get cheated by the health system.

Placebo? Shmacebo.

I'll take a placebo over avoiding the doctor all together. Sometimes people need a push to take their health into their own hands, and this is one method. Not to mention the ever-growing list of antibiotic-resistant bacteria that are created everytime you down an unnecessary Z-Pack for a runny nose. Still, I don't think pharmaceutical companies deserve a dime of payment when people are issued a placebo, they get enough of our money as it is.

Pharmaceutical Companies

Is it ethical for pharmaceutical companies to spend more money on advertising their wares on television and elsewhere than to spend the same money on research?

At the rate we are going a cure or cures for Cancer will never be found, but we will all have witnessed hundreds of advertisements for Big Pharma wares.

The fear of losing patients

The common perception among physicians is that patients come to the office with the expectation of receiving treatment, particularly in the form of a prescription. The physician will prescribe something out of fear that if he does not he will "lose business" because the patients will go elsewhere to get the treatment that they feel they are entitled to receive. Patients may not be satisfied with being told that there is nothing wrong or that what is wrong cannot be effectively treated with a prescription or a shot.

Part of the reason for this attitude is the fact that physicians have used this expectation of treatment as a means of making patients come for visits even when they are not needed, as in the case of a simple viral infection such as a cold or a minor ache or pain.

Medical greed and deception

If you visit a doctor and he say there is nothing wrong with you, how much would he charge you for the visit? If he prescribes you medication, will he also charge more for the visit? See how the scam works... Greed and deception aren't only on Wall Street....

If you want the placebo effect, go to the internet and read. Prescribe yourself some foods and supplements, but don't pay a doctor for that service. It's nuts to do so. Makes you into a chump! No reason for this in the 21st century.