Why are there so many unsafe medicines on the market these days?
822229
All medications are chemicals. Many of them have more side effects than they have actions on the medical conditions they were prescribed to alleviate. Because of litigation, no drug manufacturer deliberately produces a dangerous medication. It simply happens because the FDA cannot test long enough.
1183271
We do so all the time.  New medicines to extend our lives and treat diseases.  New products that are safer to everything than what we currently use.  New materials that can protect people in dangerous situations (combat, construction, etc).\nEverything is a learning experience.  Mistakes have and will continue to happen.  Rather than scream about them, the best thing is to learn from them.
1064018
YOU'D BE WISE TO CHECK WITH YOUR LOCAL PHARMACIST !  BETTER SAFE THAN SORRY OR DEAD.
82219
Pricing is declining, although most of the people rely on insurance or Medicare to purchase this kind of stuff and buy them directly to the manufacturers (prices between 3,000 to 6,000 USD!). Also expensive matter are the accesories or the insulin itself you need afterwards.  Today about 300,000 insulin pump users in the world.\nTry in some webpages for more info.
1178570
Most definitely, but not in a paranoid sense. Its human nature, heirarchy, divine right. Humans are a crafty sort, when you group the crafty rich ones together, they realise how much they enjoy their lives walking (or in some cases steam rolling) over humanity. I personally believe that were all being slowly poisoned in one form or another, with the pharmaceutical companies and medical sector to benefit... check out knowmore.org and look at bayer and dow's track record alone... (The part about toxic/carcinogenic chemical legislation is scary) have a bucket and towel handy. But to answer your question less rhetoricaly, the over-population crisis is and has been slowly spiraling out of control without any form of boundaries. What better culprit than cancer to take care of that problem?  (oh, the rate of cancer a hundred years ago compared to now would definitely support that)
571276
Pharmacies are not the only businesses that do this.  It is partially done for security and has a psychological impact on the consumer that conveys a feel of authority and professionalism.
214093
There will be so many pharmacists that competion among them will be very rude. Rises in the price of drugs will certainly discourage people from visiting pharmacies as they would prefer to obtain them for free at the hospital. Thus, less profit will be gained by the pharmacists.
1091637
Absolutely not. Did you know that the pharmaceutical industry takes in more money than all other industries combined? They have a drug for every symptom a person could possibly have. Whatever happened to "sweating it out"? Maybe we'd be a healthier people if we didn't take so many pills. They want us to be scared of natural plants (marijuana: which is given to people with cancer and aids) but they want to cram all kinds of lab-created drugs down our throats. They make me sick (please excuse the pun).
148859
Be really careful ,there are a lot of sickies out there!
976665
There needs to be more education particular in third world countries about the possible consequences of unsafe sex - HIV/AIDS being one of them.\n\nIn developed countries, try to stop needle sharing between drug users to bring down the spread of HIV/AIDS.
61148
If a herbal medicine can pass the same trials regular medicines do, they will be accepted by the scientific community in the same way regular medicines are.\n\nThe "alternative health" community would have a lot to gain if their products went through trials, and were proven effective. In many cases, they are openly hostile to trials because they know their products do not work, and they are skirting around this with weasel words on their packaging like "thought to do X", or "has been used traditionally to do Y".\n\nScientists are not opposed to herbal medicine working, they are opposed to products which are not proven in trials to be effective being promoted as such, possibly directing people away from a treatment which is known to work.\n\nHerbalists often claim their products are safer. This is untrue, there have been dangerous products found on sale in herbal medicine shops, and natural doesn't mean safe.
185595
It's best to go to your doctor about this sort of thing, because certain medicines etc can be dangerous to one person, but fine for someone else.
435932
i'm not, but it's not just psych drugs that people are turning to, it's other medications as well.  advertising does wonders.
1107009
Like most drugs, there will always be someone who can't tolerate it.  There are some people that develop bleeding problems when taking this medication.\n\nHowever, if you've had no problem with it and don't take a higher dosage than recommended or don't take it more often then recommended, it is safe.\n\nAs with any drug, if you abuse it, you will have problems with it.
559358
I've never had a problem in 2 years, you just have to be careful that your drug is really what it is supposed to be. Stick with western Europe or Canadian pharmacies, they have standards similar to ours.
5322
Any drug is not safe, all have side effects.  Statins are mainly safe and there are alternatives also.
1094962
The only valid reason for any prescribed medicine would be a serious impairement.  Otherwise, all medication should be weaned down and eliminated.  We are made to be healthy.  We are not made to be sick.  With reasonable eating and exercise, most of us can handle daily life pretty well.