The ill-pill...

As a doctor, I always make an effort to keep my prescriptions small and restricted. And on instances even sending back patients, discontented, telling them they do not need medications for their complaints. The reason is, in India, there are hundreds, if not thousands, of drugs which are useless, if not dangerous... Worthless drugs include STATINS, the most fashionable and doctor-friendly anti-cholesterol drug. Similarly, many anti-inflammatory drugs, pain-killers, cardio-vascular drugs, anti-diabetics, drugs for osteoporosis, contraception, muscular cramps and tobacco addiction are futile... the reason they’re doing the rounds is because of the pharmaceutical companies who keep this drugs moving for their own profit... Wall Street has three major players – Pharmaceuticals, Oil and Banking... and the pharma industry is the most lucrative, the most cynical and the least ethical of all the industries... There is no pill for every ill but there is definitely an ill following every pill...