Stop hurting/killing children with prescription drugs

[scottie]

sethnintendo said:

scottie said:
You make it sound like it's a problem just for children. Adults are also over prescribed drugs as well.

Any doctor who is caught accepting money or gifts from a pharmaceutical company should lose his medical licence permanently.

While it is a problem with adults and their plight shouldn't be disregarded (I probably should have gone with a general overall prescription drug abuse), I stuck with children since they are forced to take these medications.  Adults at least have a choice whether or not to take prescription drugs. 

There are a large group of doctors on the FDA panels that are in the pocket of drug companies.  Their rule #1 is that no one should serve on the panels if they have a conflict of interest.  However, rule #2 is that rule #1 can be waived (which they usually are).  About 50% or more of the FDA panels that decide about the drugs have a conflict of interest.  You can't have good regulation if the people that are deciding are in the pocket books of the drug companies.  Basically the FDA is a joke and a pawn of the prescription drug companies.

I do agree that the problem is more serious for children, but it is still serious for adults. Particularly because it would take a brave adult to disregard their doctor's advice to take some medicine.

It's sad, and unfortunately I can see no way around the problem any time soon.