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from recent post: Medical Industry Lies About Medications And Treatments. - will you elaborate on this, please? N/M

Posted: Nov 14, 2009

it's the Shocking Revelations post by Alice below; there is - nothing shocking or relevant about her post. N/M

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N/M

revealing, I mean. - N/M

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Elaboration on previous post - Alice

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What I was referring to before is the practice of medicine being big business just as the medical records portion of this industry is big business. The business of medical records is just part of the entire picture. It's no big revelation. Profit is the #1 concern. "They" do whatever it takes to turn a profit, and this includes deception, oftentimes totally legal.

Pharmaceutical companies and medical professionals don't always tell the truth. Sometimes they are directed as to what or how much information they can share with you. Other times, they are trained, truthfully or not, by pharmaceutical salespeople. At any rate, don't ever be fooled into thinking that the reason why you are offered this treatment or that treatment or this drug or that drug is solely because it is the best choice for you, because it may not be the best choice for YOU, but the best choice for the PROVIDER. Again, this is not new stuff.

Anywhere there's a buck to be made, there's likely to be a little sales "puffing" going on.

Take the treatment of diabetes as an example. Let's say there's a remedy for it that does not involve pharmaceuticals, glucometers, test strips, etc., etc. It isn't likely we'll hear about it, because it will interfere with the money making.

I just found out today that white flour contains an ingredient that contributes directly to the development of diabetes. Who would have thought? Apparently, this is not a new discovery; it's just the first time I heard about it. The ingredient is called alloxan, btw, and it apparently destroys the beta cells of the pancreas.

I mean, I've heard that white flour and white sugar are unhealthy, but the last time I visited in the hospital, the main type of bread served to all patients including diabetics was white bread.

Now, if the medical industry has the patients' welfare as the #1 consideration, why would they be feeding hospitalized patients this stuff?

Of course, there's the bottom line to consider. White bread is cheap. Profit is of most importance.

As MTs, the only thing we have control over is how we allow others to treat us. We can never assume that anyone of them is being honest with us, though.

I still love being an MT. It sure beats being the only RN on a floor with 90 patients, and a total of only four of us working on a weekend night shift. WHEW... I wouldn't go back to doing that for any amount of money.

thanks - N/M

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