Why medical research sucks - part 2

Please note: this blog should be read in order if you haven't read the first post scroll down a bit and read "Why Medical Research Sucks" first and then come on back for another piece of the pie.

Yesterday I introduced this blog with an all too familiar scenario.

People relying on technology for everything including answers it can not hope to provide.

The concept of consulting a computer, hand held or otherwise, is revolting to me and revolting to the human spirit, especially when the data in that computer is only as good as the absolute best research that we have.

The event of 2005 which had several major drug companies withdraw some of their biggest money makers ever and called into question the ability of the FDA to even tell the truth let alone protect anyone should be all the evidence you need.

But wait there is more.

Many of you know how I battle my own medical illness with both prescription drugs which made me feel awful and then with supplements which rid me of the affliction.

So there are a couple of things you should know about medical research and how it works.

I read an interesting blurb on the internet the other day about the anti-aging field. It was published by some researchers who basically called the doctors who do anti-aging medicine like me one step away from the lunatic fringe.

Well my latest lunatic fringe, Hercules factor, is helping people trim fat off their wastes, improve their strength and feel younger while you guys are twiddling your thumbs in the lab.

Every hormone was referred to as "unproven" and every study led to one conclusion: more research was needed.

They then went on to say that their organization was dedicated to researching the effects of things like male and female hormone replacement, DHEA and melatonin.

Ok that is 4 or 5 hormones and you've been doing this for 10 years and you've found that "more research is needed"!

Which brings me to the first conclusion.

1) Medical research sucks because it never seems to prove anything

Researchers research for a living. If they prove anything conclusively their paycheck magically dries up. In many cases the need for research is determined by a company's need to sell a certain drug.

I always have to laugh when I think of the lab where Viagra was discovered. You may already know that Viagra was a drug that was supposed to fight heart pain also known as angina.

Can you imagine the first guys who came back in after taking it?

"I still have heart pain but I have a stiffy that just won't quit!"

Those lab guys must have gotten the Christmas bonus to end all bonuses that year. They had single handedly invented a new class of drugs (which by the way exist in Mother Nature as ususal) and made "recreational drug" an accepted word.
Things did get a little out of hand in this class as some folks had heart attacks and some folks went blind, they didn't work for women and the FTC/FDA had to slap their wrists for their advertising tactics.

Oh well, all in a days work for Big Pharmacy.

And that is a wrap for this blog today.

But rest assured there is more to come.

As a matter of fact I have barely scratched the surface.

I do want to say one thing.

To all of you who are doing research that is not on some drug company's leash but really is designed to find the truth, and believe me there is A TRUTH not many truths, thank you for all you do.

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Doc