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fredamae

(4,458 posts)
5. I agree-what concerns
Tue Jan 21, 2014, 02:11 PM
Jan 2014

me is the fact that Doctors are not always fully informed. Our Pharmacists typically have better information--but even they are not always fully informed which is Why it is So important for us to check the medicine directly from BigPharma--because yes-you're correct-they have to provide the information but apparently they may not be advised or directed to Whom exactly, How and Where said info must be posted.

Sometimes it's an adventure trying to find it-so at the end of the day---I see little difference in the results of the advisory requirements "end game" when there are easy ways to reduce/hide/avoid sharing said info by making it hard to find.....They're in compliance but that doesn't necessarily mean--we are more informed---just my opinion.
We simply have to learn to take personable responsibility to be as informed as we can possibly be by doing our own discovery.

As to herbal supplements, and yes they too are medicines in this context--likewise, the info is out there...if we seek it.

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