Reply #17: My sister worked at a Clinical Research Center

[nadinbrzezinski]

their funding for Level One, two and Three Clinical trials did NOT come from the companies, but form the National Institutes of Health.

My brother is an MD working in research, He once told me the old lie, and I mentioned the moneys from NIH that he also receives, he sheepishly concerted that I had the point.

Big pharma's medicines are developed through your and mine dollars... and they make the money and sell us these expensive drugs... which are life savers, but they also have on the tv.

For example, I am taking for diabetes one particular drug, which I saw a commercial for the other day... and I went, what the fuck is that doing on the TV? Same goes for Cialis, and the rest of them... It makes the life of doctors harder... but doc I saw this on the teeevee therefore must be good, can I get a prescription?

No, you don't need it

But, doctor it sounds great

You are a woman you don't need viagra....

One day I was half jocking with the doc on this... she looked me in the face and said... she's had female patients ask for Viagra.