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It’snotaboutme's avatar

You just knew that this was coming after their unprecedented and illegal assault on Ivermectin and HCQ. Honestly, l can’t tell you how happy l am to be retired. I would be in a constant state of rage if l was still in practice and had to follow this cookie cutter, boiler plate practice of medicine. The corporate capture of medicine has obliterated critical thinking. Just follow the algorithm. If your stumped refer. If it’s too complex give it to someone else. If its an acute but not life threatening illness, go to the ER or Urgent Care. What a shit show.

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MDJD's avatar

This is both a power grab by the government and a get richer longer scheme for the drug companies. Only the drug companies have the money to run the clinical trials required for FDA approval which means the drug companies will control how drugs can be prescribed. It also allows them to continue their patent monopolies even after the original patent expires. If they patent the off label use as a new method of treatment, obtain FDA approval so the prescribing instructions include the off-label use, they can then sue any generic competitor for inducing infringement of the method of treatment by selling the drug which will have to include the instructions for using the product in that manner. The drug companies may lose some sales from off patent uses during the life of the original patent, but they can nonetheless prevent generic infringement for decades. When the interests of the government and drug companies coincide you should expect bad things to happen.

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