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Comments by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
In a bold move designed to sell even more prescription drugs, the FDA has announced its intention to bypass doctors and allow pharmacists to prescribe certain drugs directly to consumers. The move would subject patients to prescription-strength pharmaceuticals even though they have not been examined, diagnosed with any condition or given any kind of non-drug treatment plan by the person prescribing the drugs. It is a "drugs only" approach that moves the U.S. medical system one step closer to what I call "drive-by medicine."
The FDA is justifying this move by explaining that pharmacists have the training and knowledge to provide "interventions" to patients. As the FDA stated in a Federal Registry notice: "Some groups have asserted that pharmacist interaction with the consumer could ensure safe and effective use of a drug product that otherwise might require a prescription. Because pharmacists have the training and knowledge to provide certain interventions, they may be able to ensure that patients meet the conditions for use and educate patients on appropriate use of the drug product."
What the FDA is not stating, however, is that pharmacists are remarkably ignorant about nutrition and disease prevention, and they receive absolutely no training on how to teach patients to be healthy without using pharmaceuticals. The entire training curriculum of a pharmacist is, of course, centered on treating symptoms with drugs. They're very good at what they've studied, and most pharmacists are quite intelligent and capable in their particular field. But no pharmacist is required to learn anything substantial about nutrition, superfoods, exercise, medicinal herbs, sunlight therapy, homeopathy or other safer, more natural modalities for preventing and reversing disease.
As a result, pharmacists are one-trick ponies: For every health symptom observed, they see drugs as the primary treatment option. If you only carry a hammer, every problem looks like a nail. If you only know drugs, every health concern looks like it needs a pharmaceutical.
What the drug companies really want: A pharmaceutical vending machine!The FDA has, for many years, functioned as the marketing branch of Big Pharma. And that explains this latest move: It's a blatant attempt to bypass doctors, allowing drug companies to sell more products directly to consumers without the possibility of being discouraged by an intelligent gatekeeper (the physician).
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