domingo, octubre 03, 2004

Sobreprescripción

En UK están inquietos por el gasto farmacéutico y detectan con preocupación que crece el número de personas identificadas clínicamente como enfermas:
"It is very much in the interest of the pharmaceutical industry to draw a line that includes as large a population as possible within the 'ill' category. The bigger this group is, the more drugs they can sell. If current trends continue, publicly funded health-care systems will be at risk of financial collapse with huge cost to society as a whole.
The college lists hypertension, high cholesterol, osteoporosis, anxiety and depression as examples of common conditions that, in mild forms, are often inappropriately treated with drugs".
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Tomado de la web médica de Rafael Bravo.