Pharmaceutical medicine is a branch of medicine that deals with the discovery, evaluation, registration, monitoring, and clinical aspects of predominantly chemical and synthetic drug development. Most all drugs create unwanted side effects and even diseases themselves called iatrogenic illness.
Do children need repeated rounds of antibiotics for every sniffle and cough? All too many doctors are still widely over-prescribing antibiotics to children, inspite of wide spread antibiotic resistance developing.
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Many countries like Australia and New Zealand have developed a strong liking for pharmaceutical drugs to the point where we are placing one in ten on an antidepressant. In NZ, we advertise them on TV and we market them aggressively...
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In recent years, topical corticosteroids have become a standard treatment for many skin diseases. Their use is so widespread that many general practitioners will prescribe a steroid rather than make a complete diagnosis. These creams can be very difficult to...
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Cholesterol-lowering statin drugs significantly increase a person's risk of cataracts, muscle weakness, liver dysfunction and kidney failure, according to a study in the British Medical Journal.The study also confirmed that the drugs lower the risk of heart disease and esophageal...
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Prozac, the bestselling anti-depressant taken by 40 million people worldwide, which does not work and nor do similar drugs in the same class, according to a major review released in 2008. Perhaps patients are better off with homeopathic medicines that...
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