What's Up Doc? - Adam

What's the deal with medicine? I don't know if I buy into the pharmaceutical industry. Do I think the whole thing is just a bunch of placebos? No but I certainly think some of it could be avoided.

I first started thinking this when the Restless Leg Syndrome ads hit my TV. wtf is this? your legs feel the urge to move? I mean everyone gets that every now and then is the only option a pill?

Recently I've been seeing ads for Lovaza some new pill that is suppose to cut down on Triglycerides or too much fat in the blood as the handsome doctor informs me on TV in his cool underwater research lab. He then continues to tell me that the pill has not been down to prevent heart attacks or stroke... so what's the point of the pill then? This is a serious question because I know nothing about this stuff and from the sounds of it this pill gets ride of fat in my blood but doesn't prevent strokes or heart attacks so it just gets ride of triglycerides which apparently don't put me at risk for anything...

I don't know if I buy into all this pill non sense and I'm usually not one for conspiracies but pharmaceuticals is a business just like any other and its main goal is customers to use the products. When I have a head ache or allergy season or a stomach ache the last thing I do is run to the pill cabinet. Maybe I'm wrong but if nothing else it keeps my pockets heavy.