In the early 2000s I met up with an ex-researcher who had come from a top 5 Pharma from overseas - I learnt a lot about Statins and what was in the public domain and what was not. Some predictions were made about what MAY come out in the next two or three years given what that person knew.
Also something I uncovered (personally) unfortunately is a drug being used in estimated 80%+ of all nursing homes/retirement homes in Australia is a drug ONLY LICENSED for use for teenage psychotics by the FDA. Johnson & Johnson marketed in the US (and worldwide) for use by elderly - or rather use ON elderly to boost their profits as the teenage psychotic market was simply not big enough.
These drugs are more or less banned for use on elderly or high blood pressure or stroke survivors etc overseas. Many hundreds of millions in fines later and criminal cases in the US - they are used everyday in Australia - RIGHT NOW.
Unfortunately too many people want to believe that all doctors really know or care what they are doing. The reality unfortunately is different.
Just as I recommend when ringing a call centre - when dealing with the medical fraternity - take a notebook, date, time, name and write down whatever you think is relevant. Makes a big difference to the degree of care that ends up being taken.
My problem, unfortunately, was not knowing every question to ask.
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But started practicing how to sit yesterday, which is going ok except that its far too exciting to sit still for more than a second.
