Do you think the sun shines out of the pharmaceuticals' backsides?

Question

when it comes to 'make me feel better' pills
so to speak ...

i don't because as for all this being a scientific thing ... neurochemistry is a very inexact and young addition to the bastions of science. And they really ain't no clue on the variables they are dealing with so how can they be so sure?
And the fact that it works for the majority is no solace to me. I'm much more bothered by the fact they ain't even asking why an amphetamine-like substance should calm over-active kids down.

"The body bears the burden" ... and no drug is gonna change that.
What you think?

demnity ... in all my seriousness i did forget about some of the side-effects. Bless them he? :-)

demnity: Had to dig but you should get out of the sun i reckon ...There are lots of neurochemicals, and the ones you're interested in are called neurotransmitters...
Part of a best answer to one of my previous questions.


We're still unravelling the signalling systems and such of the brain, and the more we learn, the more complex it gets.

The big thing you have to realize is that the most recent data indicates that it is highly probably that the brain's chemistry is what is called (mathematically) deterministic chaos. What that means is that any single small step is totally describable, and its immediate outcome is totally predictable, but when you expand to dozens or hundreds of steps, across large areas of involvement, it gets 'way out of hand, and the error of the estimate becomes larger than the estimate. How environmental influences affect this is really tough to analyze, given the massive complexity and the incompleteness of our data.

This was the question:
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Answer 1

Neurochemistry is far from inexact - just look at the specialist research center at Glaxo Smith Kline, for example. Yes, the sun shines right out of their backsides! All pills bright and beautiful, all tablets large and small, side-effects so wonderful, I thank God for them all....

Answer 2

I am on plenty of heart meds without which I would be in dire straights. I also take anti-depressants which do work to make me feel better with few side effects and allow me to get on with my life. Then on the other side of the coin we have a drug like valium or diazepam to which many people were addicted and was harder to come off than heroin.So the pharmaceutical industry do have some extremely good points and a few bad-'uns. I think a lot of people though are used as guinea pigs for new drugs without being asked.

Answer 3

No, I don't trust any large company, pharmacuetical or not. My gut reaction is to distrust mood-altering pills, but a close and dear family member has been depressed for many years, and has finally, after much consideration, embarked on a course of anti-depressants.

I will be happy if he is happier, of course, hate to see him suffer. And yet...

Answer 4

Some drugs may help some people with particular medical conditions.
But we need to grow out of the idea that there can be a 'pill for every ill'

Answer 5

GP's must love them,,imagine all the back handers they must get to push all the pharmacuticals on us the ailing general public,,are we not just guinea pigs for the drugs companies and a good source of income for the Gp'S

Answer 6

Yes I do!! and Demnity your quite right how would we get along without them i know, I've been there, and i like your rhyme!!!

Answer 7

No Way.

Answer 8

no