Patients may postpone getting needed effective treatment, because they are instead relying on alternative remedies that haven't been tested, ... The second danger is that they may actually be harmful.
More Quotes from Marcia Angell:
There cannot be two kinds of medicine.Marcia Angell
According to some experts, the American Healthcare system is on the brink of failure. We certainly are in a health care crisis, ... If we had set out to design the worst system that we could imagine, we couldn't have imagined one as bad as we have.
Marcia Angell
Since 1994, any herbal remedy sold as a dietary supplement -- no matter what their real purpose -- the FDA has no authority over them,
Marcia Angell
Many drugs are prescribed outside their official recommendations, she says. Neurontin, for example, was initially approved only for epilepsy. But, after a slow start, it grew to become a US2.3 billion (3 billion today) blockbuster for its owner, Pfizer, i
Marcia Angell
Readers Who Like This Quotation Also Like:
Based on Topics: Danger & Risk Quotes, Medicine & Medical QuotesSo I will stand more steadfastly for the things I stand up for, like people who work for a living. I'd like to be able to stand that way when I go to Congress.
John Murray
Violence - look, we live in a violent world, man. This country was founded on violence. Who's kidding who?
Bruce Willis
If our society continues to support basic research on how living organisms function, it is likely that my great grandchildren will be spared the agony of losing family members to most types of cancer.
Paul D. Boyer