When you see the facts outlined in this study, it becomes very obvious that the Pharmaceutical industry is only profit motivated and the FDA is a puppet for helping them market their drugs - http://www.nature.com/news/childhood-drug-studies-show-room-for-improvement-1...


"Before the laws were passed, drug companies were reluctant to test treatments in children because such trials are expensive and difficult to conduct, and physicians could use drugs in children legally once they were approved by regulators. As a result, in 1973, almost 80% of drugs used in children were prescribed 'off label', meaning that there was no evidence-based information about how to use the drugs safely in children."

"For example, in the 1950s, physicians started using the antibiotic chloramphenicol in premature babies to prevent bacterial infections. Only after chloramphenicol-treated babies began dying did physicians organize clinical trials of the drug in newborns. The trials found that whereas less than 20% of untreated babies died, more than 60% of premature infants treated with chloramphenicol died because they could not rid their bodies of it as quickly as adults and older children could."

It's interesting to find that so many people believe that medical doctors know what they are doing when it comes to prescribing drugs. It's just the opposite. They know very, very little, if anything at all. Instead, they rely on the information that pharmaceutical company sales rep supply them with, and feel safe with the "concept" that our government regulatory agencies are looking out for us. The FDA openly prides itself on their regulatory abilities, while the death toll of Americans as a result of their drug approval process continues to climb.

"Despite this, he points out, some areas of paediatric drug testing are still not up to scratch. For instance, the American Academy of Pediatrics estimates that almost 90% of the drugs routinely used in newborns “have never been adequately studied for safety, dosing, or efficacy” in babies. The academy has recommended that the FDA recruit more reviewers who are experts in treating babies, and that it should require more studies in infants who are less than one month old."

Although some people find it funny when I refer to MDs as Medication Dispensers, I'm very serious about it. Their understanding of the physiology of the body no longer exists and that's extremely dangerous when it comes to handing out drugs. Their lack of knowledge about the drugs they prescribe likens them more to a candy dispensing machine, than it does to our concept of what a doctor should be. Think twice when it comes to taking your children to a medical doctor.