Today the New York Times ran a story on menopause drug companies that are being sued for false information and potential cause of cancer.  It is an interesting read as the evidence is not so much facts as theory.  And if you know the medical field well, then you know it is always theory and not fact.  Even a study is outdated 6 months later, a clinical trial is always under fire, and doctor recommended is as easy to get as milk at the store.

The lawsuits may have validity, and in no way do we not take this lightly, but the questions came up for us about trust.  In the medical commercials, advertisements, and marketing, when do they go from a suggestion to a trusted product?  How can “the best” easily in our mines be synonymous with “cure”?  There is alot of money to be had, and in small writing they always say is not a cure, is not full proof and has lots of side effects.  So why do we ever take medications with such high expectations?  Have we really been lied to about these things or do we as a society have a lie we tell ourselves?

I am beginning to think that no matter how up front and honest a company tries to be the end result is, it will not work for all people, and in some cases have a negative effect.  And we can bring negative effects on ourselves by taking on a lot of medications for symptoms that are not life threatening.  We need to reevaluate why we take what we do and if we even need too.  We are too quick take large amounts of medicine to stop the symptoms one day earlier, if it was the medicine at all that stop it.

Let us be careful what we put our trust in to and our expectations in medicine.  It is not all bad, it is just not all a cure.

Tags: expectations, menopause, trust