Comments on: Vitamin sales are booming at the expense of prescription drugs http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2009/04/vitamin-sales-are-booming-at-expense-of.html Tue, 14 Feb 2012 23:57:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: Anonymoushttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2009/04/vitamin-sales-are-booming-at-expense-of.html#comment-90883 Anonymous Sat, 18 Apr 2009 18:23:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2009/04/vitamin-sales-are-booming-at-the-expense-of-prescription-drugs.html#comment-90883 Those supplements aren't exactly cheap....... Those supplements aren’t exactly cheap…….

]]> By: MooreMD,MPHhttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2009/04/vitamin-sales-are-booming-at-expense-of.html#comment-90882 MooreMD,MPH Sat, 18 Apr 2009 16:19:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2009/04/vitamin-sales-are-booming-at-the-expense-of-prescription-drugs.html#comment-90882 As a Harvard Med School educated doc with an MD and an MPH, the narrow views of our profession sadden me. We idolize pharmaceuticals, despite their side effects (what happened to: First, do no harm?) while completely ignoring the potential benefits of supplementation. Our population is, for the most part, Vit D deficient - with a resultant increase in colon and breast CA, osteomalacia, preeclampsia, and depression. But we ignore this because it is a "vitamin." As far an no good studies on antioxidants... you should read more... there are good randomized double blind clinical studies:<br /><br />http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18628275<br /><br />http://ecam.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/nen048v1<br /><br /><br />But.... this objective data is blasphemy to the religion that we call conventional medicine. To Anonymous @ 12:58AM: Remember ... Lister (antisepsis), Marshall and Warren (PUD), and even E.A. Codman (father of evidence based medicine) were called "quacks" by their contemporaries. As a Harvard Med School educated doc with an MD and an MPH, the narrow views of our profession sadden me. We idolize pharmaceuticals, despite their side effects (what happened to: First, do no harm?) while completely ignoring the potential benefits of supplementation. Our population is, for the most part, Vit D deficient – with a resultant increase in colon and breast CA, osteomalacia, preeclampsia, and depression. But we ignore this because it is a “vitamin.” As far an no good studies on antioxidants… you should read more… there are good randomized double blind clinical studies:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18628275

http://ecam.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/nen048v1

But…. this objective data is blasphemy to the religion that we call conventional medicine. To Anonymous @ 12:58AM: Remember … Lister (antisepsis), Marshall and Warren (PUD), and even E.A. Codman (father of evidence based medicine) were called “quacks” by their contemporaries.

]]> By: Doc99http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2009/04/vitamin-sales-are-booming-at-expense-of.html#comment-90879 Doc99 Sat, 18 Apr 2009 14:21:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2009/04/vitamin-sales-are-booming-at-the-expense-of-prescription-drugs.html#comment-90879 It pays to remember WalMart's generic drugs - $4 for a 30 day supply. For many patients, these drugs could represent a viable alternative to pricey prescription drugs. Furthermore, $4 is usually far cheaper than those so-called supplements found in your neighborhood GNC. It pays to remember WalMart’s generic drugs – $4 for a 30 day supply. For many patients, these drugs could represent a viable alternative to pricey prescription drugs. Furthermore, $4 is usually far cheaper than those so-called supplements found in your neighborhood GNC.

]]> By: Anonymoushttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2009/04/vitamin-sales-are-booming-at-expense-of.html#comment-90875 Anonymous Sat, 18 Apr 2009 05:58:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2009/04/vitamin-sales-are-booming-at-the-expense-of-prescription-drugs.html#comment-90875 We all know docs who sell these "pseudo-meds" out of their clinics. Some are MDs, some are chiropractors, some are nutritionists, whatever.<br /><br />All have one thing in common - it's a cash business.<br /><br />There is a lot more money in being a quack than in treating patients properly. We all know docs who sell these “pseudo-meds” out of their clinics. Some are MDs, some are chiropractors, some are nutritionists, whatever.

All have one thing in common – it’s a cash business.

There is a lot more money in being a quack than in treating patients properly.

]]> By: Anonymoushttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2009/04/vitamin-sales-are-booming-at-expense-of.html#comment-90873 Anonymous Sat, 18 Apr 2009 02:55:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2009/04/vitamin-sales-are-booming-at-the-expense-of-prescription-drugs.html#comment-90873 If the FDA starts regulating supplements, the majority will go under. <br /><br />One can go into a health food store, buy empty gel capsules for pennies, fill the capsules with powdered herbs or tea powder, and call it some "nirvana" supplement. Unlike pharmaceutical drugs, there are no regulations. If the FDA starts regulating supplements, the majority will go under.

One can go into a health food store, buy empty gel capsules for pennies, fill the capsules with powdered herbs or tea powder, and call it some “nirvana” supplement. Unlike pharmaceutical drugs, there are no regulations.

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