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I’ve been asked what this plague is. No, it’s not listed in any official list 98% of doctors do not know the most elementary basics of drug-drug interactions (DDI’s). That ignorance murders 150k Americans per year (plus those in other countries), and hospitalizes 2MM.
It’s negligent homicide. But, they have corruptly created their own duplicitous loophole. As long as they follow the ‘standard of care’, which is doing what all other incompetent doctors (pardon the redundancy) do, that is an absolute defense against lawsuits.
It’s alarming and shocking, but for me also personal. In 2017 they nearly killed me twice recently, and I lost much of the use of one eye. I’ve also been subject to a long history of other medical errors.
Combining multiple drugs can VASTLY increase DDI’s (& thus side effects). Perhaps 50x. But new drugs are never tested for DDI’s. People on several drugs are excluded from clinical trials. The FDA approves drugs w/o any information on DDI’s, which should be a top consideration.
Medical journal articles on new drugs are usually written by the PR firms of Big Pharma, overstating the benefits & hiding the risks. Big Pharma pay their editors well. Many doctors too. Medical sites blindly (or corruptly) promote the products.
What system is American is more corrupt, incompetent and deadly than this?
Now it is getting far worse. In HIV medicine, they have intentional created an artificial drug called #Tybost, to ‘boast’ other drugs. Virtually none understand the implications. They will vast multiple DDI’s. They were already murdering about 25K people with HIV per year.
Now, it will be 50K, or 100K. It’s now the ‘standard of care’, & virtually no ID doctor will question it. So, a #FrankensteinDrug, a #FinalSolutionforHIV. Not intentionally, but through vast ignorance, arrogance and blindness.
But, if you’re not HIV+, you will not have to wait long. They have proved that they can con an entire segment of the medical community, the FDA, CDC, medical journals, etc. What is to keep them from conning more. #Poison, coming to your doctor’s office.
Basic software exists, used by the few good doctors, warning about DDI’s. But is only gives the most basic info. Only 2 drugs, & only severe, moderate or mild. And not all causes of DDI’s.
Imagine, then, of software that could explain what the likely interactions will be, for multiple drugs, what is the mechanism, how intense the interactions may be, and what other drugs can be used in the same class (such as statins) that will not interact. I can do that.
But will doctors and pharmacies use it? Possible, but unlikely. I have and will contact those professors of medicine who work in this area. Some are very impressed. But can they convince the rest of the industry to change? Over the next decade, perhaps.
Be patient, I am told. Only 1.5M Americans will die unnecessarily in the meanwhile. It will result in a mean $20MM hospitalizations. And it will go a long way to solving America’s HIV problem. In fact, it will eliminate virtually the entire population on HIV meds.
My response is quite simple: F&*k that! F&*k doctors! F&*k Big Pharma, the FDA, the medical journals, and the AMA, and those websites & trashy mags that promote them. In HIV care, these include party line sites such as @pozmagazine, @PosAware, and @AIDSmeds.
So, it’s me, at War against the AMA, the medical community, most doctors and pharmacists, Big Pharma, medical sites and HIV activists.
Frankly, #TheyDon’tStandAChance
Frankly, #TheyDon’tStandAChance
