The selfishness of the huge pharma corporations never ceases to amaze me. The fact that so many drugs are tested on the citizens of countries that can not afford to say no to the
United States is just absolutely awful. This is clearly not a win win situation. Many drug tests do fail and what of the guinea pig? Do they die, or suffer? Are they ever heard from again? It is just heart wrenching to imagine all of the victims of the big pharmaceutical pigs that suffer, die, or are healed while they swim in pools of crisp one hundred dollar bills. Why do we continue to be so inconsiderate of other countries and how is it just?
"If you've ever wondered why we so rarely hear of drug trials going awry in the United States, it is because we "offshore" the drug trials to developing nations who can't afford to say no.
If you've ever wondered why we so rarely hear of drug trials going awry in the United States, Sonia Shah, author of The Body Hunters: Testing New Drugs on the World's Poorest Patients (The New Press, 2006), has the unattractive answer: we "offshore" the drug trials to developing nations and to those who simply can't afford to say "anywhere but here.""--By Betsy Model, The Internationalist. Posted May 9, 2007.
The pharmaceutical industry is a necessary evil. One of my biggest beefs with them is that they often develop a wonder drug for a condition that doesn't require treatment in most cases, like restless leg syndrome; then they market the drug so aggressively that people who aren't sick become convinced that they need the drugs to be healthy and alive.
As far as human testing, it's unethical, but how often does it occur? As far as I know, most drugs are tested in randomized double-blinded clinical studies using patients who sign consent paperwork.
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Never thought too much about it I thought that it was illegal in the united states... hmm guess im outta the loop
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Ok so speaking from experience, a lot of those "human guinea pigs" are people who are looking for another kind of medication because other ones haven't helped. Since these drugs are still experimental, if you are desperate enough you enter a study. I know that being one of those "human guinea pigs" saved my life. You should think of things from more than just your point of view. Those pharmacutical companies have improved life drastically and saved thousands. But research is extremly expensive. Anyways just letting you know it's not always for the money.