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Originally Posted by NuclearFart
Are they not medical professionals first? They didn't do 4 years of rigorous post secondary to become a profit driven 7-11 who sells whatever even if it harms their customers.
Would you be OK with a medical physician doing this sort of activity?
If they want to be part of a medical team with some of the perks accorded to physicians, they need to act like it. This responsibility extends to vetting the "medical" products they sell and being proper health advocates.
I understand these products are currently being put on the shelves by the franchise, but it should be the duty of their regulating authority/professional organization to do their job on a global level and advocate for patient health. Pleading ignorance and passing on the duty to someone else is not a valid reason when their core responsibility to patients is all things medication.
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I hear your concern and share it, but if we're going to say that the position of the regulatory bodies is to regulate which kinds of Medicine are sold, I think the Alberta College of Physicians has a much bigger job ahead of itself.
The College of Physicians and Surgeons does not prevent these doctors from actively practicing much worse than selling placebos:
Dr Bruce Hoffman
http://www.hoffmancentre.com/dr-bruc...hb-faarfm.html
Dr Natasha Iyer
www.calgaryhormonedoctor.com
evolvewell.ca features a number of licensed physicians offering chelation, nutritional iv therapies, etc.
doctortrethart.com
More chelation therapy and hair analysis
lynnemurfinmd.com
More "optimization therapies"
Look. I see the problem and so do you. I'm not hiding it here and I spend my time explaining to people it's unnecessary. I also spend a good portion of my time convincing patients that clearly have a cold that they may not need the antibiotics they just got prescribed. I could make a whole lot more money if I didn't have ethics.
But before you admonish my profession and organization on it's ethical duplicity, maybe look at your own. It's a problem with pharmacy I'd love to solve too. I'm not going to spend more effort on here defending my profession because I'm very, very proud of the work I do and of my colleagues.
This problem needs to be a federal health solution. Natural Products Directorate had been an unmitigated disaster that led us here and I'm in it for my patients the same as you. Toys R Us sells Tylenol beside their homeopathic fever remedies too. As does every grocery chain, and even many convenience stores. That doesn't excuse pharmacies involvement, but it does put in perspective my options. Shall I not work then? If so where shall I practice?
I'd gladly discuss much bigger issues that pharmacists need to address such as OTC codeine products, etc, but I'm not sure a social media mob is the way to go with that.