NPR Blows the Whistle on the Invention of Osteopenia
Experts have been saying that osteopenia is an ailment which the drug companies have invented in order to sell their drugs. Recently, NPR has come up with an informative article where they have put forward few interesting facts in relation to this matter
Giselle Grayson was the person who conducted the research on this topic for NPR. In her article, she has written how Benghauser and millions of other women like her have been using the pills for osteopenia from all over the United Sates. In this article, we will tell you what she has articulated the role that the drug companies play while in the process of evolution of a disease
In the year 1992, osteopenia experts from all over the globe
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Now most of the women in the USA, who were found to have any abnormalities with their bones were diagnosed as a patient of osteoporosis and were treated with a drug which had severe side effects and is not at all reliable when it comes to preventing fractures.
In the report, it has been stated that an overwhelming number of American women who been diagnosed with weaker or thinner bones are being treated as a patient of osteoporosis. Whereas weakening of bones is a normal thing to happen after a certain age.
Later on, Merck ran different commercial advertisements to promote their drug which is supposed to cure osteoporosis. In these commercial, they deliberately featured young women to portray a different picture altogether.
It can be concluded by stating that these drugs are harmful and have severe side effects. Doctors here have a role to play. They must do a thorough research on the medicines before they prescribe it to any of their patients. It is up to them to make sure that the claims made by the drug companies are true and they mustn’t swallow their lines. The fact that there are numerous instances where the drug companies have been accused of frauds and cheats should make the doctors more aware and