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That is the point. Drugs x, y, and z are all the market. They do the same thing with the same side-effects for the same cost. An ailment that the drug cures pop
by noxToken 10y ago
That is the point. Drugs x, y, and z are all the market. They do the same thing with the same side-effects for the same cost. An ailment that the drug cures pops up in someone's life. When they go to the doctor, they can ask specifically for drug z, because they saw drug z in a commercial.
If our drugs, for all intents and purposes, are the exact same, then there is no point in a doctor prescribing drug x or y when the patient specifically asked for drug z.
- randcraw 10y agoAny two drugs are most definitely not the same unless one is a generic of the other. And even then, because different manufacturers package drugs differently, this can slightly affect a compound's delivery. Even when two drugs use the same mechanism of action (an agonist or antogist toward the same receptor active in the synthesis of a target protein), different generations of drugs often produce significantly different pharmacodynamic profiles of efficacy and toxicity that affect people differently. A good example are the diabetes drugs Actos vs Avandia -- same MoA (glitazones), but the latter has proven to be toxic. Fact is, no two drugs are the same, unless they both do nothing.
- noxToken 10y ago> If our drugs, for all intents and purposes, are the exact same This include the above. The point was that the drugs are the same in every way possible. Although this is most certainly not the case for drugs x, y and z, our example hinges on them being the same. Otherwise the doctor always should prescribe the best medication for the given situation.
- alkonaut 10y agoIf there are multiple treatments/drugs that achieve the same thing then the job of the SG is to recommend which to use. Usage of anything else should be viewed with a healthy amount of suspicion.