I think whole field of medicine is confused. On the one hand, we have some very good pharmaceuticals. They work very well for their purpose. For example, Nalox

I think whole field of medicine is confused. On the one hand, we have some very good pharmaceuticals. They work very well for their purpose. For example, Naloxone [1] is very good for reviving people who overdose on opiates Some of the modern formulations reflect profiteering [1], but this drug and its cousin (Naltrexone) are very useful. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14782221 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14782221 Two more useful generic drugs are the thyroid medications Synthroid and Cytomel. On the other hand, most commonly drugs can at best be considered 'palliative' rather than 'curative'. This article talks about the drug industry's efforts to convince people that they'll need to take maintenance drugs for the rest of their lives. It would be helpful for Medicine to undergo a "back to basics" scrap & re-write of the med schools' curriculum. This will probably take 25 years...