Taken from February 2008 The McDougall Newsletter http://www.drmcdougall.com/
I am outraged that no serious action is being taken by medical doctors to stop the conscious killing of patients by the pharmaceutical companies. Responsible physicians need to stand up—we swore an oath to protect our patients—to keep their welfare as our highest priority—not to safeguard the earnings of any industry. Research over the past four decades has consistently shown that intensive drug treatment will lower risk factors, such as cholesterol, blood sugar, and blood pressure; but will also cause patients to die sooner, albeit, with better looking numbers. So far, any changes in medical practices resulting from all this bad news have been imperceptible. In fact, most of my colleagues, without taking a single dime, readily come to the defense of the drugs they prescribe, and their manufacturers—the others take a bribe.
In general, people who have elevations of cholesterol, blood sugar, and blood pressure, known as risk factors, have a greater chance of having heart attacks and strokes in the future. These elevated numbers are the signs of disease, not actual disease. During my forty years in the profession (I started medical school in 1968), I have never seen a patient die of high cholesterol, high blood sugar, and/or high blood pressure. These people die from rotten arteries, manifesting as strokes and heart attacks. Drugs won’t heal the sick arteries. The reason pharmaceutical companies sell drugs that treat the signs of diseases is they can.
The reason they don’t sell drugs that cure the underlying diseases is they can’t. To compound matters, medications cause “warning messages” to disappear, leading many people to a false sense of security. As a direct result, they fail to take appropriate actions to improve their diets and lifestyles—measures that would make real differences. During patient interviews (a history I take when people come to my 10-day, live-in program), I often notice that the “disease portion” of their data sheet is left blank, while their medication list is extensive. I ask, “Why have you left this section about your diseases blank, when you are taking three medications for high blood pressure, two for diabetes, and a statin?” Their answer: “I don’t have these problems anymore, since I started taking these drugs.” They believe they have been cured because the “warning messages” are gone. But this deduction is contrary to common sense and the results of extensive scientific research.
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