The Antibiotics Problem.....

All over the news there are stories about the antibiotics crisis. Quickly antibiotics are losing their effectiveness, as bacteria are becoming immune.

The problem is bigger then just doctors prescribing (and patients requesting) antibiotics at the first sign of a sniffle.

The real problem is Pharmaceutical companies are not putting a lot of money into researching new antibiotics.

Antibiotics do not make pharmaceutical companies a lot of money. They are sold cheap and are only taken 5,7, 10 days. That is useless to a pharmaceutical company.

Pharmaceutical companies want to research medicine you take every day for the rest of your life. It is all about Maintenance drugs. The last thing a pharmaceutical company wants to do is cure a disease. That would be a terrible business plan.

The goal is to treat (and continue treating) endlessly. Every month you (or your insurance company) send big pharma a big check. That is the plan that makes Wall Street sing and dance.

Curing diseases might make for a feel good story on the evening news but controlling Cholesterol with one pill a day (forever) is what drives capitalism.

So curing Super bugs will have to come from somewhere else.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/05/140501-superbugs-antibiotics-resistance-disease-medicine/