Očito pogađa "u žicu". Fora mi je potom gledati koja ekipa viče "dršte lopova", kao da je ostatak foruma nepismen pa ne može razlučiti o čemu se zapravo radi. Uzgred, ovo gore je članak, a ne laž. Bez obrazloženja koji dio ne odgovara nečijem svjetonazoru i zašto - to je i dalje članak.

Gore opisana pojava je univerzalna. To je prepoznala i WHO, a u novom dokumentu Promoting safety of medicines for children (pdf, 1 MB) se konačno hvataju u koštac s raspojasanim tržištem lijekova, barem kad su djeca u pitanju. Dokument su pisali stručnjaci iz Irske, Njemačke, Švedske, Novog Zelanda, SAD, Brazila, Filipina, Kine, UK i Maroka (mujice, fakat nema Hrvata :? ). Dokument govori o upotrebi medicine u svojem najodvratnijem obliku: trovanje djece. Indikativno je da se nisu usudili dirati "svetu kravu": cjepiva. Za to izgleda još uvijek nemaju snage.

Samo par ulomaka:

§1 "Pharmacovigilance is the science and activities relating to the detection, assessment, understanding and prevention of adverse effects or any other possible medicine-related problems (1). For the purposes of this document, anadverse reaction to a medicine (ADR) includes not only reactions occurring during normal use of medicines, but also reactions due to errors in medicine administration, non-adherence, overdose, off-label use, drug abuse and adverse effects due to the use of traditional and complementary medicines.
It does not address the paediatric use of vaccines. Separate WHO guidelines on safety monitoring of vaccine use in children will be developed in the future."

§2.1 "The following problems occur with the use of medicines in the treatment of children and adolescents:
- Often, medicines used are off-label and unlicenced.
- Over-the-counter, traditional and herbal medicines are readily available, but their use is generally not evidence-based and is often inappropriate.
- Counterfeit and substandard medicines are widespread.
- Abuse by teenagers occurs with non-medical prescription of legal medicines and illegal drugs.
- New and innovative medicines are available with a paediatric indication, but with no evidence of long-term benefit and risk, e.g. the biological agents used as disease modifying antirheumatic medicines, such as etanercept.

Additionally, in resource-poor countries the following may apply:
- No treatment may be available, particularly during times of war and civil strife.
- Medicines may be available through illegal street vendors.
- Medicines are used in public health driven programmes e.g. for the treatment of endemic infectious diseases such as HIV/AIDS, malaria, tuberculosis and for parasitic diseases."

Sumarum:
Događaju se pozitivni pomaci kroz prepoznavanje uzroka problema. Medicina u sprezi s marketingom je problem, a bez medicinara u pronalaženju rješenja - sigurnije je medicinu izbjegavati. Dovoljno je samo pratiti vijesti
(recimo, upravo odbaciše "cjepivo" za HIV - uzrokuje povećanje broja oboljelih)