--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu <noozg...@...> wrote: <snip> > They actually have little idea how these work but have some > "effect" mainly on raising the bottom line for pharmaceutical > companies. Lithium was brought up here
Bad example. Lithium is a naturally occurring substance and can't be patented. Pharmaceutical companies don't make much profit on it; they manufacture it only because it's the gold standard for treatment of bipolar disorder, so there's a significant demand for it. > and a friend who was given that wound up with > diabetes insipidus due to the drug's damaging effect on > the kidneys. The negative side effects of lithium are well known and have been for a long time. Anyone taking it has to have blood levels and thyroid and kidney function checked frequently.
