Of John B – 08/07/2014 – Journalism
… not even Aulin, a well-known anti-inflammatory drug that has been used by millions of Italians for decades. The reason why we talk about it in this column is given by the fact that the drug has been at the center of a "conspiracy theory" which demonstrates once again how the phenomenon of conspiracy is characterized by the ability to interpret any fact according to its own particular logic which always has the ultimate goal of attacking certain targets, in this case the pharmaceutical industry. To clear the field of doubts, it is good to make some preliminary clarifications. Drugs are never, or almost never, good for you.
MALE MINORE – They must always be considered as a "lesser evil" than the evil they should oppose, and it is this consideration that should always form the basis for assessing whether, from time to time, their assumption is appropriate or not. The aspirin, for example, or acetylsalicylic acid, is also used for its anticoagulant qualities to prevent heart attacks and thrombosis but this characteristic at the same time favors bleeding. It is clear that its administration will have to be taken into consideration by evaluating the weight of the two risk factors. If the risk of heart attack or thrombosis is assessed as higher and more serious than the risk of hemorrhage, Aspirin constitutes a lesser evil and therefore acceptable. The speech is the same for any drug. Another premise is that there is no doubt that an immense market moves around the pharmaceutical industries in economic terms. When we talk about a turnover of over 600 billion euros