Rather than cautious optimism, what is more prudent is caution or cautiousness. This has been true all along throughout history. The good thing about the present day is that independent bodies can verify the authenticity of the active ingredients in any pharmaceutical formulation in terms their chemical compositions and dosage amounts. Pharmaceutical technological advancements have developed sophisticated instruments and procedures that enable this. This was not possible three or four decades ago. If any bogus mixture, potion or powder was dispensed by an illiterate and untrained hired help in the backroom of the doctor's dispensary nobody could find out that this was the case. Moreover, almost everybody trusted the doctors, pharmacists, midwives, helpers, quacks, etc. blindly.
Cheers, Santosh On Saturday, September 6, 2014 5:44 AM, John Gomes <johngome...@yahoo.in> wrote: > > Whilst I agree about our FDA, I would not be too sure about the stuff > > available > in our Pharmacies! You all may have heard about the Ranbaxy case in USA and > even > a sincere and experienced Raj Vaidya of Hindu Pharmacy says these days he > frankly couldn't vouch for most of the stuff available or he is selling. > Cautious optimism these days is prudent, where we are cautioned not to eat > even > eggs because hens are injected and the eggs/ stuff we eat render our immune > systems prone to anti biotic medicines rendered ineffective. And Yes, I am no > Pharmacist!.....................JEG > >
