In general, the chief power physicians have over the rest of us mortals is
their power of the pen. They frequently hide their incompetence using this
power. I believe that everyone should have the right to ingest anything they
want without getting someone else's permission. Then physicians would have
to make their living by demonstrating their superior knowledge and
competence.

If some of us poisoned ourselves, well, so what? The society is better off
without our stupidity, so nothing is, in the long run, lost. Next life, we
will either take a physicians advice, or inform ourselves better.

Whenever I can buy what I need from the internet, I do. And, in spite of my
(very good) doctor, I always look up what I am prescribed using Google,
first, before I ingest it, to make sure that He hasn't inadvertently tried
to poison me. That is just plain common sense. Many doctors, in large health
plans, such as Kaiser, wouldn't even know if you dropped dead, because they
see many patients only once anyway.....With this kind of lack of feedback,
they can go through life poisoning all the people they want. And, of course,
vets are even more immune to being held accountable for their mistakes. -
Take care, and watch our for your own rear end......

Bill Graham, Salem, Oregon

Ted Davis wrote :

That is very useful information thanks very much.