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French doctors: Half of all prescribed medicines are ‘useless or dangerous’
Half of all medicines being prescribed by doctors in France are either useless or potentially dangerous for patients, according to two eminent medical specialists. They blame the powerful pharmaceutical companies for keeping these drugs on sale at huge expense to the health system and the taxpayer. Professor Philippe Even, director…
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