FIND OUT WHO YOUR DOCTOR ACTUALLY WORKS FOR!

If you thnk the money your neurologist got was all his then you need to do more research. Have you actually talked to your neurologist to find out how the funds were used? Do you know what the funds were for? Do you know why the drug companies are paying the neurologist? Have you ever been in a drug study? Do you know how the side effects are written up? Do you know what tests are done during the drug study? Do you know if the people in those studies get compensation and how much or how odten? Do you know how many people are working in those studies for the doctor? The money listed is a lot of money but it is used to cover many of the things I posted above. The reason I know that is I have actually talked to my neurologist. I have been in drug studies. I know some of the tests done before going into the study and the tests done weekly. bi-weekly and monthly. I know that there ate assistants getting paid by Doc  that work on the drug studies only. I know that in each study the doctor sees neuromous people. I also know that without those drug studies you might not have the medication you take. You see I get into some because I want the people today to have better medications then the ones I used 50+ years ago. I know how those side effects get put together. I know the tests that are done before the study starts and the tests done weekly bi-weekly and every time we went in.Do you  know how gets the fundds and how it is used.  As far as kick backs you do need to research more since both the drug companies and the docotrs have had to report the funds for years.  I know my neurologist works with a team and they are the ones that do studies in Texas. Also not every neurologist does studies.  I have no idea of how old you are but I do know that people have are not always perfectly speaking and nice every day. Did you ever think your neurologist might have been having a bad day. Did you think the medication you are taking might not be your issue. I know side effects do happen. Now do some research and find out how many people actually have them. With most side effects on most medications there are 5-8% of the people takingit that have the side effects. Which is higher5-8% oe 92-95%?? Do we let the medication work for the 92-95% or not let it even be put on the market? Look at the price of new medicatiopn in other companies and compare it to the price here. If you do that you will see the price here is higher. The reason is the testing is the difference. Do you know how long those tests were for?

Research subjects are suppose to be kept ignorant of which pill is the sugar pill.  When the studies start you don't know. I was in a study and after about a year that study was over. I started having a few more seizures about 2 months after the study was over. I thought it might have been because of the generic I was on because it was not the generic I had been using for the past year. I kept track using the diary I found in here which is why I came here. While using the diary I saw peoples questions which is why I started answering peoples questions. I called Doc and left a message about the number of seizures I was having. Hie assistant called me back with an appointment date 3 days later. I took the information I had researched and found and during the visit I showed him the info. I talked to when the seizures increased. He then excuesed himself for a few minutes. When he came back he stated it wasn't the generic. He saw my puzzled face and followed his statement with. "We need to couple your keppra with another medicatioon. During the last 6 months of hte study you were taking the medication and not the placibo. So yes the people in the study take placibos and no they arean all sugar.After coupling my keppra with vimpat the number of seizures went down farther then they had ever been including the number of seizures I had in the study.Now I understand where you are comming from but not all neurologists are like the one you had. As for drug studies you can find out which offices in your sate has them.https://clinicaltrials.gov/     or another city another city then hit enterAs for cost and being expensive try checking the cost try finding out the cost over a period of 50 years. The cost of name brand medications is higher here in the states verses the same medication in another country. well you can thank the FDA for that. The makers are asked how much tehy would ask patients after the costs of studies and everything. That coast is different only because the studies and other things are being paid for by the US patients only. The neurologists are working with the makers and FDA to get those costs applied to every country. 

Research subjects are suppose to be kept ignorant of which pill is the sugar pill.  When the studies start you don't know. I was in a study and after about a year that study was over. I started having a few more seizures about 2 months after the study was over. I thought it might have been because of the generic I was on because it was not the generic I had been using for the past year. I kept track using the diary I found in here which is why I came here. While using the diary I saw peoples questions which is why I started answering peoples questions. I called Doc and left a message about the number of seizures I was having. Hie assistant called me back with an appointment date 3 days later. I took the information I had researched and found and during the visit I showed him the info. I talked to when the seizures increased. He then excuesed himself for a few minutes. When he came back he stated it wasn't the generic. He saw my puzzled face and followed his statement with. "We need to couple your keppra with another medicatioon. During the last 6 months of hte study you were taking the medication and not the placibo. So yes the people in the study take placibos and no they arean all sugar.After coupling my keppra with vimpat the number of seizures went down farther then they had ever been including the number of seizures I had in the study.Now I understand where you are comming from but not all neurologists are like the one you had. As for drug studies you can find out which offices in your sate has them.https://clinicaltrials.gov/     or another city another city then hit enterAs for cost and being expensive try checking the cost try finding out the cost over a period of 50 years. The cost of name brand medications is higher here in the states verses the same medication in another country. well you can thank the FDA for that. The makers are asked how much tehy would ask patients after the costs of studies and everything. That coast is different only because the studies and other things are being paid for by the US patients only. The neurologists are working with the makers and FDA to get those costs applied to every country.