<p>KA, the Pharmaceutical industry can make a higher profit from less effective drugs. Obtaining a patent is very expensive, and if it runs out, it becomes illegal. If the drug cannot go through the FDA trials after the expiration of the patent, that potentially life saving drug cannot be put on the market. While we do have good medical technology in this country, it is not as best as it can be. If it were, doctors would be out of a job. People would not have to go to hospitals or seek medical treatment. Why create a life-saving drug, when you can create something that will solve one problem and create another problem, in order to keep generating profits? Ever go to the the doctor and receieve a shot, only to become ill, then they prescribe anti-biotics to solve that problem, but then that anti-biotics creates side effects, and the cycle continues. One reason I do not use pharmaceuticals, but instead use the natural approach.</p>