It is an unfortunate fact of modern medicine today, that young doctors are taught to prescribe a pill for everything.
Drug companies send commission sales agents around to medical practices and convince doctors that their companys product provides incredible results, while the agent plays down any side effects, or fails to mention the important ones.
Virtually every drug produced, has side effects of some kind. A large number of drugs produce tolerable side effects. A minority of drugs have particularly bad side effects.
It helps enormously when drug companies are clear, concise, and uninhibited in providing full disclosure of ALL side effects.
Unfortunately, the primary aim of the corporate world is profit, increased return to shareholders, and increased salaries to senior management.
Patient health, and attention to ethics, morals, and honesty by revealing the full range of side effects takes a very much lower rung on the ladder if profits are going to be compromised by revealing some nasty side effects, that are better off being kept hidden.
The side effects of numerous drugs are very often downplayed, with soothing statements that only a minority suffer the side effects, whilst the majority see huge benefits.
Where a major conflict of interest arises, as in the case of drug companies being the ones telling clients the downsides of their product, the drug companies cannot be trusted to reveal the full story.