Some Myths – People’s Perspective Must Change.

Worldwide, many people suffer from three major health issues — BP (hypertension), sugar (diabetes), and cholesterol. These are no longer just personal problems; they affect families and national economies. According to the WHO, about 1.4 billion adults globally have BP. Diabetes affects millions too. In this context, a doubt is growing among many:

“Is there really an effort to reduce these diseases? Or are pharma companies making people dependent on drugs for profit?”

We must examine this question with facts, not emotions.

1. Why are BP, sugar, and cholesterol rising?
The main causes are not just medicines, but: sedentary lifestyle, lack of exercise, excess salt, sugar, junk food, stress, insomnia, smoking, alcohol, genetics, and obesity. According to WHO, these are the main causes of Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs). That is, medicines don’t create the disease — lifestyle increases it.

2. Why must medicines be taken for life?
Many complain: BP medicines can’t be stopped, sugar medicines keep increasing, cholesterol drugs have side effects. There is some truth here. These diseases are often not fully curable but conditions to be managed. For example, BP medicine controls blood pressure, sugar medicine controls glucose, statins reduce heart attack risk. So medicines are about “reducing risk,” not “removing the root cause.” Suspicion grows when doctors just say “take this tablet” without explaining this clearly.

3. Do pharma companies look for profit?
Frankly, yes — the pharma industry is a business, not a charity. They are stock-market companies; profit is their goal. Issues include: high drug prices, unnecessary tests, aggressive marketing, influencing doctors, patents controlling prices. But on the other hand, antibiotics, insulin, heart drugs, cancer treatments, anesthesia, emergency medicines — these have saved millions of lives. So calling the entire pharma industry a mafia is wrong. But saying regulation is needed is right.

4. Was COVID man-made?
According to a 2025 WHO report, no final conclusion has been reached on COVID’s origin. Zoonotic spillover (from animals to humans) is a main possibility. A lab leak cannot be completely ruled out, but there is no confirmed evidence. As per WHO, “all possibilities are still under investigation.” So neither “it’s proven man-made” nor “it’s definitely natural” is final. The real issue: lack of transparency has increased suspicions.

5. Do vaccines cause side effects?
Every vaccine has some side effects. COVID vaccines also had fever, arm pain, fatigue, and rarely heart issues or blood clotting. But large-scale research shows: the risk from COVID was far greater than the risk from vaccines. Studies indicate vaccines saved lakhs to crores of lives worldwide. So yes, side effects exist, but only highlighting them while ignoring the overall benefit is wrong.

6. Where is the real problem?
People’s anger is not against medicines, but against the system: treatment after disease, little focus on prevention, dependence on pills over nutrition, lack of health education, lack of transparency, corporate influence. A weak healthcare system is the real problem.

7. What should people do?
Don’t see every disease as a conspiracy, nor every company as divine. Get second opinions. Be ready to change lifestyle. Understand test reports. Avoid unnecessary medicines based on myths. Don’t self-medicate. Don’t fall for the illusion that all social media claims are true. Make decisions based on scientific evidence. Take expert advice and follow it.

Finally: The pharma sector has flaws, profit motives, and injustices have happened and continue to happen. At the same time, modern medicine has saved millions of lives. The truth lies in between. People’s enemy is not “medicine” but ignorance, fear, misinformation, and careless lifestyle. People’s protection is not “conspiracy theory” — it is knowledge, courage to question, and balanced thinking."