Although drug companies provide a necessary service I wonder if that is their foremost motivation - or is it profit. The cynical, suspicious side of me says it is 'money.' I say this because of my research regarding hypertension high blood pressure medication: once on it you are more than likely on it for life. Besides the shock of the diagnosis there is the cost of course, which is monthly.
But wait, there's more! Fifty years ago the rule of thumb to determine the safe level of blood pressure was 100 plus your age, systolic, over 90 diastolic; anything over that called for medication. Then the figure came down to 120/80, which brought millions of people worldwide onto medication. Now the figures have tumbled again to 115/75. How many more people will now be placed on drugs?
I could also write at length about doctors giving children anti-depressive medication. What does the Word say about the love of money...?!