Convinced Quote by Christoph Wilhelm Hufeland

Good medicine is bitter to the mouth, but has an effect on the disease. Faithful words hurt one's ears, but have value for one's…

— Takeda Nobushige

“The majority of prescription medications that the doctors gave me degraded my health instead of improving it.”

— Steven Magee

“In other words, our decision making in medicine has failed so spectacularly that we have reached the point of actively inflicting harm on patients…

— Atul Gawande

All medicine is made to make you better. If it did the opposite, it would be malpractice.

— Chael Sonnen

Medicine's good for some people. Not for me.

— Shaun Alexander

The worst thing about medicine is that one kind makes another necessary

— Elbert Hubbard

“Medicine will shift from being heavily trafficked on the treatment side to the prevention side,”

— David B. Agus

But we have gone so far in the direction of over treating terminal patients that we've failed to recognize when we're doing more harm…

— Sheri Fink

And while we are on the subject of medication you always need to look at risk versus benefit.

— Temple Grandin

Without ducking responsibility, what's wrong with medicine today is that it is predicated on providing treatment, not on reducing suffering. Not on solving problems.

— Vilayanur S. Ramachandran

I agree, the world would be a better place if doctors were less enthusiastic about adopting very new drugs.

— Ben Goldacre

Though bitter, good medicine cures illness. Though it may hurt, loyal criticism will have beneficial effects.

— Sima Qian