When will they realize that there are too many drugs? No fewer than 150,000 preparations are now in use. About 15,000 new mixtures and dosages hit the market each year, while about 12,000 die off. . . . We simply don't have enough diseases to go around. At the moment the most helpful contribution is the new drug to counteract the untoward effect of other new drugs. —Dr. Walter Modell, writing in 1961 More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email