Dr. David Fajgenbaum

use to change the industry that seems locked in tradition yeah i mean the biggest roadblock is that the drugs that we already have 80 of them are generic which means it's not profitable to find a new use for them and so no one's going to advance those non-profitable opportunities so someone's got to do it you know as you said earlier you know we're going to do that but what can you do you know as as he asked you can ask your doctor you know is there anything else that maybe is approved for one other disease that can maybe help my condition

Connect with disease organizations for whatever the condition is that you or your loved one has.

They oftentimes know about these other medicines that could be used.

And then just be relentless.

If your first doctor tells you that they're not going to help you out or be able to get you that medicine that might help you, go see someone else.

It's the right question.

I think that you're right.

I think that some of these concierge doctors, they definitely put more time and effort in.

I mean, that's sort of part of the value you get from seeing one of those doctors.

But I'd also say even outside of that, just within the traditional insurance system, there's

there are some amazing doctors out there, but you gotta find them.

The chance that the most amazing doctor for your disease is down the street from you is probably pretty low.

If you've got a bad cancer or a bad, rare disease, you might need to get in your car and drive to find that person.

And I think that we all, when we get sick, we all want our doctor, our local doctor, whoever it is, to have all the answers for us, to be able to take care of us.

But for a lot of these really bad diseases that are really hard to figure out,

Sometimes you got to find the expert and you got to take that extra step that you don't want to take.

You know, you want to trust your local doctor, but I think that sometimes you got to do that extra step to find the right person for you.

Yeah.

I think the first thing is a Google search.

Whatever your disease is, throw that into Google.