Theo Von

Yeah, absolutely. So two things about big pharma. First of all, I don't have any direct links to big pharma. You know, people think, cause I'm at Stanford, I've been accused of being part of MK ultra. I don't even know what that is, but sounds scary. You know, I don't know. I've been told I'm a CIA plant. MK ultra. I mean, that stuff is crazy. Oh dude.

Yeah, absolutely. So two things about big pharma. First of all, I don't have any direct links to big pharma. You know, people think, cause I'm at Stanford, I've been accused of being part of MK ultra. I don't even know what that is, but sounds scary. You know, I don't know. I've been told I'm a CIA plant. MK ultra. I mean, that stuff is crazy. Oh dude.

I wasn't even born. I wasn't even born. I was born in 75. Yeah, well. So Big Pharma, look, they're a business, okay? So there are drugs like SSRIs, which we will say have been not so helpful for the treatment of depression for most people, but guess what? SSRIs are tremendously helpful for people with OCD. Real OCD is a condition where the compulsion, the behavior makes the obsession worse.

I wasn't even born. I wasn't even born. I was born in 75. Yeah, well. So Big Pharma, look, they're a business, okay? So there are drugs like SSRIs, which we will say have been not so helpful for the treatment of depression for most people, but guess what? SSRIs are tremendously helpful for people with OCD. Real OCD is a condition where the compulsion, the behavior makes the obsession worse.

I wasn't even born. I wasn't even born. I was born in 75. Yeah, well. So Big Pharma, look, they're a business, okay? So there are drugs like SSRIs, which we will say have been not so helpful for the treatment of depression for most people, but guess what? SSRIs are tremendously helpful for people with OCD. Real OCD is a condition where the compulsion, the behavior makes the obsession worse.

Imagine a mosquito bite, every time you scratch it, it just worse and worse and worse, destroys lives. SSRIs have helped those people a lot. The drug companies are highly incentivized to keep drugs out of generic so that the prices come down. They do a game. I know this because I was involved in exploring drugs for eye disease years ago, and I would learn from these companies.

Imagine a mosquito bite, every time you scratch it, it just worse and worse and worse, destroys lives. SSRIs have helped those people a lot. The drug companies are highly incentivized to keep drugs out of generic so that the prices come down. They do a game. I know this because I was involved in exploring drugs for eye disease years ago, and I would learn from these companies.

Imagine a mosquito bite, every time you scratch it, it just worse and worse and worse, destroys lives. SSRIs have helped those people a lot. The drug companies are highly incentivized to keep drugs out of generic so that the prices come down. They do a game. I know this because I was involved in exploring drugs for eye disease years ago, and I would learn from these companies.

If you can have a drug that goes through all the research and development, costs millions of dollars, and then is used, say, for the treatment of a heart condition, If you can bypass the need to do all the safety studies because you discovered that that drug is now also useful for say, preserving vision and macular degeneration or glaucoma or diabetes, whatever, you save yourself a lot of money.

If you can have a drug that goes through all the research and development, costs millions of dollars, and then is used, say, for the treatment of a heart condition, If you can bypass the need to do all the safety studies because you discovered that that drug is now also useful for say, preserving vision and macular degeneration or glaucoma or diabetes, whatever, you save yourself a lot of money.

If you can have a drug that goes through all the research and development, costs millions of dollars, and then is used, say, for the treatment of a heart condition, If you can bypass the need to do all the safety studies because you discovered that that drug is now also useful for say, preserving vision and macular degeneration or glaucoma or diabetes, whatever, you save yourself a lot of money.

Same drug, you maintain the patent and you can't have generic competitors. So drug companies, I don't think people talk about this enough, are highly incentivized to not discover new drugs, but rather to continue with the same drugs and find new uses for the same drugs. That's rarely talked about. That's a serious problem.

Same drug, you maintain the patent and you can't have generic competitors. So drug companies, I don't think people talk about this enough, are highly incentivized to not discover new drugs, but rather to continue with the same drugs and find new uses for the same drugs. That's rarely talked about. That's a serious problem.

Same drug, you maintain the patent and you can't have generic competitors. So drug companies, I don't think people talk about this enough, are highly incentivized to not discover new drugs, but rather to continue with the same drugs and find new uses for the same drugs. That's rarely talked about. That's a serious problem.

The other thing about drug companies is- Because the negative side effect of that is what?

The other thing about drug companies is- Because the negative side effect of that is what?

The other thing about drug companies is- Because the negative side effect of that is what?

Because if you look at the difference between, like there are these new sleep medications called the DORAs. They shut down the wakefulness system as opposed to making you sleepy. They have a lot less abuse potential. They're like $300 a month.

Because if you look at the difference between, like there are these new sleep medications called the DORAs. They shut down the wakefulness system as opposed to making you sleepy. They have a lot less abuse potential. They're like $300 a month.

Because if you look at the difference between, like there are these new sleep medications called the DORAs. They shut down the wakefulness system as opposed to making you sleepy. They have a lot less abuse potential. They're like $300 a month.