[jcranmer]

> I think a possible reason why medical research prefers a pill that works forever for continued use is that if you buy something cheap twice in your life and it fixes whatever needs fixing the pharma industry can't make money off of you the same way they can put you on antidepressants for life.

Drug discovery is difficult enough that the pharma companies don't have the ability to make a meaningful choice between fix-once-and-you're-set-for-life versus manage-symptoms-forever.