All of us believe that as medicine advances, IVF pregnancy
rates will constantly keep on improving, and this is perfectly normal. After
all, science does progress , and IVF pregnancy rates today are much better than
what they were 10 years ago.
Unfortunately , this expectation also gives rise to the
phenomenon of treatment creep . Doctors start introducing all kinds of new
ancillary procedures , even though they haven't been proven to be effective.
Part of the problem is that many doctors are very
optimistic that something which is new will be more effective better than the
current solutions. We are always under pressure to try out the latest technique
, and most doctors are competitive, and happy to be the "first" one
to introduce something new !
The pressure to "publish or perish" also means
that researchers and scientists spend a lot of money on publishing positive results
papers in academic journals. Sadly, most of these results can't be replicated
by others !
Both pharma companies and medical device companies are also
happy to sell what's new. After all, they can charge a premium for this, which
means they advertise and market this heavily, at medical conferences and in medical
journals.
Doctors are under a lot of pressure from patients to do
something new - or something different. After all, what 's the point of trying out the
old stuff again, if it has failed once ?
And because doctors are human and get carried away by their
anecdotal successes , it's easy for them to justify doing new procedures, even
when they haven't been proven to be helpful. And the fact that this gives them
an excuse to charge more is icing on the cake for them !
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