Online reviews are every business's nightmare and every consumer's obsession. We rely on them as we scour restaurants on Yelp, search for power tools on Amazon, choose movies on Netflix, and shop for artisanal jewelry on Etsy. But when it comes to prescription medication, too often, we take what our doctors give us, no questions asked. That's a major problem, considering nearly 70 percent of Americans take prescription drugs, according to the Mayo Clinic. And it's especially troubling because, as comedian John Oliver brilliantly conveyed in a recent episode of Last Week Tonight, in far too many cases, the doctors prescribing those drugs are on the payrolls of the very companies that sell them.
