In basic pharmacology every good instructor will tell you.
1) Most if not all medications are made from toxic and dangerous chemicals regardless of their source.
2) The only difference between these chemicals being poisons and medications is dosage.
Also consider the source. AARP Every body who qualifies is well into the age group where hearing loss is a fact of life.
Ofcorse they are against the cheaper prescriptions and over the counter drugs as they heavily pushed benefit from the government run health care system.