Let's Talk The Hypocritical, Not The Hippocratic Oath When It Comes To Med Schools (Trees And Things)

thefadd: From The Top On Down

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 20:48:11 EST

Yeah, there's no conflict of interest in the medical field. None at all. Well, only at lik

skeeter1: Re: more leftish bullshit

Mon, 9 Jun 2008 20:04:19 EST

"It's my understanding that many poor people use the emergency room as a form of health care."

When I was working in hospitals (I did for 26 years), I remember an elderly woman coming in to the ER in tears that she couldn't afford her medication.

gerrymander: Re: and while I'm bitching...

Mon, 9 Jun 2008 12:35:03 EST

It is a well known fact that pharmaceutical companies attempt to influence the prescription patterns of doctors.

I don't deny that. But Hurley's objection is to women of that age having prescriptions at all, not just the prescribing of newer drug

Lou: Re: more leftish bullshit

Mon, 9 Jun 2008 08:11:30 EST

It's my understanding that many poor people use the emergency room as a form of health care. It's been a long time since I've been to the ER so I don't know...do they hand out a lot of free meds provided by pharmacy reps?

joshv: Re: and while I'm bitching...

Mon, 9 Jun 2008 05:55:23 EST

"One can recognize those effects as problematic without needing to construct some nationwide dastardly conspiracy of pharmaceutical companies and doctors"

I guess I am missing where anyone is invoking a "nationwide dastardly conspiracy". It is a w

postillion: Re: more leftish bullshit

Sun, 8 Jun 2008 16:44:44 EST

Copious free samples can be both a benefit and a detriment. Like so much else in the contemporary world, it's not so simple.

On the one hand, when there's a drug where it is the sole drug that can be helpful to a person, it can be a benefit to poo

gerrymander: Re: and while I'm bitching...

Sun, 8 Jun 2008 02:26:13 EST

From a health perspective, a woman is better off not taking birth control for 30 years of her life.

One can recognize those effects as problematic without needing to construct some nationwide dastardly conspiracy of pharmaceutical companies and d

ivyafire: Re: and while I'm bitching...

Sat, 7 Jun 2008 22:35:12 EST

Ah, yes. It's hard to tell who's more incoherent at that point, me, or the people speaking in tongues. ;)

Lou: Re: and while I'm bitching...

Sat, 7 Jun 2008 21:49:26 EST

It's hard to say what pisses me off more, organized religion or modern medicine.

Ye cats...faith healing must really send you around the twist.

ivyafire: Re: and while I'm bitching...

Sat, 7 Jun 2008 21:19:35 EST

Actually, there's a lot more to say, but eventually it just degenerates into incoherent ranting and I start to froth at the mouth. ;) It's hard to say what pisses me off more, organized religion or modern medicine.

skeeter1: Re: and while I'm bitching...

Sat, 7 Jun 2008 19:44:35 EST

Ivyafire--

You hit the nail on the head with that post. What more can I say?

--skeeter

ivyafire: Re: and while I'm bitching...

Fri, 6 Jun 2008 18:07:18 EST

effed up my links, let's try that again

testimonies and background
type in synthroid for patient ratings

ivyafire: Re: and while I'm bitching...

Fri, 6 Jun 2008 18:01:37 EST

Sorry, left out this sentence somehow.

Abbott Labs' aggressive marketing has convinced doctors that Synthroid is superior to natural thyroid hormones, but patients in my position have found that many of our persistent symptoms went away once we switched

ivyafire: Re: and while I'm bitching...

Fri, 6 Jun 2008 17:53:30 EST

AMEN, Josh.

My generation is all effed up from hormonal birth control. The same docs who balk at prescribing thyroid hormones that come from pigs are all too happy to prescribe estrogen made from horse urine. Why? Because a pharmace

skeeter1: Not bitchin', just sayin'

Thu, 5 Jun 2008 22:30:57 EST
In my brief time on this planet (55yrs) and in this country (USA), it seems that people have come to expect to go to the doctor and get a prescription for SOMETHING. I've had my share as well. Antibiotics and chemotherapy that may have k

thefadd: I know you're just bitchin' but...

Thu, 5 Jun 2008 20:34:00 EST
"improving health care and healthcare delivery to all people"
I heartily doubt the ASMA lives by such a laudatory goal in even half of its activities. If the poor are depending on "free samples" I think we've fallen on rather hard times.

joshv: Re: and while I'm bitching...

Thu, 5 Jun 2008 20:26:11 EST
From a health perspective, a woman is better off not taking birth control for 30 years of her life. Just read the list of possible side effects. If a woman can find other means of contraception that work for her, she probably should.

gerrymander: and while I'm bitching...

Thu, 5 Jun 2008 11:13:02 EST
What kind of moron -- I'm looking at you, Dr. Brian Hurley -- writes an article decrying "chronic medical drug use" which includes this:
Medication use for chronic problems was seen in all demographic groups:
_ Almost two-thirds of wome

gerrymander: more leftish bullshit

Thu, 5 Jun 2008 11:03:57 EST
As Dr. Brian Hurley, AMSA president, sees it if a medical school takes steps to shield students from Big Pharma's marketing messages, they will "produce doctors who provide better care to patients."
I wonder how Dr. Hurley presumes this message f