Regular readers of this Blog (all two of you) will remember I blasted Dextromethorphan, the ingredient in every over the counter cough suppressant awhile back as one of the most useless piece of crap peddled in the drugstore. Today's New York Times says they seem to have found a use for it, to treat people with uncontrolled bouts of crying or laughing. Seriously. Here's the link if you wanna take a look: http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/09/business/09avanirbox.html??
Of course in a related story today, the Times says that the drug industry will now go on a marketing blitz to convince people that they have this previously all-but-unknown disorder. If you're really into reading about uncontrolled crying or want a little insight into how big pharma works, you can look here: http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/09/business/09avanir.html?th&emc=th
It'll be interesting to see how they price this "breakthrough" therapy, as dextromethorphan is already available, and cheap as dirt.
2 comments:
I hope you have not stopped posting!!!
This is from back in 2005....now it is 2014 and they have commercials about people have bouts of laughing and crying....how do you know that this medication did not work???
Not trying to be critical but is there a chance that this medication DID work??
Now one thing i can actually say is that people seem to think that DXM is also good for opiate withdrawals but you have to take an UNGODLY amount lol
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