tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10776815.post3131179477272374345..comments2024-01-31T08:27:22.773-08:00Comments on Your Pharmacist May Hate You: Remember When "These Corporations Can Get Away With Murder" Was Just An Expression?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10776815.post-83565208330110489912010-08-13T11:53:32.869-07:002010-08-13T11:53:32.869-07:00Of course, those GSK sales reps with the bolt-ons ...Of course, those GSK sales reps with the bolt-ons would buy shit for face cream if GSK told them to. <br /><br />I used to date one of these GSK dopes and she and her ilk told me that generics only have to have 80% of the active ingredient. That was their 80/20 rule. They were so stupid they didn't even believe me when I showed them the page from the FDA website regarding bioequivalency.JimZac, RPhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09986993593573355541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10776815.post-28873234578754076112010-07-22T20:12:06.231-07:002010-07-22T20:12:06.231-07:00Karen Brauer is president of Pharmacists For Life ...Karen Brauer is president of Pharmacists For Life International. She started a blog several years ago and I would go there and post comments. I was more interested in seeing changes in pharmacy that would improve pharmacist's lives. But, her primary interest, maybe only interest was about abortion and Plan B. The Avandia story is an OUTRAGE! I can't believe the FDA has left it on the market all this time. Well, I can. I once contacted them about a bad rx iron preperation that could harm a child. I had to keep calling and sending emails until the company, several weeks later, finally pulled the drug from the market. Oh..they have field offices and you have to contact a certain one. I told them the problem with the drug. All they had to do was walk into a pharmacy, pull the suspension from the shelf and pour it out and look at it. It was a messy glob. No rocket scientist needed. No hard work..just tell some FDA inspector to walk into a pharmacy and pull the bottle from the shelf...how difficult and how long should that take? After all, you have children's lives at stake!Keithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07022483048747829621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10776815.post-47925166273558035682010-07-21T17:24:52.241-07:002010-07-21T17:24:52.241-07:00Makes me wonder whatever happened to our old "...Makes me wonder whatever happened to our old "Pharmacists for Life Pal" Karen Brauer.<br /><br />Oh, I forgot. They're only interested in the unborn, not people who are already here.ThatDeborahGirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02235918238595525061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10776815.post-60412135259874529792010-07-21T05:53:12.035-07:002010-07-21T05:53:12.035-07:00A very good post. We need to question why the FDA ...A very good post. We need to question why the FDA has let the drug stay on the market when there is a better alternative. As you say, these drug companies can get away with murder. A bad drug can kill more people than the 9/11 attack. Look how Americans go ballistic when terrorists strike America, but never pay any attention when a drug company "kills" thousands more. The same could be said for our war in Iraq and Afghanistan. We have lost more American lives than 9/11 and it has cost us trillion of dollars. But, people take the emotional side, not the 'logical' side and try to weigh the consequences of actions.Keithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07022483048747829621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10776815.post-14764667275245973392010-07-16T14:07:08.133-07:002010-07-16T14:07:08.133-07:00gah.... soon you'll be telling me zetia doesn&...gah.... soon you'll be telling me zetia doesn't decrease mortality...Bretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04397581360633015660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10776815.post-37004991654605280412010-07-15T14:41:25.224-07:002010-07-15T14:41:25.224-07:00Wet Blanket,
The study only actually looked at Me...Wet Blanket,<br /><br />The study only actually looked at Medicare patients. The 100,000 number was reached from taking into account the number of people not on Medicare who take Avandia. <br /><br />Rock solid science? No. But a pretty good guidepost. And the best one we have to date. <br /><br />And to date, there is no known advantage to Avandia over Actos. None. And I have a feeling, if one could be teased out of the data they have, GSK would not hesitate to have an army of big-breasted bimbo sales reps in every doctor's office in the country letting them know what it was. On this subject, GSK's silence speaks volumes.DrugMonkey, Master of Pharmacyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17626504777714043799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10776815.post-89699184988450471782010-07-15T14:34:09.495-07:002010-07-15T14:34:09.495-07:00Ok, I looked at the study. I'm not used to re...Ok, I looked at the study. I'm not used to reading these things (that's why I read your blog), but I don't see where you're getting 100,000. In Table 7, I see 48,032 "excess events". That's still a big number, but help me out here. Where are you getting 100,000?<br /><br />I also see, in Table 4, that the incidence rate increases by roughly 23% in Avandia versus Actos. Very significant.<br /><br />I'm curious, though - is there some offsetting benefit of Avandia over Actos that might make up the difference? Like, 48,000 more died from heart problems, but 52,000 fewer died from explosive diarrhea? Just trying to figure out why a doctor would continue to prescribe Avandia instead of Actos.Wet Blanketnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10776815.post-2419348124246722832010-07-15T13:17:39.929-07:002010-07-15T13:17:39.929-07:00Wet Blanket,
I did post a link to the study that ...Wet Blanket,<br /><br />I did post a link to the study that was the genesis of that 100,000 number, which you are free to read. It doesn't cost anything to click on the links I put in. Seriously.DrugMonkey, Master of Pharmacyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17626504777714043799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10776815.post-42843565305768011972010-07-15T10:16:23.837-07:002010-07-15T10:16:23.837-07:00I filled two Rx's for avandia yesterday. I ca...I filled two Rx's for avandia yesterday. I can't help but ask out loud "why?" It doesn't even help that muchAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10776815.post-11026705705129866742010-07-15T08:00:48.233-07:002010-07-15T08:00:48.233-07:00My friend works for Walgreens and she was telling ...My friend works for Walgreens and she was telling me that with the new central fill here in AZ two pharmacists in the main fill center have 8 seconds each to review/read the script and process it. That seems like a really small amount of time to me!normienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10776815.post-42584415568321232662010-07-15T07:43:08.376-07:002010-07-15T07:43:08.376-07:00Ok, first, GSK is so far in the wrong here that th...Ok, first, GSK is so far in the wrong here that they can't even see "right" from where they're standing. <br /><br />But now a quibble. 100,000 heart-related problems because of Avandia. But how many more heart-relate problems is that than those people would have had using Actos? If we're going to use "number of people harmed" as a measure of evilness, I think we need an accurate number.Wet Blanketnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10776815.post-87072638798548423002010-07-15T06:00:05.505-07:002010-07-15T06:00:05.505-07:00Al Queda sold stock before its death spree and the...Al Queda sold stock before its death spree and there were people who made a ton of money. Nothing ever came of the investigation, but it was clear that an unusually large amount of short selling happened prior to the attack. This ain't conspiracy theory; you can look it up.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10776815.post-22046138389230148272010-07-15T05:23:32.078-07:002010-07-15T05:23:32.078-07:00The best was the "patient" who gave a sp...The best was the "patient" who gave a speech in defense of the drug saying how he owes his life to Avandia.<br /><br />I'm sure the author of that speech was employed by GSK.<br /><br />I just don't understand it. There is another drug out there (Actos) that is in the same pharmacologic category, is equally effective in lowering A1c, has a better lipid profile, and doesn't cause heart attacks and strokes. Therefore, what the hell is the point of Avandia?<br /><br />That sets a nice precedent, huh?Pharmacy Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06988761844897996541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10776815.post-29895131779729713402010-07-15T02:02:09.939-07:002010-07-15T02:02:09.939-07:00if this was facebook, i would like this. as it is,...if this was facebook, i would like this. as it is, i like it anyway.Nurse Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15831620684727151123noreply@blogger.com