tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10776815.post6113484804447584426..comments2024-01-31T08:27:22.773-08:00Comments on Your Pharmacist May Hate You: The Latest Approach To Cure An All Too Common Disease. Fat Wallet Syndrome.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10776815.post-19184527744875468032010-06-13T11:20:32.598-07:002010-06-13T11:20:32.598-07:00Thank you for the rattlesnake/mountain lion analog...Thank you for the rattlesnake/mountain lion analogy. I can't wait to use that when I teach students about studies and stats. Awesome!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10776815.post-6475584550393449012010-04-01T20:07:40.412-07:002010-04-01T20:07:40.412-07:00I know that this is controversial, but the 638000 ...I know that this is controversial, but the 638000 number is based on Crestor and the result is generalizable to any statin so lovastatin at about 1/3 the cost is going to be less. Also, the JUPITER study's inclusion criteria included people with no risk factors so including the need for one additional risk factor also decreases the cost/MI avoided. Other endpoints also showed declines. All in all the cost per MI or stroke avoided is probably closer to 200k and that just might meet cost utility analysis threshold of 50k/QALY.Elliotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08947512500100910895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10776815.post-8471945308466715532010-04-01T19:56:24.609-07:002010-04-01T19:56:24.609-07:00You forgot to add that Crestor should be bought by...You forgot to add that Crestor should be bought by local municipalites and placed in the drinking water. For folks that live in the country, there should be Crest-a-Cola for them to drink every day. Babies get an ounce, children 4 ounces, and adults get a pint. You also forgot to mention that it should be bottled as a tonic and cure all for everything that ails you and you could call it Rattlesnake Tonic. Add a little alcohol to the bottle and that will soothe everyones nerves so that they will not worry about any side effects from the drug. :)Keithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07022483048747829621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10776815.post-25225971923532009802010-04-01T19:13:57.806-07:002010-04-01T19:13:57.806-07:00What will you do if your C-reactive protein is hig...What will you do if your C-reactive protein is high besides take a drug for it? Are they going to have some genetic testing available soon, so you don't marry into it?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10776815.post-76176942795699674922010-04-01T17:05:31.753-07:002010-04-01T17:05:31.753-07:00It's just another way to tack on a new indicat...It's just another way to tack on a new indication to extend the patent (we seen it with Plavix...).<br /><br />Don't they ever consider that an inflammatory condition requires, oh I don't know...an anti-inflammatory agent. Just tell people to stick with their baby aspirin or NSAID's.DKLAnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10776815.post-68448389581181972010-04-01T16:07:15.149-07:002010-04-01T16:07:15.149-07:00That particular study was the paper topic for my j...That particular study was the paper topic for my journal club in class this semester. We're just 8 2nd year pharm students, but we saw through it pretty quickly. I have to give kudos to whoever picked the paper for us to read and critique, because they clearly want us to get a sense for the BS pharmaceutical companies come up with early on.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13811474516230962636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10776815.post-18054761796766286522010-04-01T09:57:27.435-07:002010-04-01T09:57:27.435-07:00Gone are the days of leaving your doctors office e...Gone are the days of leaving your doctors office empty handed, because all you really needed was rest and chicken noodle soup. Today, the reward for going to the MD, paying a co-pay, waiting in line, is that tiny euphoric piece of paper for a drug that you probably do not need. <br /><br />I find it offensive that drug reps can no longer come into the pharmacy or MD office to drop off a study or two, give a 5-10 min talk about their drug (which is sometimes helpful), and leave those coveted pens. the government has ended it. why?? Why not put some sort of limit on direct to consumer advertising?? My opinion on what to recommend to a MD or a patient is not going to be based off a stupid pen. I have had people demand their MD write a Rx for certain drugs just because they saw them on the TV.Pharmd Bikerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10778665371601282617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10776815.post-75705143681146664412010-04-01T05:38:40.533-07:002010-04-01T05:38:40.533-07:00I am so glad we have price controls over here, the...I am so glad we have price controls over here, the prices you guys pay for medication is absolutely ridiculous. How much crestor do you use, I barely use a pack a month in my pharmacy, its all about the simvas/atorvastatinAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com