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Originally Posted by Kuan
F*ck my FIL switched doctors after his heart surgery. He's 74. He went on Crestor, started experiencing joint pain. He also has type II diabetes so he was on drugs for that too. Anyway, doctor changed him out to Lipitor. He still had joint pain so doctor prescribed Neurontin. Still had joint pain, the cholesterol wasn't "normal" like the doc wanted so they upped his Lipitor. More pain, more Neurontin. The doc said the pain he as experiencing was a result of poor circulation because of diabetes.
Anyway while on all these meds he fell like three times because he just lost his balance. Doctor said it was because he was getting old. Fine. But my MIL had enough of it and since she didn't see any improvement she switched doctors again. Guess what? The joint pain wasn't because he was diabetic, it was mild arthritis from getting old! So they lowered his cholesterol meds. So his cholesterol was a little over 200, big deal. Let him have his Neurontin which he hasn't taken since his cholesterol meds were reduced, and now he can exercise again because he's not in pain and his blood sugar is way down.
What a f*ckin' douchebag of a doctor. I feel like punching him in the face.  |
Whoa, a bad fall or two and he's out of frying pan, into the fire.
I got the OP bit from Harry Shearer's public radio program "le Show." They played that after he recounted the news about
:
Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer has agreed to pay a record $2.3 billion settlement to resolve criminal and civil liability for illegally promoting certain pharmaceuticals, the Justice Department announced Wednesday.
More at:
http://www.cnn.com/2009/BUSINESS/09/02/Pfizer.fine/index.html
Turns out it's the record fine for anything, anywhere. More:
One of those drugs was the anti-inflammatory medication Bextra, which Pfizer pulled off the market in 2005 after it was linked to increasing the risk of heart attacks and strokes.
"Pfizer promoted the sale of Bextra for several uses and dosages that the FDA specifically declined to approve due to safety concerns," the Justice Department said in a news release.
Shearer is also one of the Spinal Tap guys and does voices on The Simpsons now and then. I like his show - you can download podcasts or just listen to it at:
http://www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/ls