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| AloeGal | Jan 24 2008, 02:31 PM Post #1 |
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Rich's comments in green - original texts in black. Last night we decided to take the night off and watch a couple old TV series episodes (Outer Limits and Buck Rogers), then went to bed early (radical change for me). This morning, at the breakfast table, Lannie was perusing the latest issue of Readers’ Digest (we like the jokes mostly), when she started cursing and ripping out those annoying pieces of cardboard that are stuck in all magazines these days. Readers’ Digest is a fairly conservative magazine and the kind of cards that used to be in there were opportunities to get more education (NRI, ICS, etc.) or DR mower/chipper ads, but as these pieces of cardboard flew across the table (the garbage can is on my side), I saw first a mail-in card to get your free guide to Understanding Overactive Bladder so I could “…learn what causes those frequent, strong and sudden urges, and to find out about a proven treatment option.” Ah, OK, here’s part of that “push-pull” drug marketing plan I mentioned a couple newsletters back. Pfizer first wants to convince me that I have a bladder problem with their free booklet, then they want me to go to the doctor and tell him I need a prescription for another pill. Garbage it! The next card tells me I need to “find out if you’re at risk of developing a DVT blood clot.” Nowhere in this ad does it explain what DVT is. This is another mail-in to “Please send me my DVT Risk Assessment Kit today.” Sanofi Aventis tells me that, “What you don’t know can kill you!” I do believe that phrase, but luckily I am not stupid enough to believe that Aventis can fix all my worldly problems. It should have said, “What we don’t want you to know about this pill is that it can kill you.” More garbage. You know all those grocery ads with the cents-off coupons? Those appear in the paper because either a store is overstocked or a manufacturer isn’t selling enough of any given product and needs to convince you to save money by buying theirs. Well, that was the third card that flew across the table this morning: “Try Crestor Free for your first 15 days. 1) Take this voucher to your doctor and ask whether Crestor is right for you. 2) If your doctor prescribes Crestor 5mg or 10mg, present both this voucher and your prescription to your pharmacist.” Gee, what a bargain! I get the first two weeks of this drug, whatever it is for, absolutely free! Darn, I think I’ll run right down to my doctor today and make him prescribe this for me! Oh, and by the way, in the tiny print, it says one of the side-effects is “Sudden acute kidney failure.” Sigh. AstraZeneca group, kiss my rosy red butt! Garbage, garbage, garbage. If you have a doctor, and you trust your doctor, s/he will tell you if you need a drug without you demanding one just because you saw it on TV or in a magazine. And then, when s/he prescribes that drug, throw away the script and just learn to eat healthier instead.
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Blessings, AloeGal You never know why you're alive until you know what you would die for....I would die for You. ~ Mercy Me | |
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