Posted by jotho on July 19, 2001, at 10:23:34
In reply to To Purple » purple, posted by ksc on July 19, 2001, at 9:20:46
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Absolutely, KSC, and i applaud your response to a posting that not only sounds somewhat elitist but is flawed in several ways. In addition to KSC's post, i would like to remind purple, just off the top of my head, of a drug years ago called thalidomide...hey great, also called a wonder drug, it did relieve the nausea from pregnancy, but using your logic, purple, the fact that not EVERY baby born to these poor women was missing one or more limbs, or had other horrific physical aberrations was a reason to applaud the drug? I don't think so. You seem to be of the mind that the people out there who are a.) in a bad way (often desperate) to begin with, b.) visit a doctor whom they trust is well versed and current in his/her field, c.) accept his diagnosis and prescription, and commence taking a drug that is presumed to be safe because our "heralded" FDA says so, and has supposedly gone through rigorous and thorough testing by drug companies d.)and ultimately suffer because of it, should just shut-up because if they were as smart as you, they wouldn't be having a problem. It sounds like you're being a little "hail big business-screw the little guy"-ish. Also, simply saying "There are risks and side-effects in almost every medication," is just as invalid as your other premise. You could apply that same logic this way: Even military tanks sometimes get damaged, or have accidents, therefore: it's ok for a company to build cars out of aluminum foil. A drug that is succesful for some and a horror for many others does not make it a miracle drug, and should not preclude it from being, at the very least, examined more thoroughly by the medical profession. I am happy though, that the drug did work for you and hope your little success story does not blind you to the plight of many others not quite as fortunate.
......john
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