tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2760353953251845523.post1624189281779911441..comments2024-02-10T02:14:39.898-05:00Comments on Buckeye Surgeon: SuperbugsJeffrey Parks MD FACShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15650563299849196122noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2760353953251845523.post-67802452177123396432008-11-10T14:37:00.000-05:002008-11-10T14:37:00.000-05:00My name is Janice Still and i would like to show y...My name is Janice Still and i would like to show you my personal experience with Lipitor.<BR/><BR/>I have taken for 2 years. I am 56 years old. Lipitor worked great lowering cholesterol but the side effects are not worth the benefit.<BR/><BR/>I have experienced some of these side effects-<BR/>Achilles peritendonitis and sore ankles, knees and fingers. Stiffness was aggravated by rest and better with activity. After sitting for 15 minutes, particularly with feet elevated, and then getting up to walk, my gait was like someone who could barely walk. Have stopped taking Lipitor and symptoms seem to be subsiding.<BR/><BR/>I hope this information will be useful to others,<BR/>Janice StillAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2760353953251845523.post-2673607857359143132008-08-17T19:49:00.000-04:002008-08-17T19:49:00.000-04:00As an additional disincentive to develop new antib...As an additional disincentive to develop new antibiotics, I recall that during the anthrax scare in 2001, people were talking about governmental action to get around the Bayer patent on Cipro, then considered the drug of choice, to keep the manufacturer from excessively profiting from its life-saving invention. Sometimes a wonder drug can be just too wonderful.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2760353953251845523.post-48136166929552910712008-08-15T14:16:00.000-04:002008-08-15T14:16:00.000-04:00Dear realists out there - please allow me to be ev...Dear realists out there - please allow me to be even more realistic here: Let's say that one day your child comes down with a bad stomachache that's happened to be caused by VRE (vancomycin-resistant enterococcus). Thanks to your market force driven realism, doctors no longer have antibiotics in their arsenal able to keep the infection at bay and helps your little one. What good would your profit and market strategies do to your child then?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2760353953251845523.post-8343507007366936142008-08-14T07:38:00.000-04:002008-08-14T07:38:00.000-04:00Your disappointment in the lack of R&D in the ...Your disappointment in the lack of R&D in the antibacterial sector is admirable, but lets be realistic. No drug company is going to develop new drugs out of some philanthropic desire to help the nation. And with and FDA approval reduction of 56%, it seems they should be the ones taking the brunt of the blame here. By no means am I a proponent of drug companies, just a realist.Persephonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00944563813286677957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2760353953251845523.post-70522859606712613692008-08-14T07:37:00.000-04:002008-08-14T07:37:00.000-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Persephonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00944563813286677957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2760353953251845523.post-91997577466081279782008-08-11T21:24:00.000-04:002008-08-11T21:24:00.000-04:00Unfortunately, it's a lot faster for doctors to ju...Unfortunately, it's a lot faster for doctors to just whip out a prescription pad and cave in to that request for unnecessary antibiotics than to take the time to explain why antibiotics are not needed and why overuse of antibiotics is harmful in the future. As a doctor in training, I still have the energy to fight the fight, but I can feel myself giving way more and more, especially when my colleagues who give antibiotics when they're unnecessary are considered better doctors by their patients than someone who's stingy with the script pad like me.Family Med Residenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17254154810156777418noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2760353953251845523.post-72786076333666830092008-08-11T01:03:00.000-04:002008-08-11T01:03:00.000-04:00it is a sad example of how the government falls as...it is a sad example of how the government falls asleep and allows the for-profit industries like the pharam and HMO to go unchecked....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2760353953251845523.post-33876263010619326912008-08-10T21:07:00.000-04:002008-08-10T21:07:00.000-04:00Such a great post. It amazes me how people overdos...Such a great post. <BR/>It amazes me how people overdose for colds and allergies. let your body fight stuff off once in awhile please.<BR/>What does not surprise me is that Big Pharam cares more about my cholesterol than how many of these bacteria keep becoming resilient due to misuse of antibiotics. I am sure they could cure cancer, but a hard on and restless leg syndrome trump that it seems.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com