| Legend_of_53 2005-09-23, 7:29 pm |
| by "DoctorShame" <catscratchfiber@earthlink.net> Sep 18, 2005 at 03:15 PM
Shame or intellectual lazyness, IMHO!
By Frank Davidoff
In the 1960s the results of a large randomized controlled study by the
University Group Diabetes Program showed that tolbutamide, virtually
the only blood sugar lowering agent available at the time in pill form,
was associated with a significant increase in mortality in patients who
developed myocardial infarction.
The obvious response from the medical profession should have been
gratitude: here was an important way to improve the safety of clinical
practice. But in fact the response was doubt, outrage, even legal
proceedings against the investigators; the controversy went on for
years.
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I was one of the diabetics placed on Rezulin (so, it's been happening
since-this was late 90's.) I really got scared right away- when myy doc
told me to keep taking it, knowing he was a stickler for medical advice, I
stopped,but didn't tell him-so, if I wasn't ggetting better, he'd put me on
something else.
I think it's more than laziness. They get so many freebies! Even the
staff at my doctors office get all excited when the suppliers come in with
their samples, lunch platters, etc. At least they don't get their golf
weekends and cruises anymore. I think that's why a lot of them switched
their CP patients from morphine and similar drugs to Oxycontin, which, it
does seem, IS similar to heroin, in many ways. Although most people could
handle heroin responsibly (I mean the "soothing syrup" put out by German
Bayer-NOT the white powder sold on the street today), a significant number
couldn't-due, again, to medical indifference. I've been on Oxycontin-and
I'm glad I asked to betaken off of it(it was wearing off in about five
hours, not twelve!) A combination of short and long-acing morphine is much
more effective for me.
Not that I, personally, would like to see Oxy's off the market, or even
further restricted. (In fact, I'd like to see all drugs decrimanalized-I'm
the libertarian of this group-more on that later.) Thanks for your post,
which brings up a subject that is not discussed nearly enough.
-Legend
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