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From: Eeyore on 17 Nov 2006 10:54 jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > >jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > >> <lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote: > >> > >> >Yes, and insurance company guidelines say that they only have to > >> >substitute > >> >an *identical* generic. If it's identical (i.e., same active ingredient), > >> >then by definition, it works the same. When there is no identical > >> >generic, > >> >then they are free to prescribe whatever they want. If they substituted a > >> >generic that is not chemically identical, it was the choice of either the > >> >doctor or the patient. > >> > >> Generic only covers the ingredients of the medicine. It does not > >> cover the ingredientes of the packaging that medicine comes in. > >> If a person has problems with the packaging, how do you get out > >> of the "generic rule"? > > > >Are you *serious* ? > > Yes. > > > > >Is a different colour box a problem ? > > Think about the ingredients in the container of each pill. > Or think about the ingredients of the patch and glue that > contains the drug. > > In this case, I want you to think inside the box, not outside. The drug is the same. I've come across generics supplied by different companies but the contents are the same. The biggest change I've seen is with some antibiotics that used to be supplied loose in a bottle that now come 'blister packed'. Are you trying to suggest that's an issue ? Graham
From: Eeyore on 17 Nov 2006 10:56 jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > <lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote: > > >I can just see it...lobbying groups like People Against Treatment of > >Appendicitis will spring up all over the place. You are truly loony. > > This kind of thing is happening. Look at any stem cell research > politics. None of which has anything to do with any 'NHS'. Graham
From: unsettled on 17 Nov 2006 10:58 jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > In article <455C9D51.CF6E6D34(a)hotmail.com>, > Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > >> >>unsettled wrote: >> >> >>>jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: >>> >>>> Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>>[ regarding buying a house on minimum wage ] >>>>>And if you don't have a large extended family ( most ppl don't ) what > > then ? > >>>> >>>>There are many ways to accomplish things. It does require setting >>>>a prioity list. If you want to buy a house, you don't spend money >>>>on buying pu-pu platters every night. >>> >>>It begins with simple things, like buying and learning >>>to use 24 cent stamps. >> >>Both of you seem to think one can affiord a house by saving *pennies*. > > > That's how it's done. Take care of the pennies and the dollars will take care of themseves. It is a mindset, not merely a method. >>Do get real. Your answers are quite pathetic and reminiscent >>of the worst excesses of the Thatcher era here. > Heaven forbid that people take responsibility for themselves > and what they do. Where would Big Brother be then? <shivers>
From: Eeyore on 17 Nov 2006 11:00 jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > <lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote: > > >Question for BAH--what amount of time passed between when you went to the > >store and when you caught "what they've put in this year's flu cocktail"? > > This one seems to have a 2-day incubation period and lasts 5-6 days; > I won't know the latter until I'm over it. I'm assuming a week. > That means the course is 9 days; multiply it by 8 which gives 72 days. > That means that I won't be over this one until February. Great. Why do you need to multiply it by 8 ? Graham
From: Eeyore on 17 Nov 2006 11:01
jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > >jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > >> Ben Newsam <ben.newsam(a)ukonline.co.uk> wrote: > >> >On Tue, 14 Nov 06 13:50:00 GMT, jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > >> >>When JMF was dying, I had to learn nursing procedures and doctor > >> >>procedures without the benefit of schooling. I became an expert > >> >>in minimizing side effects of drugs he was taking and made > >> >>all kinds of mechanical assists to keep him as comfortable as > >> >>possible. The ultimate question was who would die first? Him or > >> >>me? > >> >> > >> >>My Dad is now going through the same bullshit only he has no > >> >>advocate who will speak up and say no. On top of it all, > >> >>their assigned "GP" is stupid. > >> > > >> >That's a shame. I wish you luck. > >> > >> It's Dad who needs the luck. The idiot doctor just prescibed > >> a drug that almost killed him last summer; the same drug > >> had severe side effects when Mom took it. > > > >What drug was this ? > > I don't remember the name. Some new heart drug. I wondered if it might be a *new* drug ! The American healthcare system scores an own goal again. See previous discussion about the merits of producing new drugs to replace those that have come off-patent. Graham |