Walmart’s Pre-emptive Strike
In my experience, those folks at Corporate track everything that affects their revenue and profit margins.
Tag: prescription medications
What About the FDA?
…the FDA, like the CDC, is just one part of the massive Department of Health and Human Services, and therefore subject to all sorts of political influence and frankly, pressure.
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Is it Just Capitalism?
I think it was hard for most of us to accept that elements within business, industry, and even government were deliberately influencing Mike’s choice.
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Rogue Pharmacies
Don’t chains have quality control mechanisms to alert headquarters to abnormal patterns in prescription use?
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Cannabis and Mental Health
Even if it turns out to be ineffective for patients, buying cannabis products certainly gives a boost to the sales figures.
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Truth Comes Out
Some people are surprised that someone could function at such a high level in public despite significant drug use, but that’s something addiction has been known for.
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“Addicted”? Or “dependent”?
But it’s still confusing for many people outside the field, since unlike psychiatry, they don’t revise their thinking every couple decades.
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Opioids in India
The assumption is that to make sure pain control is adequate for cancer patients et al, we must make opioids widely available for a host of other conditions.
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Cheaters Do Get Caught…
These multi-billion dollar fines sound enormous, but like the one levied on Facebook, they represent a small portion of the company’s actual assets.
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“Stay Tuned”
Legal responsibility, however, is quite different. J&J’s attorneys will do whatever they can to shift blame elsewhere.
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Mission Not Accomplished
It’s a real challenge for the folks on the ground to fit their reality into the prescribed format of a Federal grant.
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Esketamine Second Thoughts
The first trials did not demonstrate effectiveness beyond placebo. So the FDA allowed a third trial which apparently did, at least a little.
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