Drug companies banking on patient fears

[BaylorGuy]

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Who would have thought that the good old drug companies are trying to f*ck us over in order to make a huge ass profit???

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/li...ain.html?in_article_id=382716&in_page_id=1774

Stuff like this makes me sick....what about them good oil companies too???

 

[ClearDay]

Who would have thought that the good old drug companies are trying to f*ck us over in order to make a huge ass profit???

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/li...ain.html?in_article_id=382716&in_page_id=1774

Stuff like this makes me sick....what about them good oil companies too???

I'm not surprised. I've never seen pharmaceutical companies as the good guys anyway.

 

[TKTDart]

I'm not surprised. I've never seen pharmaceutical companies as the good guys anyway.

Maybe most doctors feel that way - maybe that's why I got rejected by so many places...I work for a biopharmaceutical company

 

[Touchdown]

While pharmaceuticals are not perfect, there are far worse and corrupt "bigs" out there (oil, tobacco, etc) at least these people come up (most of the time anyways) with new and innovative ways to help humanity (and then proceed to charge an arm and a leg thereby shutting out 90% of the population of Earth from getting them.)

 

[etf]

tobacco taxes keep most states afloat

 

[Shredder]

Who would have thought that the good old drug companies are trying to f*ck us over in order to make a huge ass profit???

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/li...ain.html?in_article_id=382716&in_page_id=1774

Stuff like this makes me sick....what about them good oil companies too???

Better to hype up diseases than play them down. If consumers really care about this, they can boycott the accused companies. Profit is the name of the game--blame the shareholders for caring about it. It's our neighbors who own these companies for the most part, not corporate fat cats. Oil companies make possible our use of lamps to study with, AC/heater to keep perfect temperatures, and cars to drive door to door everywhere. Also plastics and synthetic fabrics we take for granted daily. I suppose we should stick it to all of the oil and pharma companies and see oil shortages and lack of pharma innovation.

If people really care about this revelation, stock quotes will respond in kind.

 

[Saluki]

Better to hype up diseases than play them down. If consumers really care about this, they can boycott the accused companies. Profit is the name of the game--blame the shareholders for caring about it. It's our neighbors who own these companies for the most part, not corporate fat cats. Oil companies make possible our use of lamps to study with, AC/heater to keep perfect temperatures, and cars to drive door to door everywhere. Also plastics and synthetic fabrics we take for granted daily. I suppose we should stick it to all of the oil and pharma companies and see oil shortages and lack of pharma innovation.

If people really care about this revelation, stock quotes will respond in kind.

I think people do care; they're just too scared to act on it... Boycotting a pharamaceutical company that produces the "name brand" cholesterol medication is a lot scarier than boycotting General Mills cereals because of child labor acccusations or avoiding six packs of soda because the plastic part can kill fish...

 

[Shredder]

Yes, I suspected the issue of patents and exclusive rights would come up. But there are still substitutes on the market for most drugs.

 

[Sanctuary]

tobacco taxes keep most states afloat

Tobacco-related health costs FAR exceed state revenue from tobacco taxes. Tobacco costs the state of Washington over $1.52 billion in health care costs every year, or 12% of total Washington medical expenditures. Every long term smoker costs the state $12,000 more in health care costs than a non-smoker. Roughly 17.8% of smoking-caused healthcare expenditures in Washington are paid by the Medicaid program*. Yet, the State brings in roughly $125 million per year in tobacco tax.

I would double check your facts/sources before making such a wild assumption.


*:U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, "State-Specific Prevalance of Cigarette Smoking Among Adults, and Children's and Adolescents' Exposure to Environmental Tobacco Smoke-United States, 1996", Morbidity and Mortality Weekly report (MMWR) 46(44): 1038-1043 (November 7, 1997)

 

[drmota]

that part about selling a drug for shyness is ridiculous. hasn't the antidote to shyness always been alcohol?
-mota

 

[drmota]

Tobacco-related health costs FAR exceed state revenue from tobacco taxes. Tobacco costs the state of Washington over $1.52 billion in health care costs every year, or 12% of total Washington medical expenditures. Every long term smoker costs the state $12,000 more in health care costs than a non-smoker. Roughly 17.8% of smoking-caused healthcare expenditures in Washington are paid by the Medicaid program*. Yet, the State brings in roughly $125 million per year in tobacco tax.

I would double check your facts/sources before making such a wild assumption.


*:U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, "State-Specific Prevalance of Cigarette Smoking Among Adults, and Children's and Adolescents' Exposure to Environmental Tobacco Smoke-United States, 1996", Morbidity and Mortality Weekly report (MMWR) 46(44): 1038-1043 (November 7, 1997)

good post
-mota

 

[Sanctuary]

I think people do care; they're just too scared to act on it... Boycotting a pharamaceutical company that produces the "name brand" cholesterol medication is a lot scarier than boycotting General Mills cereals because of child labor acccusations or avoiding six packs of soda because the plastic part can kill fish...

People can only care about what they know about. Remember, the general populus reads at a 5th grade level.

Your average "Larry" who's smoking a cigarette while parking his oversized, poorly maintained SUV in the Wal-Mart parking lot's Handicap spot because of his "shaking leg syndrome", so that he can go get a new Nascar hat and a pack of hot dogs to shove in his mouth before going to the local pub to meet his buddies for a 6-pack or two of Miller Original. Now, imagine "Larry" drives home drunk, turns on his TV, and sees a commercial warning him that he may be suffering from "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious", and that he should QUICKLY check with his doctor. What do you think "Larry" is going to do first thing in the morning, upon waking up with his usual hangover and rancid smokers cough?


PS-- No offense to Larrys, Nascar fans, Miller Original fans, or Wal-Mart fans, all of you guys are awesome.