Recent content by Briant232

I don't know about this guy, but some people get locked-in syndrome and can only move an eye. Pons lesions usually cause it.

As Moonbear said--no. And you have probably done no permanent damage to your lungs--yet.

I think it's like some people have basically said. It's good to have inflammation...to a point. In the "wild" your body either wins or loses the battle with the infection. Therefore it goes overboard. In some diseases your bodies inflammatory response is of questionable value per se (e.g...

Absolutley. It remindes me of the talk of mushroom clouds before the invsion of Iraq. It also reminds me of the swindlers who urge you to "act now before it's too late" to get the deal du jour. I hope people will see how on-the-same-page the democrats and republicans are; even though they...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxSvsa7I9fg&feature=related Brings to mind that saying, "You can run, but you'll only die tired." Add to that, "You can run, but your panicked flight (to nowhere really) will be on display on youtube for years to come." He is a puppet, which is why he had US...

It's pretty sad that this is an issue. After all, this man should not have had a viable political carreer after it came to light that he "channeled" a dead child in court. He should have been off the stage long ago.

I think they will be OK. Despite their complaints, they play a good game of "socialize the risks and privatize the profits." If they can't provide useful new drugs, they should not be given financial rewards. If they want their patent protection extened, they should at least be honest about it.

Compliance is also the only reason I can think of. Some people say there are better formulations (extended release, fewer side effects, etc.) If someone can prove a combination drug is better in some way, fine. But I have the same question you have: How much is it worth? If you could take...

Why should medicare or medicaid or my insurance company or me or anyone else pay for a drug that does no better than currently available drugs? "Just because you have two drugs that have been around doesn't mean that you can combine them automatically to get the same effects that are seen...

Both drugs given together, but as separate pills. The main point is that they find ways to repatent exhisting technology. It may aid in compliance to combine the drugs into one pill, but at what price to the patient and system? But is the combination pill better per se that the two drugs...

Look at what they compared Exforge® with and what they didn't compare it with in their studies: http://www.fda.gov/cder/foi/label/2007/021990lbl.pdf

I guess you have to be registered to see that page. See if this works: http://bcbsma.medscape.com/viewarticle/558907

Check this out: http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/558907 Notice how they refrained from doing the obvious comparison.

These drugs have been around for a long time. You'd probably save yourself a bunch of money buying the two drugs separately. At least that's how it usually seems to work.