If you're suffering from ringing in your ears, why not try a new product called Quietus? Yes, that's right, a company has named its medication after the suicide ritual in Children of Men.
You'd think that product developers might try Googling a little bit before giving their ear drops a name that will invoke images of mass drownings and suicide drugs. (In the novel, Quietus refers to government-authorized mass drownings of the old and infirm, and in the movie it's a suicide drug.) But maybe the makers of Quietus actually wanted to play into the scifi reference? It's hard not to see a bit of Children of Men in these ad slogans for Quietus. That sound in your head making you want to die? Just try Quietus! It works for everybody.
The sales department at WHACKO-TV once again proved that they will take any advertiser. We welcome VASECTA-MEX to our commercial schedule. This recently approved drug is supposed to help men who have been neutered with the pain and discomfort after vasectomy. We sure hope this works.The sales department at WHACKO-TV once again proved that they will take any... more
Pharmaceutical companies are paying doctors in Massachusetts and across the country stunning amounts of money.
Drug manufacturer Eli Lilly recently released a list of doctors paid to do what's called advising and education. But critics say these payments are for nothing more than a sales pitch, and they create a conflict of interest.
"They're salespeople with MDs after their names," said Dan Carlat, a Newburyport psychiatrist.
Carlat used to be on another drug company's payroll. "I called myself a drug whore," Carlat said. "That really is what it feels like when you're doing it."Pharmaceutical companies are paying doctors in Massachusetts and across the country... more
WHACKO-TV took its investigative cameras to the woods to talk to Patrick the Pixie about Healthcare. The Healthcare Pixie brings a slightly different perspective to this important problem in our society today. We checked his facts and he is right. You can believe this Pixie.WHACKO-TV took its investigative cameras to the woods to talk to Patrick the Pixie... more
This is for real. It's a new drug to help you grow better looking eyelashes. Listen to all of the potential side effects from staining your skin to irreversible iris pigmentation. Shouldn't drug companies be trying to cure AIDS or something?This is for real. It's a new drug to help you grow better looking eyelashes.... more
U.S. manufacturers, including major drugmakers, have legally released at least 271 million pounds of pharmaceuticals into waterways that often provide drinking water — contamination the federal government has consistently overlooked, according to an Associated Press investigation.
Hundreds of active pharmaceutical ingredients are used in a variety of manufacturing, including drugmaking: For example, lithium is used to make ceramics and treat bipolar disorder; nitroglycerin is a heart drug and also used in explosives; copper shows up in everything from pipes to contraceptives.
Federal and industry officials say they don't know the extent to which pharmaceuticals are released by U.S. manufacturers because no one tracks them — as drugs. But a close analysis of 20 years of federal records found that, in fact, the government unintentionally keeps data on a few, allowing a glimpse of the pharmaceuticals coming from factories.U.S. manufacturers, including major drugmakers, have legally released at least 271... more
The government is testing drugs with severe side effects like psychosis and suicidal behavior on hundreds of military veterans, using small cash payments to attract patients into medical experiments that often target distressed soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan, a Washington Times/ABC News investigation has found.
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I think that this is going to be a big story in the coming months. There was an interesting interview / Q&A with the Executive Editor of The Washington Times on C-SPAN this morning, too.The government is testing drugs with severe side effects like psychosis and suicidal... more
"Taken just sixteen times a day...when you're ready for the heartbreak to end...""Taken just sixteen times a day...when you're ready for the heartbreak to... more
What are going to do about the media not even acknowledging John Edwards is a candidate for President? We better get it figured out and do it soon. He needs overwhelming support or their overwhelming blackout is going to work. We can't afford eight more years of what we've had for far too long. We have to have an honest President to rebuild our country.What are going to do about the media not even acknowledging John Edwards is a... more
