tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post7034750526348085947..comments2024-02-06T07:57:54.467+00:00Comments on underdogs bite upwards: Death by medication.Leg-ironhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04932361799889315359noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-66250152435619929852011-11-04T01:32:09.452+00:002011-11-04T01:32:09.452+00:00Ailsa Rutter, director of Fresh — the campaign for...Ailsa Rutter, director of Fresh — the campaign for a Smoke Free North East — said: “We are talking about a fairly unhealthy section of the population anyway . . . one in two will die because of smoking.<br /><br />I nearly choked on my Regal reading that, so she does support eugenics!<br /><br />Whereas with Champix its Ok to have folk depressed, having psychotic episodes, killing other people (this is a physical murder, not SHS-type so called murdering) or memory loss.<br /><br />What a great defence to murder someone, - "she made me take it..."<br /><br />These pharma-nipple sucking scum are unspeakable.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-21676386324749938842011-11-04T01:28:34.998+00:002011-11-04T01:28:34.998+00:00Woodsy42 - that statement makes no sense. A live s...Woodsy42 - that statement makes no sense. A live smoker can become an ex-smoker and still be alive, but a dead ex-smoker is out of options.Leg-ironhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04932361799889315359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-23514418064989594792011-11-03T22:06:36.694+00:002011-11-03T22:06:36.694+00:00Better a dead ex smoker than a live smokerBetter a dead ex smoker than a live smokerWoodsy42https://www.blogger.com/profile/12355671210161625647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-82614698387430821412011-11-03T09:38:54.822+00:002011-11-03T09:38:54.822+00:002006
"Chantix sales could help Pfizer on its ...2006<br />"Chantix sales could help Pfizer on its comeback trail, as it tries to fill its impending, multibillion-dollar sales vacuum that will result from some of its older blockbusters losing patent protection. <br /><br />This year, Pfizer's patent is expiring on Zoloft, the antidepressant with $3.3 billion in 2005 sales, and in 2007 it loses blood pressure treatment Norvasc, with $4.7 billion in 2005 sales. Also, the arthritis painkiller Bextra from the same drug class as Merck's (up $0.01 to $34.68, Research) beleaguered Vioxx, was pulled off the market in 2005 because of health risks, wiping out $1.3 billion in annual sales."<br />http://money.cnn.com/2006/05/11/news/companies/pfizer/<br /><br /><br />2008<br />Smokers urged to keep taking pills...<br /><br />"A LEADING health campaigner is urging people not to shun an anti-smoking “wonder drug” at the centre of a health probe."<br /><br />Ailsa Rutter, director of Fresh — the campaign for a Smoke Free North East — said: “We are talking about a fairly unhealthy section of the population anyway . . . one in two will die because of smoking.<br /><br />“The most important thing someone can do is stop smoking and Champix has proved to be very successful, so it would be a shame if some people were put off using it.”<br />http://www.sundaysun.co.uk/news/tm_headline=smokers-urged-to-keep-taking-pills&method=full&objectid=20316976&siteid=50081-name_page.html <br /><br /><br />2011<br /><br />"Adverse event data from the third quarter of 2010 show the risks of serious psychiatric side effects of Chantix, the smoking-cessation drug, were previously underestimated because Pfizer apparently failed to correctly submit hundreds of these episodes to the FDA, according to an analysis by the Institute for Safe Medicine Practices, a non-profit that regulary reviews the FDA adverse event database.<br /><br />Notably, the ISMP found 150 cases of completed suicides, some of which dated back to 2007, that were not reported promptly as suicides within 15 days as required. <br /><br />Instead, the drugmaker apparently coded the suicides as “expected adverse events” among 26,000 such events, and added these to a quarterly periodic report, which is how less important, non-serious side effects are sent to the FDA."<br />http://www.pharmalot.com/2011/05/pfizer-did-not-report-chantix-side-effects-correctly/<br /><br /><br />RoseAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-71104456287279962802011-11-03T09:20:36.486+00:002011-11-03T09:20:36.486+00:00I wouldn't touch Champix with a piece of 100ft...I wouldn't touch Champix with a piece of 100ft gold plated piping. Before it came here it was used in the US and my friends their warned me of the dangers which were well known. <br /><br />These were disregarded by the NHS and even when I tackled the rather pleasant wumman who runs the 'gie it up' club, she said she had to promote it. All part of her job you see. But, being an acquaintance, she told me privately she wouldn't recommend it to her own close friends and family.<br /><br />Aye, we're expendable so we are.<br /><br />The floating wifey has a good point I see.subrosahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00151702590329788260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-21174739147027448212011-11-03T09:04:52.999+00:002011-11-03T09:04:52.999+00:00If Champix is a factor in a suicide, it follows th...If Champix is a factor in a suicide, it follows that when a suicide occurs with consequential economic loss e.g. person jumping on tracks and delaying trains, then the drug company should be liable for that consequent econmic loss.<br /><br />Let's see if they are so keen to pick up the cost of the disbenefit.Woman on a Rafthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08897415591130901416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-9967814131890166072011-11-03T08:38:03.843+00:002011-11-03T08:38:03.843+00:00"80 people die from this drug to stop smoking..."80 people die from this drug to stop smoking as opposed to 200,000 per year from smoking related diseases? Come on DM at least put things into perspective."<br /><br />from the comments.Makes me weep.SBCnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-90658847201779920002011-11-03T07:31:29.930+00:002011-11-03T07:31:29.930+00:00It's satisfy8ing to imagine them pleading to s...It's satisfy8ing to imagine them pleading to smokers to help them cope with denormalisation but it's doomed to remain a fantasy. They won't even realise that they're being denormalised and will embrace it all the while feeling superior because they're smart enough to keep up to speed with what's good/bad for their health (mind you, that does take some doing given that the rules change every five minutes).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-1338283629596046342011-11-03T04:25:44.735+00:002011-11-03T04:25:44.735+00:00We live in an ever increasing crazy world, the maj...We live in an ever increasing crazy world, the majority (the "herd") believing the fake science - that includes politicians.<br /><br />The stupidity is overwhelming, meh, (in the eyes of the bansturbators / puritans) "Turn on, tune in, drop out" ;)Super Samnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-47905497071389604752011-11-03T03:46:54.142+00:002011-11-03T03:46:54.142+00:00Antipholus - it's always good to see someone c...Antipholus - it's always good to see someone catch the references ;)<br /><br />The cause/effect rule only applies where the drug-sellers want it to apply. So smoking causes dandruff because of a tenuous link involving around five test subjects, but a wide study of smokers treated with a pill and having psychological problems proves nothing.<br /><br />That's modern medical science. Indistinguishable from shamanism.Leg-ironhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04932361799889315359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-9100982737592069302011-11-03T03:12:36.494+00:002011-11-03T03:12:36.494+00:00This passage from the Mail article left me agog:
...This passage from the Mail article left me agog:<br /><br /><i>Britain’s drugs watchdog, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency, said all medicines have side-effects and linking a reaction to a drug does not prove it was caused by the drug.</i><br /><br />Does this apply to tobacco as well?Antipholus Pappshttp://antipholus.livejournal.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-56983362164617291712011-11-03T03:01:32.526+00:002011-11-03T03:01:32.526+00:00Nice nod to Watchmen!
In BC they're handing...Nice nod to Watchmen! <br /><br />In BC they're handing Champix out for free along with useless gum and patches. While trying to ban the e-cig. They're not even trying to hide their corruption anymore!Antipholus Pappshttp://antipholus.livejournal.comnoreply@blogger.com