I am certain the OTWs out there have heard the same thing when they attempt to confront the continued stereotyping and job discrimination they have to deal with on a daily basis.

Women have to learn to stick together. But we must also be willing to toss aside the trash and sellouts that men thrust upon us as women to be backed by us. Like the Michelle Bachmans and the Sarah Palines.

Sarah

You are familiar with the initials BFF(Best Friends Forever), you should be more familiar with Corporate world’s version BPFF(Bought and Paid For Fiends).

The AMA, FDA, most heads of Government Departments that serve at the behest of the corporations the public expects them to regulate and our own STARK raving mad five Supreme Court Justices who have their own special meaning for BPFF – Bought & Paid For Five.

Health products don’t have to work or even be remotely connected to the malady they are supposed to help. They just have to be touted by a person or group who the public respects as an authority on the subject or area of health.

So the corps reason, why spend money on research that could yield nothing when we can spend it on ADVERTISEMENT for a product that does nothing? That old movie about the advertising exec played by James Garner who advertised a product that didn’t exist, the “Widget,” was not so far fetched after all. “Widgets” have been among us all the time.

You know them as Fluoride, Darvon, etc, etc, etc. Just another little “WHITE lie.” Check this link out – http://www.cnn.com/2011/HEALTH/01/07/fluoride.recommendations/index.html – to hear –
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Fluoride was first added to water in the United States in the 1940s to help prevent tooth decay in children 8 years and under.

“One of water fluoridation’s biggest advantages is that it benefits all residents of a community — at home, work, school or play,” said Health and Human Services Assistant Secretary for Health Dr. Howard Koh. “And fluoridation’s effectiveness in preventing tooth decay is not limited to children, but extends throughout life, resulting in improved oral health.”
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Isn’t America lucky to have had so many “white male only” offices in the government? Look how well they have protected us.

Happy Shopping

Robert

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UFc1pr2yUU&feature=youtu.be

Darvon is such a common prescription painkiller — and it has been for such a long time — that I was somewhat surprised when the FDA pulled it off the market a few months ago.

The matter was treated with a great sense of urgency — the FDA announcement explained that “new clinical data” shows that patients taking Darvon are at risk for potentially serious or even fatal heart rhythm abnormalities.

But Darvon (propoxyphene) has been on the market since 1957! Is it really possible that this is a new problem that no one noticed before?

DARVON DANGERS

Well, actually it turns out that they did. When I started digging around, I learned that there were questions about the safety of this popular drug as long ago as the 1970s.

In the UK, use of Darvon was discontinued altogether in 2005 due to the number of patient deaths associated with it… but here in the US, where Darvon was “grandfathered” in 1962 (meaning that it didn’t have to pass the same stringent safety requirements of newer drugs), many doctors continued prescribing it even in the face of its apparent dangers!

In fact, 10 million prescriptions were written as recently as 2010.

To learn more about how this happened, I called clinical pharmacist Melissa Murfin, PA-C, PharmD, assistant professor at the LECOM Bradenton School of Pharmacy in Bradenton, Florida.

She told me that only very recently did the concerns about Darvon’s safety rise to the level where the FDA required proof of the drug’s safety in a mandated clinical trial.

This was the research that linked Darvon with the potentially fatal heart-rhythm abnormalities and led the FDA to demand that the manufacturer, Xanodyne Pharmaceuticals, withdraw it immediately from the market.

BAD CHEMISTRY

Dr. Murfin explained that propoxyphene becomes dangerous when the body breaks it down, creating a metabolic product called norpropoxyphene that is harmful to the heart.

Making matters even worse, norpropoxyphene remains in the body a long time, from 30 to 36 hours — even longer in older people.

Darvon (and its sister drug Darvocet, which also has been taken off the market) were meant to be taken every four hours, facilitating a dangerous buildup of norpropoxyphene in the body and creating an escalating risk of arrhythmia.

Again adding insult to injury, arrhythmia is an especially dangerous condition for the elderly, says Dr. Murfin, as well as for people with kidney problems.

Also, certain medications, such as antifungals… the antibiotic erythromycin… and the herb Saint-John’s-wort… along with grapefruit juice lead to even greater amounts of norpropoxyphene, potentially making matters even worse.

More outrageousness yet: The FDA research review found that this deadly drug isn’t even all that effective — researchers reported that its painkilling effectiveness is approximately equal to aspirin and other over-the-counter (OTC) analgesics.

The difference appears to be that as an opiate, Darvon also induced a euphoric effect that patients liked.

There are a number of other painkillers that you can take that are both safer and more effective including, possibly, an OTC drug.

Your doctor can provide advice on what products might be good choices for you… and if you have any Darvon or Darvocet left in your medicine cabinet, take it to the pharmacy and ask to have it disposed of safely. This drug is too dangerous to keep in the house.

Source(s):

Melissa Murfin, PA-C, PharmD, assistant professor of pharmacy practice, LECOM Bradenton School of Pharmacy, Bradenton, Florida.