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- Generic Lipitor and Caduet under your 2011 Christmas tree
- What this means is that by Christmas of 2011 if I live long enough I could replace drugs which now cost $60/month in co-pays with a single generic pill costing as little as $10/month. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Pfizer Inc., Lipitor, Statins, Simvastatin, Healthcare, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-06-18
- Statin era over?
- The era of statins, drugs like Zocor and Lipitor which lower cholesterol levels, may be ending. The FDA's decisions over the last week to reject Merck's Cordaptive and Isis' Mipomersen, coupled with a demand that the makers prove the drugs improve heart outcomes, looks like a turning...
- Tags: Gram, Blood Pressure, Merck & Co. Inc., Lipitor, Healthcare, Federal Government, Government, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-05-07
- Pfizer sues Internet sites selling Lipitor
- Pfizer sues Internet sites selling LipitorIf these companies use spam to advertisethen that will make it better.
- Tags: Lipitor, Pfizer Inc., Internet-site
- Discussion threads 2004-09-03
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- Supplements make everyone a beta tester
- Supplements make everyone a beta testerAt the same time I wouldn't trust the FDAThey're highly influenced by big pharma.You're kidding, right?This is nonsense. There's over 50 years worth of peer-reviewed research on the utility and efficacy of supplements, and more going on all the time. The AMA, FDA and Big...
- Tags: Federal government, beta tester
- Discussion threads 2009-06-22
- Not all the statin news is good
- A CNBC anchor joked today about "putting statins in the water" but not all the news which came about about statins today was good, especially if you're long the stock. (Picture of rosuvastatin molecule from Wikimedia.) Statins do not help dialysis patients, and they are no longer the...
- Tags: Stock, News, Crestor, Investment, Finance, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2009-03-30
- Is RealAge a scam?
- Is RealAge a scam?And at times people want the bestThey saw the ad and ask for that. The idea of a generic for them is that it's just not good enough. Sort of a reverse placebo.When I get samples from my doctors office they are always brand names....
- Tags: Branding, RealAge, advertisement
- Discussion threads 2009-03-27
- Is Google Health corrupt?
- How can it be OK for Steve Case to try and sell me Lipitor when I click over to a page on cholesterol, yet it's evil for Google to even consider doing the same? by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Google Inc., Advertisement, Google Health, Business Model, Health Care, Plain Fact, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2009-02-06
- Cutting your drug costs safely
- Cutting your drug costs safelyOver-The-Counter works wellWith the help I receive, regularly, from www.cholesterolscore.com , I've saved thousands of dollars by using Enduracin to control my cholesterol. My total cholesterol has gone from near 300 to 122. Triglycerides have dropped to excellent levels also. Niacin has to...
- Tags: Niacin
- Discussion threads 2008-10-22
- The Hatfields and McCoys of diabetes care
- The Hatfields and McCoys of diabetes careI'm losing trust in ALL of these profit-oriented Pharm companies...The latest problem was with Avandia.And look at the big mess that became of the super-NSAIDS.True...."But when it comes to evaluating science, with life and death in the balance, we need good referees who don't...
- Tags: referee, good referee, L/G
- Discussion threads 2008-08-27
- Chronic conditions break the bank
- Chronic conditions break the bankUnpatentable therapy that won't break the bankEnd-result data, historical statistical data showing the longevity records of people exposed to niacin therapy, has shown that niacin, alone, significantly increased mortality.I recently read articles at http://www.cholesterolscore.com that claim niacin (B3) improves all the blood/lipid ratios more effectively than...
- Tags: Niacin, Body Mass Index, U.S. Economy, Chronic condition, bank, therapy, insurance
- Discussion threads 2008-06-13
- Statin era over?
- Statin era over?Somewhat surprised, nice findAlong with my parents, I also take a small, 10mg dosage of statins. I thought lowering LDL levels had a direct correlation with a more healthful circulatory system.I'm really surprised to read that lowering LDL levels is now questioned as having any relevance. ...
- Tags: Statin era, Statin, LDL
- Discussion threads 2008-05-07
- Most commonly searched prescription brands in February 2008
- Brand Name Queries, 000 Chantix 507 Adderall 469 Viagra 348 Ambien 334 Lexapro 274 Effexor 264 Cymbalta 235 Lyrica 233 Seroquel 198 Lipitor 181 Prozac...
- Tags: Brand, Branding, Marketing, NB
- Blog posts 2008-05-01
- Health conspiracies usually aren't
- The world is filled with health conspiracy theorists. (Picture from Sushimoo of a dog wearing a tin foil hat.) My chiropractor finds most conventional health treatments to be a scam. My sister finds chiropractic to be a scam. One of the favorite targets of conspiracy...
- Tags: Fact, Health Care, Statins, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-03-03
- From study to action and the media is culpable
- We in the media have eliminated the lag time between a drug study coming out and recommending action. It's time we cut it out. (Picture of Avorvastatin from NYU's Clinical Correlations, the latest entry in our blogroll. Go Violets!) Or it might be time to hand out...
- Tags: Theory, Media, Gravity, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-01-28
- The fight over statins
- Depending on who you read statins like simvastatin and Lipitor are either the "greatest things evah!" or an out-and-out fraud. There are two reasons for this. Studies of long-term statin use are giving results which sometimes appear unclear; and Statins are an enormous...
- Tags: Alzheimer's Disease, News, Heart Attack, Benefits, Human Resources, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-01-23
- Baby aspirin and the Vytorin scandal
- Baby aspirin and the Vytorin scandalBan Drug TV Commercials?I think it has reached the point where Drug commercials dominate the TV air waves and provide a public disservice many mixed signals.That isn't meant as a blanket indictment of Pharmaceutical companies in general, but it would interesting if you put it...
- Tags: TVs, Now IT, TV industry, Vytorin, Vytorin scandal, TV
- Discussion threads 2008-01-18
- The big pharma credibility gap
- Whenever I visit my family doctor the candyman is there. The candyman is my nickname for my doctor's drug rep, or "detail man." His candy consists of samples. Sometimes, if my symptoms are right, I get some. Candymen may have more to do with your medical visit than...
- Tags: Business Operations, Candyman, Corporate Law, Dana Blankenhorn, Doctor, Fiction, Generic, Management, Oxfam, Strategy
- Blog posts 2008-01-17
- Hobbs shows risks and rewards of predictive health
- Emory's Predictive Health Institute got a qualified endorsement from its keynoter, Dr. Helen Hobbs of UT Southwestern in Dallas right. The PHI wants to marry computing, genetics, and prevention, combining what we learn about your specific genetic make-up with more general knowledge into customized health plans. ...
- Tags: Heart, Health Care, Emory, PHI, LDL, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2007-12-17
- Today's Debate: New drugs or new technology?
- Today's positive investor call on Cardinal Health should lead us to consider this question, namely whether technology or pharmacology should drive medical advances. Cardinal Health was mainly a drug maker and distributor in the 1990s, until accounting scandals laid its stock low. Now, under CEO Kerry Clark,...
- Tags: Drug, Biotechnology, Operational Accounting, Financial Services, Healthcare, Financial Accounting, Finance, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2007-10-09
- Today's Debate: The high cost of prevention
- Pictured here is Dr. Robert Jarvik. Two decades ago he was famous for inventing an artificial heart. Today he is known for selling Lipitor, a statin designed to prevent heart attack and stroke.His personal story is matched by millions like my own.I'm healthy. I have no personal history of disease....
- Tags: Insurance, Dana Blankenhorn, heart attack
- Blog posts 2007-08-27
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