RE: CS>off topic - humour regarding drug companies

Mon, 25 Apr 2005 13:28:27 -0700

Dear Joy, I am responding to your amusing post on the silver-list site, so am using that e-mail address.  I am totally lost re how to use this site.  Where do I find a basic explanation of what this CS stuff is?  As it is, I am getting a multitude of messages daily, none of which make any sense to me.  Would you , when you have time, clue me in to how to manage this better? I don't have time to access each and every one of the posts.  Did enjoy yours.  Add IBS to the "umbrella" terms used by  health professionals these days.  I heartily agree with the idea that the medical profession routinely prescribes all sorts of medications without any real idea of what they may do in an individual person's body.  Even Mayos seems to do this.  It upsets me that a gastroenterologist at Mayos didn't seem to be aware that a biopsy taken when the patient has been on a celiac diet for 8 months is not likely to show villi damage.  Of course, on the other hand, I do know from this that the under the ribcage pain doesn't seem to be helped by my present regime. However, I do not intend to stop the SCD diet at present.  Love, Mom.




From Ruth Strackbein
>From: Joy <[email protected]> >Reply-To: [email protected] >To: [email protected] >Subject: CS>off topic - humour regarding drug companies >Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2005 09:02:37 -0500 > >Top 10 reasons why we need drug companies > >1. Cures: We need drug companies to keep finding >cures for major diseases. Look at all the cures >they've found so far like... well... okay, they >haven't actually found any cures yet. But maybe they >can at least cure all the bogus diseases they made up >like "social anxiety disorder" and "attention deficit >hyperactivity disorder." > >2. National Security: U.S. drug companies are >crucial for protecting our national security by >banning prescription drugs from untrusty drug >countries like Canada. > >3. The Economy: never mind that most >pharmaceutical companies sell useless products at >ridiculous prices. All that money changing hands is >great for the economy. You may be diseased, but think >on the bright side: your Big Pharma stocks are >soaring! (With all that money, you might even be able >to afford health insurance...) > >4. Doctors: Without the pharmaceutical companies, >what would all the doctors do for work? After all, >most so-called "medicine" involves little more than >scribbling out a prescription for the latest >mass-advertised drug. Without drugs, doctors might >actually have to TALK to patients. Horrors! > >5. Ethics: With Enron gone, we need a new, >national example of strong ethics that properly >communicate the essence of American corporate greed. >Pharmaceutical companies could make Enron look like >the Girl Scouts. > >6. Political Fundraising: We need drug companies >to support the re-election efforts of national >leaders. > >7. Publishers: Without drug company advertising, >who would support all the newspaper and magazine >publishers in this country? After all, many print >publications are now little more than pro-drug >infomercial rags dressed up to look like credible news >magazines. > >8. Patient Responsibility: Without drug companies >shifting health responsibility away from patients, the >people would actually have to think for themselves and >take control of their own health. That's simply too >much to ask from a dumbed-down population. > >9. The Environment: Drug companies set an >excellent example of fair and balanced environmental >policy, which is why antidepressant drugs are now >showing up in the water supply. Their new >environmental slogan? "You take it, you flush it, we >fuggedaboutit!" > >10. The Elderly: Everybody agrees we need honest >U.S. businesses to look out for the interests of our >elders. Pharmaceutical companies handle this with >finesse by taking over the full monthly incomes of >most retired folks. It's a genuine public service. > > > > > > >-- >The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal >Silver. > >Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org > >To post, address your message to: [email protected] >Silver List archive: >http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html > >Address Off-Topic messages to: [email protected] >OT Archive: http://escribe.com/health/silverofftopiclist/index.html > >List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]> >