"Here! I am at your doctor conference for oncology with my poster about how we did a study showing our drug is better than the other drug! Stop by and read my scientific paper, if you'd like!"

Drug companies buy very large quantities of article reprints from us for this very reason (that, and sales visits to physicians' offices). "Look! Our drug was shown in this paper to be statistically superior to placebo! You should start prescribing it!"

Well, that sounds better to me than ads. And then, ads for lawyers' settlements for the same crap that was in all the ads last year.

ads for lawyers' settlements for the same crap that was in all the ads last year.

yes, I love seeing those ads for drugs I was on a few years ago. I always think "Huh, I wonder if that's why I was taken off of it."

I happen to love Target pharmacy because of the pill bottles. I know that is frivolous.

The bottles are cool.

I was kind of shocked, really.

In 'the system sucks but some people are nice' news...the clinic called again to apologize for a second time about the prescription debacle.

Phew. I appreciate the effort, for reals.

I just left the therapist's office. I did not like her, but I did make another appointment. So, I guess I'll give it one more try.

But no, drug companies are the devil because they don't charge 1 cent a pill for Lipitor.

Well, it costs 1 cent for the active ingredient NOW. But someone had to develop it, figure out if it worked for anything, figure out if it was safe to take... Little things. Drug companies do make a lot of money but the part I don't begrudge them is recouping their initial investment.

I just left the therapist's office. I did not like her, but I did make another appointment. So, I guess I'll give it one more try.

I'm sorry it wasn't an instant click. Though, I think I've done better with therapists when I didn't have that auto-click. Their point of view was different enough that it made me step outside of my own brain and look at things from a different perspective. Just me...not saying that works for everyone.

sj, I love your attitude!

I just wish they'd stop doing the ads on TV. They drive me crazy! The mood enhancement ones are so vague, it could fit a million condtions. The list of side effects turns me off. But the ED drug ads are the ones that annoy me the most. Ugg.

ION- I caught up! I was several hunderd posts behind. Today is turning out to be a calm before the storm. So fuck it. I'm taking a half day. I have 140 vacation hours that I never have time to take. So I'm takeing a couple today.

((Quester!!)))

Smonster, you doing better over there?

SJ, how about you?

So many Bitches need brackets. I give hugs to all that wants them.

IOmeN, tomorrow, I should get my Phillips Hue starter pack. Fun with color changing LED's lights! I know what I'm doing on my one day off on Saturday. (and yes, I am bummed I have to work 12 hours on Super Bowl Sunday, with no TV's around to steal a view anywhere).