Comments for Bruce E. Levine http://chelseagreen.com/blogs/brucelevine Just another The Chelsea Green Weblogs weblog Sat, 18 May 2013 12:20:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 Comment on Teaching "Positive Thinking" to the Troops; How Psychologists Profit on Unending U.S. Wars by John Lofton http://chelseagreen.com/blogs/brucelevine/2010/07/23/teaching-positive-thinking-to-the-troops-how-psychologists-profit-on-unending-us-wars/#comment-162 John Lofton Wed, 28 Jul 2010 16:31:54 +0000 http://chelseagreen.com/blogs/brucelevine/?p=10#comment-162 ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!! John Lofton, Editor, TheAmericanView.com Communications Director, Institute On The Constitution Recovering Republican JLof@aol.com ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!

John Lofton, Editor, TheAmericanView.com
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]]> Comment on Are Psychiatric Drugs Contributing to Mental Illness Disability? by mkass http://chelseagreen.com/blogs/brucelevine/2010/05/04/are-psychiatric-drugs-contributing-to-mental-illness-disability/#comment-104 mkass Wed, 05 May 2010 16:35:17 +0000 http://chelseagreen.com/blogs/brucelevine/?p=9#comment-104 There is also an excellent piece in The Lancet on this exact subject line. The author, a historian of psychiatry, brands the terminology bandied about by BigParma as "biobabble." http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736%2810%2960532-6/fulltext. An article on Mark Hyman published a few years ago sheds light on simple alternatives: http://organicconnectmag.com/wp/2008/03/mark-hyman-md-putting-magnesium-back-in-your-life/ There is also an excellent piece in The Lancet on this exact subject line. The author, a historian of psychiatry, brands the terminology bandied about by BigParma as "biobabble." http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736%2810%2960532-6/fulltext.

An article on Mark Hyman published a few years ago sheds light on simple alternatives: http://organicconnectmag.com/wp/2008/03/mark-hyman-md-putting-magnesium-back-in-your-life/

]]> Comment on Eli Lilly and the Case for a Corporate Death Penalty by Uncle B http://chelseagreen.com/blogs/brucelevine/2009/03/05/eli-lilly-and-the-case-for-a-corporate-death-penalty/#comment-89 Uncle B Tue, 23 Jun 2009 12:40:53 +0000 http://chelseagreen.com/blogs/brucelevine/?p=6#comment-89 And while you're at it, nail Monsanto and Bayer, they have both committed atrocities against human-kind for a ROI, which by the way, is their charter! Corporations are dedicated to shareholders and ROI at all costs, regardless of collateral damage, avoiding expensive litigations of course, but that is their only deterrent! Wake Up America! Read! Find out who the corporation answers to! find out the corporations reason for being! A corporation is the tool of the vulture capitalist used exclusively to gain ROI for shareholders - nothing altruistic, nothing patriotic, nothing environmentally friendly, nothing law-abiding in their charters! The "Almighty Bottom Line" a "Return on Investment" is their soul reason for being! We can change the rules for incorporation, and have a hppy safe country, or we can leave things as they are and hve a profitalble one - your call! P.S. Socialism doesn't work because it goes broke - every time humans try it! Look at the former U.S.S.R.! We need Obamka-Help with this for sure! And while you're at it, nail Monsanto and Bayer, they have both committed atrocities against human-kind for a ROI, which by the way, is their charter! Corporations are dedicated to shareholders and ROI at all costs, regardless of collateral damage, avoiding expensive litigations of course, but that is their only deterrent! Wake Up America! Read! Find out who the corporation answers to! find out the corporations reason for being! A corporation is the tool of the vulture capitalist used exclusively to gain ROI for shareholders - nothing altruistic, nothing patriotic, nothing environmentally friendly, nothing law-abiding in their charters! The "Almighty Bottom Line" a "Return on Investment" is their soul reason for being! We can change the rules for incorporation, and have a hppy safe country, or we can leave things as they are and hve a profitalble one - your call! P.S. Socialism doesn't work because it goes broke - every time humans try it! Look at the former U.S.S.R.! We need Obamka-Help with this for sure!

]]> Comment on Just How Corrupted Has American Medicine Become? by A. C. Paul http://chelseagreen.com/blogs/brucelevine/2009/01/14/just-how-corrupted-has-american-medicine-become/#comment-2 A. C. Paul Wed, 14 Jan 2009 20:08:32 +0000 http://chelseagreen.com/blogs/brucelevine/?p=3#comment-2 The original problem behind off-label usage is that the FDA would require the same redundancy in testing, paperwork, trials, etc, that the drug went through for its first approval. If the drug is already a generic, the millions of dollars the approval costs is not at all cost-effective. So yes, gabapentin is used off-label for the treatment of diabetic neuropathy. The drug is EFFECTIVE and SAFE, and is a non-narcotic way of relieving some types of nerve pain. Given that, does it matter how its marketed to the docs? As a nurse, evidenced-based practice is the gold standard. Therefore, when I admit a diabetic patient with neuropathies, I will ask the admitting doc is gabapentin is called for. And the makers of Neurontin never wooed me. Or my coworkers. We just want what's best for the patient. The original problem behind off-label usage is that the FDA would require the same redundancy in testing, paperwork, trials, etc, that the drug went through for its first approval. If the drug is already a generic, the millions of dollars the approval costs is not at all cost-effective.

So yes, gabapentin is used off-label for the treatment of diabetic neuropathy. The drug is EFFECTIVE and SAFE, and is a non-narcotic way of relieving some types of nerve pain. Given that, does it matter how its marketed to the docs?

As a nurse, evidenced-based practice is the gold standard. Therefore, when I admit a diabetic patient with neuropathies, I will ask the admitting doc is gabapentin is called for. And the makers of Neurontin never wooed me. Or my coworkers. We just want what's best for the patient.

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