tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27807460.post1396930157314965746..comments2024-03-22T13:57:42.835-04:00Comments on Wishydig: Medical mass nounsWishydighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06141057866370676641noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27807460.post-16037543047816721172007-03-14T02:35:00.000-04:002007-03-14T02:35:00.000-04:00Jangari: Actonel is in fact a drug for osteoporosi...Jangari: Actonel is in fact a drug for osteoporosis. And still they focus on fracture as the "condition" that needs treatment. You offer an astute observation that most people will think osteoporosis only affects old people. It's all about getting the viewer to feel like part of the key demographic.<BR/><BR/>Brian: You don't really have that do you? Is that why you run so much? I have restless toe syndrome. But that illness is all in my head and it involves counting syllables.Wishydighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06141057866370676641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27807460.post-6520194621799351082007-03-13T00:22:00.000-04:002007-03-13T00:22:00.000-04:00I think I have restless leg syndrome. Maybe we can...I think I have restless leg syndrome. Maybe we can finance the commune by making up an ailment and advertising/selling the cure for it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27807460.post-27031926100753341012007-03-11T00:58:00.000-05:002007-03-11T00:58:00.000-05:00So awhile back you wrote a few posts about the pro...So awhile back you wrote a few posts about the pronunciation of the title of the movie, "Babel"... anyway, I'm just wondering if you and Buffy saw it and what you thought if you did see it.<BR/><BR/>I just finished it...First impression of it was really good, but sometimes I have to give more serious movies some time to sink in... - DeniseMrs. H in Costa Rica 2023https://www.blogger.com/profile/17906480670448043712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27807460.post-12030307259584816482007-03-09T22:06:00.000-05:002007-03-09T22:06:00.000-05:00That's my favorite line from The Royal Tenebaums.That's my favorite line from <I>The Royal Tenebaums</I>.Buffy Turnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01867498681528614443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27807460.post-34452048932616313952007-03-09T20:07:00.000-05:002007-03-09T20:07:00.000-05:00You touched on it right at the end, but I think it...You touched on it right at the end, but I think it's the driving factor here. It is that the drug companies are making mountains out of molehills; chronic conditions out of acute ones. If someone gets 'a migraine' then there's an implicit idea that it is inherently telic, that it will go away at some point. if, rather 'a migraine', it is considered 'an acute manifestation of a chronic underlying condition; <I>migraine</I>' then it implies that 'migraine' never goes away, it just subsides for a while, lies dormant. In which case the best thing to do is take preventative medication, lots of drugs all the time.<BR/><BR/>I have no idea of the medical basis of this, it could be completely reasonable for migraine to constitute a chronic condition with acute manifestations. Fractures, on the other hand, are clearly very telic things. I suppose there could be a condition (most likely there is) whereby bone density is significantly reduced, for instance, meaning that bones break and fracture more often. However, I wouldn't term such a condition 'fracture', since 'a fracture' cannot be argued to refer to anything more than any given instance. But to the medical publicist, this could just represent a challenge; re-brand something that's prototypically acute in every possible respect and make the piblic perceive it as chronic. You could just call it 'osteoperosis' or 'reduced bone density', but... well, only old people have those, everyone else just gets fractures or suffers from <I>fracture</I>.<BR/><BR/>Why? Well, it's obvious; money. The tag line shows it: <I>before migraine controls your day</I>. In other words, take our drug even if you don't have a migraine, but, due to suffering from 'migraine', expect to get one in the near future. Chronic conditions sell a lot more drugs than acute ones.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com