Posted by Squiggles on November 24, 2002, at 20:35:07
In reply to Re: Fiery Rhetoric » Mr.Scott, posted by Alan on November 24, 2002, at 19:51:49
Assuming that a drug has successfully
passed the FDA, and is truly a benign
drug with a good safety margin, there
is another problem in health care in
general, which i believe is totally
ignored.The tests that are taken for a certain
condition are not frequent enough; take
for example blood tests for diabetes--
if a test is taken once a year, then it
is not likely that a true, rounded picture
of the blood condition will show. All
the good drugs in the world will not help
if you don't check the gas or the water
frequently enough.I really think that this is a serious
problem in medicine. If we could have
something analogous to a gas pump station
to even self-monitor for a myriad of blood
pictures, much misery and disease could
be prevented.Squiggles
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