Tuesday, January 23, 2007

Bad Medicine

So today at the transcription office I've been listening to and typing up a recording of a focus group who all have a particular disease in common. Some causes of and/or behaviors which exacerbate this disease include being overweight and smoking.

The group was asked what their "perfect" medication might be, as opposed to what they all currently take, a pill.

Focus Group Participant Number One: "It would be great if it were something you could eat."

Focus Group Participant Number Two: "Or smoke."

2 Comments:

Blogger Teri said...

Oh my God. Just today I was watching this alarmist (perhaps rightly) news brief about how to dispose of expired pharmaceuticals. They were saying that you shouldn't flush them down the toilet or throw them away, because they are leeching into the water supply. They were suggesting disposing of them in an impermeable plastic bag in which you've mixed the pills with coffee grounds or kitty litter. Either that or petitioning your township for a once-a-month, domestic hazardous materials collection day. Isn't this a clue that the pharmaceutical thing is a little out of control? When it's causing an environmental crisis?

Scapegoating the pharma industry is not my goal here. Some people genuinely need medicine. But the news brief I saw as well as what you've shared here exposes a disease of thinking that has infected a large segment of the population.

Thank you for the reminder to take care of myself.

10:43 PM, January 23, 2007

 
Blogger Overmatter said...

I think you've come up with a really good idea for a sitcom.

11:58 PM, January 24, 2007

 

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