tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post8975569694943432375..comments2024-01-01T20:33:52.554-08:00Comments on a moon, worn as if it had been a shell: Meditation on New LanguageElizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03313726816776097840noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-71333109375959472112018-01-25T06:13:26.031-08:002018-01-25T06:13:26.031-08:00Making anything that they know to be potentially h...Making anything that they know to be potentially horrific sound appealing enough, that those desperate enough for relief, for cures, for Life itself will be willing to take the risks is what I Hate most about Western Medicine! My preferred Language for such Marketing, Branding and Profiting has been mostly relegated to profanity... especially after watching those ridiculously intentionally deceptive commercials or reading the articles promoting it all!Bohemianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03743017084098726581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-34645510278180191702018-01-25T03:24:12.081-08:002018-01-25T03:24:12.081-08:00Apologies for multiple comments, something to do w...Apologies for multiple comments, something to do with my phone and my clumsy fingers.<br /><br />Re side effects of drugs and commercial interests of pharma industry, check out David Healy (the psychiatrist and writer, not the actor) and esp. this website: https://rxisk.org/<br /><br />He also has a blog: https://davidhealy.org/blog/<br /><br />I once knew David before he became a scientist but we have lost touch.Sabinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09015827501648296977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-54313386038869285232018-01-25T00:05:46.968-08:002018-01-25T00:05:46.968-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Sabinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09015827501648296977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-39754263586817185612018-01-25T00:05:45.601-08:002018-01-25T00:05:45.601-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Sabinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09015827501648296977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-16626121023158031062018-01-25T00:05:39.756-08:002018-01-25T00:05:39.756-08:00The word 'side' in side effects is what co...The word 'side' in side effects is what conned me at first. As in: something by the side like a small side dish while you tackle the big one, your disease - when in reality you stagger into a whole new nightmare of new symptoms.Sabinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09015827501648296977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-23679889789936482932018-01-24T19:10:58.499-08:002018-01-24T19:10:58.499-08:00I'm not a fan of drug advertising on TV. We h...I'm not a fan of drug advertising on TV. We have to watch it when we watch American channels but we don't have it here. It's not just big pharma though, it's medicine in general. They tend to gloss over difficulties, down play side effects. Even my own doctor whom I trust looks at me skeptically when I tell her taking Pepcid makes me feel suicidal. Or that diclofenac stops me from sleeping. <br /><br />I always tell my patients that they don't have to do anything they don't want to. It's their body. A doctor's opinion is just that, an opinion. They have a lot of education and experience but it's still only an opinion.<br /><br />My life so farhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16721270441968035994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-36600904981862119082018-01-24T11:24:03.582-08:002018-01-24T11:24:03.582-08:00I watched a new horror series on Amazon Prime enti...I watched a new horror series on Amazon Prime entitled Lore. It details different urban legends and presents their origin and how the legend affected those involved. By far the most frightening one was "Echoes" which followed the introduction of doing lobotomies on the mentally ill. It was CHILLING. It was touted as a "miracle cure". Kind of makes you wonder what "cures" we'll be learning about 50 years from now huh?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-37021350269485955612018-01-24T08:46:13.930-08:002018-01-24T08:46:13.930-08:00OMG.
I am automatically skeptical of any headlin...OMG. <br /><br />I am automatically skeptical of any headline containing an exclamation point. That usually indicates the story is crap.Steve Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11684120060438252945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-27561131909154640352018-01-24T05:14:57.861-08:002018-01-24T05:14:57.861-08:00Great post Elizabeth! Reminds me of another good ...Great post Elizabeth! Reminds me of another good quote: "Language is a virus" - William Burroughs (and song by Laurie Anderson). Also, the correct flow of the WCW poem is:<br /><br />so much depends<br />upon<br /><br />a red wheel<br />barrow<br /><br />glazed with rain<br />water<br /><br />beside the white<br />chickens. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-66761831410104454422018-01-23T19:19:38.763-08:002018-01-23T19:19:38.763-08:00We are being asked to BUY so many things. We are being asked to BUY so many things. Denise Emanuel Clemenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10982725113569943337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-83652118403172087722018-01-23T17:35:14.798-08:002018-01-23T17:35:14.798-08:00I have no words for the horror of this but I am gr...I have no words for the horror of this but I am grateful you do and that you keep writing them. Oh Elizabeth. It’s so fucked up. 37paddingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12400464105403622384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-56572520676972824502018-01-23T16:55:49.826-08:002018-01-23T16:55:49.826-08:00Drug advertising sickens me. I worked one one proj...Drug advertising sickens me. I worked one one project for a pharmaceutical company that was trying to take an existing drug and market it to those with psoriatic arthritis. One side effect is lymphoma.i was so nauseated watching drs examine psoriasis patients with thick rubber gloves that I nearly fainted twice - and I mean that literally. The drug is on the market - I’m sure you’ve seen the commercial. I will never work for a pharma company again.They and the drs couldn’t give a hoot about side effects and will deny them while you’re walking around barely able to stand. I know this personally and I’m not sick! I can only imagine what a non-verbal Sophie and others like her must feel and mentally and physically. It’s absolutely horrific and I’m sorry. JoanneAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-3857229721571182052018-01-23T16:37:07.871-08:002018-01-23T16:37:07.871-08:00William Carlos Williams made words into art.
The ...William Carlos Williams made words into art. <br />The people who create those ads, those articles, make words into pornography. Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.com