@lgelb:
You are a kind of controversial person.
Whenever I have posted something on a thread and you also happen to post on that particular thread it's just to rip me because of what I posted.
You are also the kind of person who thinks that "Knows-It-All" just because you worked (or still work) for the health-care industry. All this makes you arrogant and delusional.
Let me recap some incidents here on these Forums where you've tried to override or overrule posts that I've made.
Firstly, you accused me of "spreading misinformation" about Social Security benefits for people with ALS.
This accusation turned out to be false and other Forum members jumped in on that thread to deny your accusation that I had been "lying and you had been correcting me every time".
Secondly, it was the thread about the not getting the PEG-tube and "dying peacefully".
You claimed you are "100% sure" that some people do "die peacefully".
I was going to respond you on that thread with an argument that was going to be very hard for you to rebuke but, there are some people here who were going to find that post somewhat "disturbing" and thus, I refrained from posting it.
I was going to send it to you as a PM but you either purposely disabled PM or the Forum Admin disabled it for you.
If you are able to make it work, let me know and I'll PM you the reasons (biochemically and chemically) because why I think no human being dies "peacefully".
That's something you can't claim for certain as you haven't died and come back from the dead to tell us. So, do not assume just because what you see and may think.
Thirdly, this thread about Rilutek and its scandalous price scheme.
Just to oppose me, you made that post.
lgelb: I don't know who you are and I could care less either but, just to let you know, I am a CHEMIST. Yeah, a Chemist with a B.S. and an M.S. in Chemistry.
I have worked for the *Pharmaceutical Industry as long as you have or maybe longer than you.
I have worked for Sanofi-Aventis, Pfizer, Eli Lilly, Abbott Labs, Allergan, J&J and Novartis.
I have worked on Quality Control Lab analyzing Raw Materials, In-Process, Finished Products, Stability. I have worked on Quality Assurance. I have worked on Compliance. I have worked on R&D. I have worked on Regulatory Affairs.
I have dealt with the FDA whenever they had come over to our facilities to conduct an inspection/audit.
I have addressed FDA "Warning Letters" (also know as "483") and corrected any deficiency that ma have popped-up during the inspections.
I'm familiar with GMPs, GLPs, CFR, etc (I suppose you should know what these acronyms mean, right?).
So, to let you know, I know as much as you claim to know about the Drug Industry (for whom I have worked all my life before this DAMN ALS struck me).
Even when having been an employee for them all these years and having *401K and the like, I still think they are HEARTLESS people.
Why do I say it?
Because I've been to the QC LAB and R&D and I know how much they spend to manufacture a drug and how much the charge for it just to please their STOCKHOLDERS and the Pension Plans.
One of these companies, spent about an average of $87 to manufacture a drug (Material Purchase, Manufacturing, QC Analysis, QA Compliance, Stability, etc.) and they charged $900! for every drug bottle they sold and this drug was for treating Cancer!
JesusChrist!
Do you "lgelb" think these guys are not "heartless"? In what world you live in?
What about the poor people who don't have the luxury of living in the USA such as those who live in Africa, Asia, Latin America?
Even people who live here in the USA and do NOT have Health Care to see a Doctor, let alone buying a Prescription? What about them? Who speaks for them, on their behalf? YOU, lgelb?
You seem to be living on a "Fantasy Land" while other people struggle to survive on daily basis.
My advice to you would be: "Wake up and smell the coffee"...
Carlos