Next Time Just Use Amphetamines

Big news here in Massachusetts and to the surprise of no one is that there's a burgeoning demand for cheap health care. That comes as no big surprise, even the poor illegal immigrant wants to look prettier even though MassHealth won't cover the cosmetic surgery.

But what's the consumer to do when even legitimate physicians kill more patients then car accidents or handguns? Some say that modern medicine stacks the deck against the paitent in the first place.

OK OK, I know drugs from a legitimate pharmacy prescribed by a knowledgable physician are almost always safe, right? I mean name one person in the family who nearly got killed by their physician this week. Can anyone come up with even just one name?

I can. It turns out that Allopurinol a daily pill to control Gout can in some not so rare cases make the disease worse. Once again, Lisa's grandfather dodged a bullet because we're here taking care of him.

So it's Dean 2 Old Age 0 and we never got a definitive diagnosis on pneumonia or not. It never showed up on any of his Xrays but he's feeling much better. All in all, I'd say it's Dean 2 Physicians 0.

As for home liposuction, it really is too bad that doctors aren't allowed to prescribe Dexedrine for weight loss. Nothing is more effective, you lose your appetite and want to go out and lift heavy things and put them back down again. Unless you have ADD, you lose your appetite and mellow out for a while. It's too bad it's off patent. Then maybe a drug company would fight for a patients right to use it.