[ExI] bexarotene papers

[spike]

>... On Behalf Of Adrian Tymes
Subject: Re: [ExI] bexarotene papers

>...Wait for their moderators to get around to approving it.
Which may be some time tomorrow...


Never mind, got thru, talked to an actual human who sounded as if she had a
genuine brain, thank evolution.  I am watching the online article, still
hasn't been fixed.

There is no time to wait for tomorrow on this sort of thing.  A lot of us
who have an AD family member are on constant google-alert for anything new,
and the LA Times has about a trillion subscribers, so the sooner this is
fixed the more easily I will sleep tonight.

spike



On Thu, Aug 9, 2012 at 5:05 PM, spike <spike66 at att.net> wrote:
> My comment isn't showing up.  What do we do now, coach?
>
> spike
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: spike [mailto:spike66 at att.net]
> Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2012 4:51 PM
> To: 'ExI chat list'
> Subject: RE: [ExI] bexarotene papers
>
> OK, I created an account, logged in and was the first to comment, but 
> the comment hasn't shown up yet.  Any other ideas?
>
> spike
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: extropy-chat-bounces at lists.extropy.org
> [mailto:extropy-chat-bounces at lists.extropy.org] On Behalf Of spike
> Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2012 4:34 PM
> To: 'ExI chat list'
> Subject: Re: [ExI] bexarotene papers
>
>
> Ethics hipsters, what do I do now?  I see this article, and now how do 
> I get the message to the LA Times to fix this goddam error forthwith, 
> before some desperate ill-informed prole takes and stuffs a month's 
> supply of Targretin into grandma in one afternoon?  Does anyone here 
> know anyone from the Times, or how does one go about this?
>
> Help me Obi Wan, and do it riiiight noooow please, immediately.
>
> spike
>
> _______________________________________________
>
>
> Oy vey, the LA Times today replicated a mistake from early in the 
> cycle back in February.  An order of magnitude error was made by 
> someone writing "per day" instead of "per month."  I have seen this 
> error pop up hundreds of times, and it may have slain patients by now.
>
> http://www.latimes.com/health/boostershots/la-heb-alzheimers-drug-ethi
> cs-201
> 20809,0,2927327.story
>
> ".Second, patients and their advocates must consider whether it is 
> fair for doctors to begin writing prescriptions for bexarotene for 
> patients with dementia. The unreimbursed cost of treating an 
> Alzheimer's disease patient with bexarotene -- anywhere between $1,200 
> and $2,500 per day out-of-pocket by one estimate -- would make this a 
> treatment option only for the very wealthy."
>
> Imagine a really wealthy family with an AD patient, reads the above 
> comment, says to his son, Junior, you somehow know how to score all 
> kinds of vile dope to poke into yourself, so take this $10k, go use 
> your contacts, bring me that much Targretin and don't tell me how or 
> where you got it.  Junior takes off, comes back an hour later with 
> $10k in Targretin, dad shovels all of it down grandma's throat over 
> the next 4 to 6 days, patient mysteriously expires from an acute 
> overdose of bexarotene resulting in massive multiple organ failure.  
> Newspapers need to be very careful about propagating misinformation.
>
> Eeesh.
>
> spike
>
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