Abbott and Costello

Poor Abbott Labs – they had to pull their diet drug Meridia off of the market. It seems that this drug had the unwanted side effect of increasing the risk of heart attack and stroke for those taking it.

Pity. Meridia was one of the lowest cost name brand prescriptions out there – a Meridian prescription only used to cost around $100 a month – chump change in today’s overpriced pharmaceutical market.

Physicians prescribing Meridia don’t seem to be too upset about the drug going off of the market – apparently they found that it didn’t really work al that well, with the average patient losing only around 15 pounds before reaching a plateau. For an overweight person who needed to be on weight control drugs to manage their weight, 15 pounds is just a drop in the bucket. Well, what did you expect for just a hundred bucks a month – significant weight loss?

I am saddened by the passing of Meridia for one selfish reason – I never had the pleasure of seeing an Abbott rep hawking Meridia bring in a fattening lunch spread for a doctor and staff. This would have had a real Zen significance for me if I had the pleasure of witnessing it. Ho Hum – I guess I’ll have to be satisfied by that huge cheese platter I saw that was brought in by the Rep pushing Lipitor.

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