April 24, 2008


Just Say ‘No’ to Paranoid Conspiracy Theories

I refuse to submit to paranoid conspiracy speculations about why I simply could not include this piece of advice in my last comment on India’s post concerning generic drugs and the FDA and . . .

It was a walk on the weird side. But let’s think positive. Here’s my advice:

People, if you have a funny feeling that the Henry Ford-assembly line approach to medicine doesn’t fit you, either do it yourself (experiment with variations on your doctor’s prescription) or (if your doctor is open) find a compounding pharmacy.

Update: Yesterday an encounter with a series of comment-submission glitches prompted me to speculate (tongue-in-cheek) that if I did not maintain my guard against nutty thinking, I’d soon be cooking up a theory that Big Pharma and the FDA were obstructing my exercise of free speech. This morning it seems to me I’d do better to rein in a tendency toward publishing posts that suggest I’m talking out loud to myself.

posted by Sheila Ryan in branding, drugs, economics, health, marketing, observations, odd 

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5 Responses to “Just Say ‘No’ to Paranoid Conspiracy Theories”

  1. Sheila Ryan on April 24th, 2008 at 7:42 pm

    Good! That worked. I hate hate hate it when I start listing toward paranoid conspiracy theories. Even — no! especially! — when they confirm my prejudices.

  2. Deron Bauman on April 24th, 2008 at 8:25 pm

    looks like those comments were stuck in spam, along with fifteen hundred ‘online pharmacy’ comments.

  3. Sheila Ryan on April 24th, 2008 at 8:30 pm

    Ah, yes, those online/offshore pharmacies. Sell you Wellbutrin stinking of rotten eggs in a paper sack designed for circus peanuts.

  4. Sheila Ryan on April 24th, 2008 at 8:34 pm

    Yes, and now it seems I repeated myself like a gibbering idiot cranked on speed.

  5. Deron Bauman on April 24th, 2008 at 9:56 pm

    been there.

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