Farmer H had his appointment Tuesday morning with the nurse practitioner. She must have consulted with the actual doctor, because she prescribed him an alternative to his diabetes jab medicine. Also a jab. She further informed Farmer H that she has 8 OTHER PATIENTS right now with the same issue. Guess what...
THE PHARMACY IS ALSO OUT OF THAT ONE!
Farmer H stopped by to pick it up, and was told that they SHOULD have it by Wednesday afternoon. We'll see. Anyhoo... while talking to the pharmacist, he learned that this alternative is in short supply because DOCTORS ARE PRESCRIBING IT FOR WEIGHT LOSS!
Don't THAT just beat all? Hang on! I just had a conspiracy flash. Remember how two specific medicines were banned during the height of THE VIRUS? Still are, as far as I know. Medicines that have been in use over 50 years, completely tested, used to treat malaria, and arthritis, and pinworms in children. Yet doctors are banned from prescribing them for THE VIRUS, under threat of losing their license. Because those two drugs are not approved for OFF LABEL use. Not because they're dangerous. The Veteran said his whole military group (whatever you call that) was given one of them while deployed in Iraq.
Anyhoo... that just makes me wonder why doctors are allowed to prescribe this diabetes jab for weight loss! Seems to me that is an off-label use. But who am I to question such things? I'm just an ample-rumpused old conspiracy theorist flipping my lovely lady-mullet in disgust.
Oooh!! That's it! That's what I remembered and I made a mistake yesterday with an ingredient being used for drug making. Sorry.
ReplyDeleteRiver,
ReplyDeleteOf course I have never made a mistake in my life, but I will put in a good word for you with the Comment Mistake Police!
Viagra started out as a drug for the heart, you know. The side effect made it wha it is today!
ReplyDeleteKathy,
ReplyDeleteI do remember reading that somewhere. And that it's pretty expensive, probably because men will pay the price. And not for their heart!