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"Hacking" medicine doesn't really work. See Theranos. First, epenephrine degrades when exposed to light so your epipencil may be ineffective from the start. S
by ncavet 10y ago
"Hacking" medicine doesn't really work. See Theranos.
First, epenephrine degrades when exposed to light so your epipencil may be ineffective from the start.
Second, parents when measured took 2.5 minutes to fill a syringe with epinephrine which is not fast enough in an emergency.
The price gouging is terrible. There are cheaper alternatives but Epi-pen has the most well known brand.
People buy Tylenol and Advil not Aspirin and Ibruprofen.
Drs have appealed to ban drug advertising. Medicine should have no place in capitalism.
Source: http://www.aaaai.org/ask-the-expert/effect-of-light-on-epinephrine http://www.aaaai.org/ask-the-expert/effect-of-light-on-epine...
- jedmeyers 10y ago> People buy Tylenol and Advil not Aspirin and Ibruprofen. Aspirin is still a registered trademark of the acetylsalicylic acid in many countries and it's owned by Bayer AG. The generic name of Tylenol is acetaminophen (paracetamol).
- abduhl 10y agoAspirin lost its trademark status in the major Allied nations during WW2 when their assets were confiscated.
- lantastic 10y agoTrademarks were part of the confiscation during WW2, but Aspirin lost its trademark status in US long before that[1]. [1] https://cyber.harvard.edu/metaschool/fisher/domain/tmcases/bayer.htm https://cyber.harvard.edu/metaschool/fisher/domain/tmcases/b...
- zigzigzag 10y agoI think you meant capitalism should have no place in medicine!
- justifier 10y agomy impulse on this forum would be to say: create a pull request; but i felt compelled by the importance to at least make your concern about the light degradation known i sent an email through the contact link suggesting they note this in the instructions and video if you have any other helpful knowledge i ask you to share it with this group