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Subject: Re: (2490)      Re: (2488)      Re: (2486)      Am I paranoid, or
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Date: 19 Sep 90 14:58:00 GMT
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On Wed, 19 Sep 90 07:11:28 pdt Support Account for SCI.MED.AIDS said:
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>putting everything in a locked cabinet forever...)  How can we expect
>pharmecutical companies to behave any differently?  They aren't cranking
>out gallons of NyQuil(r) because they hate to see us suffering with the
>sniffles.  Why should we believe that they make any drug (chemotherapy even)
>FOR US!!! It is clear the companies make these drugs to make money, and if

The only personal example I have is with a topical solution known as
"Neoxin" which I believe Parke-Davis used to produce.  I am hypersensitive
poison ivy and the shots available do not help.  This icky, foul-smelling
substance was great!  About twelve years ago, it disappeared from the
shelves of pharmacies everywhere.  I talked with a pharmacist friend who
had close ties with the drug companies and he said that since it worked so
well, it was removed from the market and far more money could be made from
multiple applications of caladryl-type lotions several times a day.  Since
these lotions only reduce the itching, not the poison ivy, then you use
it for the course of the irritation.

I realize this has little to do with AIDS, but it is demonstrative of
what can happen on a small scale...multiply that by several-fold and
let your imagination run amok...

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