tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post8056679049896460404..comments2024-03-28T20:53:49.167-04:00Comments on The Adventures of Roberta X: FDA To Asthmatics: Stifle YourselfRoberta Xhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09956807794520627885noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-22478568174011797832008-07-15T13:30:00.000-04:002008-07-15T13:30:00.000-04:00I have to carry an Albuterol inhaler with me every...I have to carry an Albuterol inhaler with me everywhere, on the off chance I catch a whiff of a skunk, bad B.O., or some plant that doesn't like me and clamp up tighter than an old man's wallet.<BR/><BR/>Last August, my inhaler was "reformulated" because one of the propellants "harmed the ozone layer."<BR/><BR/>The new ones suck eggs. I have to take four puffs just to be able to breathe enough to take the two needed to get rid of my attack!<BR/><BR/>On top of that, this new formulation doesn't come with all the pleasant side effects of my old inhaler. No more am I rewarded with a pleasant dizzyness and slight euphoria. Now I just get a headache and my throat hurts. It's like they replaced pot with ditch weed. (Not that I'd know. Seriously.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-61472517468182042272008-07-02T12:47:00.000-04:002008-07-02T12:47:00.000-04:00Yet another immoral and unjust malum prohibitum ac...Yet another immoral and unjust <I>malum prohibitum</I> act of government.<BR/><BR/>Puts me in mind of Thoreau: "Waldo, the question is, what are <I>you</I> doing out <I>there</I>?"Kenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04780425923108876647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-92013764842532829832008-07-02T06:02:00.000-04:002008-07-02T06:02:00.000-04:00I'd like to know what numbers they used to justify...I'd like to know what numbers they used to justify this. C'mon, the inhalers can't put out much of this stuff.<BR/>(And we wonder what keeps driving the cost of medicine up.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-6504315902614073372008-07-01T23:33:00.000-04:002008-07-01T23:33:00.000-04:00Labrat: is it bad or good that I know exactly the ...Labrat: is it bad or good that I know exactly the emotional reaction you mean?<BR/><BR/> Pax, bingo! (And welcome, btw!)<BR/><BR/> Medicaman: "Business is booming" is not a good thing in your trade. It seems insane to me that FDA would take a useful medication off the table over the harm the smidgen of CFC's used in it might do to the ozone layer. Couldn't Uncle Sam just recover the freon from a dozen big air-conditioning systems and call it even?Roberta Xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09956807794520627885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-38859170580281338272008-07-01T23:30:00.000-04:002008-07-01T23:30:00.000-04:00Plain vanilla generic albuterol rescue inhaler $7....Plain vanilla generic albuterol rescue inhaler $7. Politically correct " green" albuterol inhaler "Proventil" $45+Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-54986802949303090932008-07-01T17:06:00.000-04:002008-07-01T17:06:00.000-04:00Sigh...Looks like I will be getting more customers...Sigh...<BR/><BR/>Looks like I will be getting more customers.<BR/><BR/><BR/>MedicmanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-51705849391029508192008-07-01T16:10:00.000-04:002008-07-01T16:10:00.000-04:00From the linked article: Patients are also concern...From the linked article: <I>Patients are also concerned about the cost because there is no generic version of the new green inhalers.</I><BR/><BR/>And <I>that</I>, right there, has got to be how this numbskull legislation got passed. The greenies might have thought of it first ("we need fewer people on the planet anyway!"), but it would not have passed without a push from someone eager to make a buck from government meddling.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-38253883704475811942008-07-01T15:35:00.000-04:002008-07-01T15:35:00.000-04:00There are no words for how fundamentally angry thi...There are no words for how fundamentally angry this makes me.<BR/><BR/>This is why I never blog about environmental issues; damn near everybody involved makes me so skull-popping pissed off that when I try, all that comes out is a spiraling descent into random profanity.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-1344800463966574462008-07-01T10:14:00.000-04:002008-07-01T10:14:00.000-04:00I really hope the drug companies come up with some...I really hope the drug companies come up with some replacement gas for the deliveries. Those little inhalers are great. Can't keep track of the number of times I've seen them used in schools. It's really great to see a kid who suffers from asthma be able to participate in activites because he knows he has an inhaler if he needs it.<BR/><BR/>Stupid government.Mr. Fixithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15504277932727865725noreply@blogger.com