Pepin’s Pharmaceutical Prattle for 11-10-2003
	Quote of the day: You have to leave the city of your comfort and go into the wilderness of your intuition. What you'll discover will be wonderful. What you'll discover will be yourself. Alan Alda (1936 - )

Good morning! I am running out of time to write much this week…just know that I am going on vacation for a few days to commune with Nature….will be too cold at the source of the Mississippi to frolic much but I plan on some R&R. Hope you can do with just the news this week…..

1) Say it isn't so Teddy… Drug Bill in trouble…
	Yeah… if they pass it then it goes away as a political issue for the 2004 Presidential (and Senatorial) races…. Cynic?….who me? …Click here for full text of story. http://washingtontimes.com/national/20031104-114538-3614r.htm

2) Dan Burton can give it a rest now….

he Senator from Indiana keeps this one alive….. but research shows no link between vaccine and autism. Thimerosal, as I recall, was the active ingredient in MERTHIOLATE of years gone by. Study "tainted" because of "lack of disclosure" . Good research is good research…..I hope we don't have to do ANOTHER study!. Sometimes bad things happen for no known reason. Autism was present well before we started making vaccines. I believe that there is no link….(I could be wrong) …Click here for full text of story. http://biz.yahoo.com/rc/031103/health_vaccines_1.html

3) Lord of the Rings meets Puff the magic dragon?
	New two headed Dragon talks to kids about asthma…and educates the parents along the way. Inflamation and constriction.... interesting.... …Click here for full text of story. http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/031103/dcm063_1.html

4) Nasal ED- What's that ? A new perfume? …Wow!
	Drug may not work consistently for ED…but expect this one after Cialis and Uprima. Just wait until Este Lauder teams up with the PHARMA company! …Click here for full text of story. http://biz.yahoo.com/rc/031103/health_palatin_2.html

5) The WFMC strikes again….

More NOSE STUFF>>>>>During my residency we all used to joke about how seriously the MAYO clinic docs took themselves and only refered to the MAYO CLINIC as THE "WORLD FAMOUS MAYO CLINIC"…WFMC for short. Fear that the nasal virus will harm immunocompromised patients in contact with anyone who had the live virus prompts its ban. The FDA has another review. With an AWP of over $50 per dose compared to injectable at less than $5 the drug is in limited use right now. This could hurt it even more. …Click here for full text of story. http://www.kare11.com/news/news-article.asp?NEWS_ID=54612

6) Think of HDL as BOXCARS that carry away the LDL (bad) cholesterol…
	Administration of HDL cholesterol seemed to work in 6 weeks. Natural ways to increase HDL are EXERCISE and alcohol….(Talk about YIN and YANG). Expect this to be HUGE in the future because very few EXERCISE….. Now if they could just substitute this for the fat in the deep fryers at Mickey D's... …Click here for full text of story. http://www.foxnews.com/printer_friendly_story/0,3566,102243,00.html

7) Making the world a safer place- one deer at a time.

I am off on my annual trip to the BIG WOODS. Insurance industry statistics don't lie. Even if I don't see one I expect to have a grand time with my brothers, cousins, and nephews. As the quote goes… …Click here for full text of story. http://65.54.170.250/cgi-bin/linkrd?_lang=EN&lah=2c19f0f21d1c4a5a9d2b9d422ca8f1cd&lat=1068134146&hm___action=http%3a%2f%2fwww%2estartribune%2ecom%2fstories%2f462%2f4194943%2ehtml

Have a GREAT week! (I will) Steve

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