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| Thread ID: 112054 | 2010-08-21 23:43:00 | The End is Nigh | pctek (84) | PC World Chat |
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| 1130431 | 2010-08-21 23:43:00 | All the fuss over bird flus and other non-events and they haven't picked up on this yet: www.reuters.com NDM-1 makes bacteria highly resistant to almost all antibiotics, including the most powerful class called carbapenems. Experts say there are no new drugs on the horizon to tackle it. I suppose people have been so used to antiboitics they have no idea what a problem it used to be. I have a bit more awareness as my dad had his entire leg amputated when he was 2 - before there were antibiotics. See, wasn't that long ago either. He tripped up like little kids do, scraped his knee and voila next thing he had an infection, and then he had gangrene. Think about: Minor cuts Appendicitis Pneumonia TB and so on.......... |
pctek (84) | ||
| 1130432 | 2010-08-21 23:56:00 | It's amazing how long the list is of things that want to kill you... | davidmmac (4619) | ||
| 1130433 | 2010-08-22 00:11:00 | More scare-mongering. They interviewed one of the leading experts on antibiotics just a few days back, and what she said was... There are a number of existing anti-biotics that can effectively treat that strain, and they have been used numerous times to do so, they are just out of favor with the medical establishment due to....age. Other items get all the promotion. A number of existing anti-botics can be modified so they do treat NDM-1. The drug companies are trying to force a situation where there Research and development is paid for by the Governments, that means the tax-payers. The people get to pay them to deveop it, then pay for the drugs themselves. The worst part of that is the argument for expensive drugs is the cost of R&D. They can develop the new drugs, They simply want to scare the **** out of people to maximise profits. |
Metla (12) | ||
| 1130434 | 2010-08-22 00:12:00 | Yeah, even if you leave the Government out, there are far too many hazards. | R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 1130435 | 2010-08-22 00:22:00 | All the fuss over bird flus and other non-events and they haven't picked up on this yet: www.reuters.com NDM-1 makes bacteria highly resistant to almost all antibiotics, including the most powerful class called carbapenems. Experts say there are no new drugs on the horizon to tackle it. I suppose people have been so used to antiboitics they have no idea what a problem it used to be. I have a bit more awareness as my dad had his entire leg amputated when he was 2 - before there were antibiotics. See, wasn't that long ago either. He tripped up like little kids do, scraped his knee and voila next thing he had an infection, and then he had gangrene. Think about: Minor cuts Appendicitis Pneumonia TB and so on.......... this is part of the developing mri issue. you dont need to go to india, just go to middlemore hospital in auckland among others in this country, where they have been sampleing all admitted patients before they leave to see if they have given them an MRI. since at least 2002. |
angry (15305) | ||
| 1130436 | 2010-08-22 03:03:00 | I am beginning to think my mate is right,most corporates arescum. | Cicero (40) | ||
| 1130437 | 2010-08-22 05:52:00 | More scare-mongering. They interviewed one of the leading experts on antibiotics just a few days back, and what she said was... There are a number of existing anti-biotics that can effectively treat that strain, and they have been used numerous times to do so, they are just out of favor with the medical establishment due to....age. Other items get all the promotion. A number of existing anti-botics can be modified so they do treat NDM-1. The drug companies are trying to force a situation where there Research and development is paid for by the Governments, that means the tax-payers. The people get to pay them to deveop it, then pay for the drugs themselves. The worst part of that is the argument for expensive drugs is the cost of R&D. They can develop the new drugs, They simply want to scare the **** out of people to maximise profits. Not sure if it's the same here, but in England R&D for the drug companies is not taxed. I used to crew a sail boat for a guy that worked in R&D for Phizer so I guess he knew about that |
gary67 (56) | ||
| 1130438 | 2010-08-22 06:25:00 | Not sure if it's the same here, but in England R&D for the drug companies is not taxed. I used to crew a sail boat for a guy that worked in R&D for Phizer so I guess he knew about that I've danced with a girl who's danced with a boy, who's danced with the Princess of Wales ! |
Cicero (40) | ||
| 1130439 | 2010-08-22 07:18:00 | this is part of the developing mri issue. Here's some more on it: malayalidoc.blogspot.com What has MRI's got to do with it? Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), or nuclear magnetic resonance imaging (NMRI), is primarily a noninvasive medical imaging technique used in radiology to visualize detailed internal structure and limited function of the body. Or do you mean MRSA? Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a bacterium responsible for several difficult-to-treat infections in humans. It may also be called multidrug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus or oxacillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (ORSA). MRSA is old news - there were still a few things to kill it. But they are becoming scarcer.... |
pctek (84) | ||
| 1130440 | 2010-08-22 09:08:00 | Geeze you guys .... I'm starting to feel bloody crook .... think I'd better take a sick day tomorrow :thumbs: | SP8's (9836) | ||
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