Comments on: “We never imagined people would think of osteopenia as a disease” https://ethicalnag.org/2010/02/06/osteopenia/ Marketing Ethics for the Easily Swayed Fri, 26 Aug 2016 00:40:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: epatientgr https://ethicalnag.org/2010/02/06/osteopenia/comment-page-1/#comment-87197 Sat, 31 Aug 2013 15:59:04 +0000 http://ethicalnag.org/?p=1456#comment-87197 Reblogged this on EpatientGR's Blog and commented:
Ενα εξαιρετικό άρθρο για το πώς δημιουργείται μια νέα “ασθένεια”! Πως εκατομμύρια γυναίκες σε όλο τον κόσμο πείσθηκαν ότι πρέπει νά κάνουν πολύ νωρίς έναρξη μέτρησης οστικής πυκνότητας και πως η φυσιολογική μικρή απώλεια οστικής μάζας ενοχοποιήθηκε ώς “οστεοπενία” για την οποία χρειάζεται να πάρουν φαρμακευτική αγωγή…

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]]> By: Pamela Pattison https://ethicalnag.org/2010/02/06/osteopenia/comment-page-1/#comment-70507 Mon, 27 May 2013 09:04:58 +0000 http://ethicalnag.org/?p=1456#comment-70507 What an amazing document! Only having my Bone Density today and having just read the epistle on this problem I was taken back to my own Mother’s taking FOSAMAX treatment for years which resulted in severe pain and many side effects. WOW…just appears to be a money making machine for those involved.

Also some years ago my very first does of Vioxx sent my heart out of rhythm and landed me in hospital for a week. How very careful we need to be when accepting confirmation of a product that is supposed to assist us as we search for the truth.
Pamela Pattison
Gold Coast Qld.

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]]> By: Dr.Joe Today https://ethicalnag.org/2010/02/06/osteopenia/comment-page-1/#comment-45487 Sun, 14 Oct 2012 15:01:58 +0000 http://ethicalnag.org/?p=1456#comment-45487 […] has even less tolerance for the diagnosis of “osteopenia“, as she […]

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]]> By: Carolyn Thomas https://ethicalnag.org/2010/02/06/osteopenia/comment-page-1/#comment-45247 Tue, 09 Oct 2012 00:27:55 +0000 http://ethicalnag.org/?p=1456#comment-45247 Emily, good catch. Just imagine how fast Dr. XYZ would have whipped out his Merck prescription pad… If you haven’t already read it, you might enjoy Gillian Sanson‘s book, “The Myth of Osteoporosis: What Every Woman Should Know About Creating Bone Health.” I wrote about it here.

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]]> By: emily romano https://ethicalnag.org/2010/02/06/osteopenia/comment-page-1/#comment-45226 Mon, 08 Oct 2012 20:09:03 +0000 http://ethicalnag.org/?p=1456#comment-45226 It’s so difficult to know the right approach when you do actually have osteoporosis. Even in NJ I am having trouble finding a doctor willing to listen to me about my ‘disease’ instead of simply whipping out the prescription pad. Interestingly enough, after much searching, I was given the name of a supposed expert who comes highly recommended for treating osteoporosis patients. When I looked up his info online I found that his email was docxyz@merck.com. Holy cow!!!!!

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]]> By: Anna https://ethicalnag.org/2010/02/06/osteopenia/comment-page-1/#comment-44565 Mon, 24 Sep 2012 00:43:02 +0000 http://ethicalnag.org/?p=1456#comment-44565 Oh boy, am I glad to have found this website. Very informative.

I am 61, have a history of taking steroids for my RA, which according to my doc, has caused bone loss. She actually first told me that I was going to have osteoporosis in 4 years, based on the 2 last bone density tests. This really shocked me.

Then, she goes, you are still Okay, but you’re losing bone mass, and right now you have osteopenia. She put me on Fosamax but I had side effects, at which point she told me to lay it off for a couple of weeks. Now she put me on Actonel. I am somewhat limited in exercises due to my arthritis, which she now says is psoriatic. One of my arms hurts if I move it certain ways, and now I have ulnar drift in my hand. Despite all this, I am still independent & fairly active.

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]]> By: JJ https://ethicalnag.org/2010/02/06/osteopenia/comment-page-1/#comment-25047 Sat, 07 Jan 2012 18:34:01 +0000 http://ethicalnag.org/?p=1456#comment-25047 Thanks for the informative post.

Saturday Night Live recently did a sketch on this topic.

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]]> By: cave76 https://ethicalnag.org/2010/02/06/osteopenia/comment-page-1/#comment-20680 Wed, 16 Nov 2011 23:29:17 +0000 http://ethicalnag.org/?p=1456#comment-20680 Thank you, Ethical Nag, for this article

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]]> By: Pruett Jr. https://ethicalnag.org/2010/02/06/osteopenia/comment-page-1/#comment-20320 Wed, 09 Nov 2011 14:37:13 +0000 http://ethicalnag.org/?p=1456#comment-20320 Brilliant analysis of how a drug company can basically “invent” a diagnosis in order to sell more of its product. I’ve actually heard women talk about taking drugs for their osteopenia – I should print off copies of this article to give them.

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]]> By: RN in NYC https://ethicalnag.org/2010/02/06/osteopenia/comment-page-1/#comment-19467 Tue, 18 Oct 2011 04:29:07 +0000 http://ethicalnag.org/?p=1456#comment-19467 Very sound info here. Yet another example of disease-mongering, the drug companies attempting to widen the evidence-based parameters for what defines a “disease” in order to sell more product. Where will it end? Thanks for this warning about longterm use of bisphosphonates.

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]]> By: Medicine Blog https://ethicalnag.org/2010/02/06/osteopenia/comment-page-1/#comment-12128 Sat, 07 May 2011 05:01:29 +0000 http://ethicalnag.org/?p=1456#comment-12128 We have put a link to this article from our website […] Until drugs like Fosamax began… http://www.ethicalnag.org […]

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