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The Sting II
by Dan Suarez
"Drug Switching Study Finds
Increase in Heart Problems
among Patients on Generic
Drugs..."
With the practice of drug switching
on the rise, there is growing
concern among doctors, nurses,
patient advocates and other health
professionals that patients are at
risk for negative consequences.
Drug switching, or therapeutic
substitution, as it’s known in the
pharmaceutical world, is a process
in which prescribed, brand name
medications are replaced by
generic alternatives. Unfortunately,
drug switching may have a drastic
impact on the health of those who
experience it.
In fact, a recently revealed study
in the United Kingdom found that
switching patients from Lipitor (a
name brand drug used to control
cholesterol) to a generic alternative
resulted in a 30 percent increase in
the risk of “major cardiovascular
events,” as compared to those
patients who remained on Lipitor.
The “major cardiovascular events”
referred to in the study include
heart attacks, strokes, certain types
of heart surgeries and even death.
While this is just one study
involving one type of medication, it
certainly opens the door to the
possibility that other generic
substitutes are less effective than
their brand name counterparts. And
not only should patients be
concerned about the type of
medication they are switched to,
but also the dosage. Many patients
who experience drug switching,
particularly those who have taken
one drug for an extended period of
time, may not realize that they may
need to take the new drug more or
less frequently. If not, the
effectiveness of the drug can be
compromised.
Another concern is the fact that
many patients don’t even realize
that their drugs have been
switched, mainly because it occurs
without the consent of the
prescribing doctor or a verbal
notification from the distributing
pharmacy. Quite often, the only
notification patients receive comes
from innocuously posted signs at
the pharmacy counter.
Why does drug switching occur?
Because it’s cheaper for healthcare
companies to push generics
instead of brand names. This cost-
motivated practice essentially
ignores certain considerations a
physician may have made in
prescribing a drug—perhaps the
brand name medication was
selected because of a patient’s
unique medical history or other
medications he may be taking.
Regardless of the physician’s
decision, when drug switching takes
place, these factors are overlooked.
Drug switching is an irresponsible
and oftentimes deceptive practice.
Allowing prescriptions to be driven
by healthcare companies’ bottom
lines shows a blatant disregard for
the insight provided by physicians—
the individuals who are extensively
trained to prescribe medication
based on a broad range of
information. Prescription
medications are controlled
substances for a reason: in the
wrong situations or under the
wrong conditions, they can do far
more harm than good. It is foolish
and negligent to allow money to be
the determining factor in their
distribution. We at the New York
chapter of the National Association
of Hispanic Nurses hope that
healthcare professionals, insurance
providers and pharmaceutical
companies can work together to
establish more responsible
prescription medication guidelines.
Editorial: In the Redford classic The
Sting, a group of confidence men
banded together to pull off a bait
and switch. A con game like that,
can land you in jail. However, the old
"bait and switch" has taken on a
whole new dimension now that the
multi-billion dollar health care
industry is engaging in a con game
with doctors and pharmacies to save
a few dollars. Is there any
difference?
Send comments on this issue to us
at: info@bronxnews.org
by Dan Suarez
"Drug Switching Study Finds
Increase in Heart Problems
among Patients on Generic
Drugs..."
With the practice of drug switching
on the rise, there is growing
concern among doctors, nurses,
patient advocates and other health
professionals that patients are at
risk for negative consequences.
Drug switching, or therapeutic
substitution, as it’s known in the
pharmaceutical world, is a process
in which prescribed, brand name
medications are replaced by
generic alternatives. Unfortunately,
drug switching may have a drastic
impact on the health of those who
experience it.
In fact, a recently revealed study
in the United Kingdom found that
switching patients from Lipitor (a
name brand drug used to control
cholesterol) to a generic alternative
resulted in a 30 percent increase in
the risk of “major cardiovascular
events,” as compared to those
patients who remained on Lipitor.
The “major cardiovascular events”
referred to in the study include
heart attacks, strokes, certain types
of heart surgeries and even death.
While this is just one study
involving one type of medication, it
certainly opens the door to the
possibility that other generic
substitutes are less effective than
their brand name counterparts. And
not only should patients be
concerned about the type of
medication they are switched to,
but also the dosage. Many patients
who experience drug switching,
particularly those who have taken
one drug for an extended period of
time, may not realize that they may
need to take the new drug more or
less frequently. If not, the
effectiveness of the drug can be
compromised.
Another concern is the fact that
many patients don’t even realize
that their drugs have been
switched, mainly because it occurs
without the consent of the
prescribing doctor or a verbal
notification from the distributing
pharmacy. Quite often, the only
notification patients receive comes
from innocuously posted signs at
the pharmacy counter.
Why does drug switching occur?
Because it’s cheaper for healthcare
companies to push generics
instead of brand names. This cost-
motivated practice essentially
ignores certain considerations a
physician may have made in
prescribing a drug—perhaps the
brand name medication was
selected because of a patient’s
unique medical history or other
medications he may be taking.
Regardless of the physician’s
decision, when drug switching takes
place, these factors are overlooked.
Drug switching is an irresponsible
and oftentimes deceptive practice.
Allowing prescriptions to be driven
by healthcare companies’ bottom
lines shows a blatant disregard for
the insight provided by physicians—
the individuals who are extensively
trained to prescribe medication
based on a broad range of
information. Prescription
medications are controlled
substances for a reason: in the
wrong situations or under the
wrong conditions, they can do far
more harm than good. It is foolish
and negligent to allow money to be
the determining factor in their
distribution. We at the New York
chapter of the National Association
of Hispanic Nurses hope that
healthcare professionals, insurance
providers and pharmaceutical
companies can work together to
establish more responsible
prescription medication guidelines.
Editorial: In the Redford classic The
Sting, a group of confidence men
banded together to pull off a bait
and switch. A con game like that,
can land you in jail. However, the old
"bait and switch" has taken on a
whole new dimension now that the
multi-billion dollar health care
industry is engaging in a con game
with doctors and pharmacies to save
a few dollars. Is there any
difference?
Send comments on this issue to us
at: info@bronxnews.org
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An Act of New York
State
By New York State Senator Rev.
Ruben Diaz (D-Bronx)
Monday, February 11, 2008
Senate Bill 6045,
introduced by NYS Senator
Andrea Stewart Cousins
(D-Westchester), and
better known as the
Reproductive Health and
Privacy Protection Act, is
one of the most dangerous
and radical pieces of
proposed legislation in New
York State that I have ever
seen. It contains
extraordinarily broad
language that will promote
abortion throughout all nine
State
By New York State Senator Rev.
Ruben Diaz (D-Bronx)
Monday, February 11, 2008
Senate Bill 6045,
introduced by NYS Senator
Andrea Stewart Cousins
(D-Westchester), and
better known as the
Reproductive Health and
Privacy Protection Act, is
one of the most dangerous
and radical pieces of
proposed legislation in New
York State that I have ever
seen. It contains
extraordinarily broad
language that will promote
abortion throughout all nine
months of pregnancy and open the door to extreme measures for women and
health care providers. I urge all New Yorkers to become better informed about
it, to contact their State legislators, and to work diligently to oppose this bill to
ensure its defeat.
Under this Act, late-term abortions will be permitted in New York for any reason
and without restrictions. Like most New Yorkers, I was relieved by the recent
United States Supreme Court ruling which permits states to outlaw the
gruesome practice of partial-birth abortion – a criminal act of killing children
while they are being born. This Act will attempt to supercede the Supreme
Court’s ruling, and permit late-term abortions to be performed in clinics that do
not even offer the full complement of support facilities necessary to assist
women and any child born alive during a late-term abortion.
New York State’s current law requires that only doctors can perform abortions.
Unrestricted abortion, as proposed by this Act, would be permitted by "a
qualified, licensed health care practitioner" to do such. Public Health Law
defines "qualified licensed health care practitioner" to include chiropractors,
dentists, physical therapists, nurses, podiatrists, optometrists, psychologists,
social workers and occupational therapists. This Act is so radical it will not
even propose requiring a non-doctor performing an abortion to have an
assisting physician or even any necessary emergency equipment during the
procedure. This presents a dangerous health and safety risk to women.
This measure will protect a man from criminal liability should he coerce a
woman into getting an abortion or injure a woman with intent to cause an
abortion, and it shields abortion providers from prosecution in cases of
malpractice.
I also consider this act to be a full-scale attack on our Constitutional guarantee
of free worship. Under this Act, all hospitals, including religious-based medical
facilities and others whose mission statements clearly oppose abortion will be
forced to perform abortions. All insurance plans, including those of Catholic
employers, will be forced to compromise their principles and pay for abortion –
including late-term abortions. This Act could even require a physician to
support abortions before a license to practice medicine is granted by the state!
This Bill will encourage public school sex education classes to promote
abortion as a means of birth control. It will not prohibit any regulations to
prevent the sale of abortion drugs such as RU-486 to minor children in school,
and it will allow young girls to be able to get an abortion without the knowledge
of their parents. These same young girls will, however, need parental consent
for painkillers they will need after their abortion procedures are over.
Furthermore, this Act will prevent the New York State legislature - the people's
elected representatives - from ever enacting any reasonable and necessary
regulations on abortion. Abortion will be immune from any reasonable State
regulation such as parental notification or informed consent.
Our role as legislators – especially those of us who are democrats – should be
to expand the safety net for expectant mothers, require health insurers to
cover pregnancy, expand adoption tax credits and strengthen child support
enforcement efforts to assure that deadbeat dads help provide for their
children – not to encourage mothers to sacrifice their children’s lives.
Fighting for a good educational system, good health services, job creation,
affordable housing, and other important social services equally available to all
human beings, are some of the reasons that I am a public servant. However,
as I have said many times, an aborted baby will never be able to enjoy these
services.
Unrestricted abortion promotes a further disregard for the grave moral
disorder in our society. And to me it is obvious that no child could enjoy the
programs and policies that good democrats support if he or she fell victim to
abortion.
We have come to a crossroad in history. It is time for every New Yorker and
every legislator to accept our responsibility to defend the sanctity of all human
life, to stand up for the weakest members of our society – to stand up for our
children – and offer them the liberties we all can enjoy.
Let’s not let New York become the abortion capitol of the United States. Let’s
prevent abortion without apology and without regret – from ever passing in our
State legislature. Let’s defeat this Act.
health care providers. I urge all New Yorkers to become better informed about
it, to contact their State legislators, and to work diligently to oppose this bill to
ensure its defeat.
Under this Act, late-term abortions will be permitted in New York for any reason
and without restrictions. Like most New Yorkers, I was relieved by the recent
United States Supreme Court ruling which permits states to outlaw the
gruesome practice of partial-birth abortion – a criminal act of killing children
while they are being born. This Act will attempt to supercede the Supreme
Court’s ruling, and permit late-term abortions to be performed in clinics that do
not even offer the full complement of support facilities necessary to assist
women and any child born alive during a late-term abortion.
New York State’s current law requires that only doctors can perform abortions.
Unrestricted abortion, as proposed by this Act, would be permitted by "a
qualified, licensed health care practitioner" to do such. Public Health Law
defines "qualified licensed health care practitioner" to include chiropractors,
dentists, physical therapists, nurses, podiatrists, optometrists, psychologists,
social workers and occupational therapists. This Act is so radical it will not
even propose requiring a non-doctor performing an abortion to have an
assisting physician or even any necessary emergency equipment during the
procedure. This presents a dangerous health and safety risk to women.
This measure will protect a man from criminal liability should he coerce a
woman into getting an abortion or injure a woman with intent to cause an
abortion, and it shields abortion providers from prosecution in cases of
malpractice.
I also consider this act to be a full-scale attack on our Constitutional guarantee
of free worship. Under this Act, all hospitals, including religious-based medical
facilities and others whose mission statements clearly oppose abortion will be
forced to perform abortions. All insurance plans, including those of Catholic
employers, will be forced to compromise their principles and pay for abortion –
including late-term abortions. This Act could even require a physician to
support abortions before a license to practice medicine is granted by the state!
This Bill will encourage public school sex education classes to promote
abortion as a means of birth control. It will not prohibit any regulations to
prevent the sale of abortion drugs such as RU-486 to minor children in school,
and it will allow young girls to be able to get an abortion without the knowledge
of their parents. These same young girls will, however, need parental consent
for painkillers they will need after their abortion procedures are over.
Furthermore, this Act will prevent the New York State legislature - the people's
elected representatives - from ever enacting any reasonable and necessary
regulations on abortion. Abortion will be immune from any reasonable State
regulation such as parental notification or informed consent.
Our role as legislators – especially those of us who are democrats – should be
to expand the safety net for expectant mothers, require health insurers to
cover pregnancy, expand adoption tax credits and strengthen child support
enforcement efforts to assure that deadbeat dads help provide for their
children – not to encourage mothers to sacrifice their children’s lives.
Fighting for a good educational system, good health services, job creation,
affordable housing, and other important social services equally available to all
human beings, are some of the reasons that I am a public servant. However,
as I have said many times, an aborted baby will never be able to enjoy these
services.
Unrestricted abortion promotes a further disregard for the grave moral
disorder in our society. And to me it is obvious that no child could enjoy the
programs and policies that good democrats support if he or she fell victim to
abortion.
We have come to a crossroad in history. It is time for every New Yorker and
every legislator to accept our responsibility to defend the sanctity of all human
life, to stand up for the weakest members of our society – to stand up for our
children – and offer them the liberties we all can enjoy.
Let’s not let New York become the abortion capitol of the United States. Let’s
prevent abortion without apology and without regret – from ever passing in our
State legislature. Let’s defeat this Act.
She's No Cousin Of Mine!
by Andrew Perretti
How did she get elected? Who voted for her? Well, if
the fine people of District 35 put her in office, they have
the power to get her out as well. I can't imagine that her
constituents are behind S6045, and if they are not,
then who is pulling the Strings? Andrea Stewart Cousins
(D-Westchester), bill better known as the Reproductive
Health And Privacy Act, arguably takes us New Yorkers
back to the days of pagan worship when infants were
sacrificed to Baal, a demi-god. Wow! Do we New Yorkers
by Andrew Perretti
How did she get elected? Who voted for her? Well, if
the fine people of District 35 put her in office, they have
the power to get her out as well. I can't imagine that her
constituents are behind S6045, and if they are not,
then who is pulling the Strings? Andrea Stewart Cousins
(D-Westchester), bill better known as the Reproductive
Health And Privacy Act, arguably takes us New Yorkers
back to the days of pagan worship when infants were
sacrificed to Baal, a demi-god. Wow! Do we New Yorkers
want to be known as the first state in the country to infuse pagan sacrifice within
our system of government? Killing is killing, and late term abortion is just that.
It's hard enough to concede to abortion when health related complications
arise, or early term due to rape, but to pass a "privacy" act is simply legalizing
murder. How long will it take for the black market to start buying into the
unfortunate byproducts of such an act done with Carnal knowledge, sold for
stem cell research?
My gut feeling is that if passed, S6045 will only benefit the Angel of Death. I for
one, plan to follow this disturbing proposal to find out how her constituents feel
about it. What pisses me off is that why do we the people have to constantly
remind out elected officials that they WORK FOR US, not us for them. If you live
in th 35th district, I'd like to hear from you regarding your representative. You
put her in office... and only you can get her out! Send you comments to me at:
info@empirestatenews.org.
our system of government? Killing is killing, and late term abortion is just that.
It's hard enough to concede to abortion when health related complications
arise, or early term due to rape, but to pass a "privacy" act is simply legalizing
murder. How long will it take for the black market to start buying into the
unfortunate byproducts of such an act done with Carnal knowledge, sold for
stem cell research?
My gut feeling is that if passed, S6045 will only benefit the Angel of Death. I for
one, plan to follow this disturbing proposal to find out how her constituents feel
about it. What pisses me off is that why do we the people have to constantly
remind out elected officials that they WORK FOR US, not us for them. If you live
in th 35th district, I'd like to hear from you regarding your representative. You
put her in office... and only you can get her out! Send you comments to me at:
info@empirestatenews.org.
STATUS:
S6045 STEWART-COUSINS
Public Health Law
TITLE....Enacts the reproductive
health and privacy protection act;
repealer
06/06/07 REFERRED TO RULES
01/09/08 REFERRED TO HEALTH
S6045 STEWART-COUSINS
Public Health Law
TITLE....Enacts the reproductive
health and privacy protection act;
repealer
06/06/07 REFERRED TO RULES
01/09/08 REFERRED TO HEALTH
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