Random Thought of the Day

Quote: rxwine

Oh no, you'd want her to commit a substantial financial crime that would leave you living high on the hog.

How did that work out for Madoff? That being said. my family knew one of the Brinks robbers. While he was in jail, his wife strangely never wanted for money. And they never found any of it.

Quote: GenoDRPh

Well, the US Constitution prohibits "cruel and unusual punishment", and denying life sustaining medical treatment, even if that treatment is a benefit above and beyond what lawful taxpayers are being provided, is against the Constitution.

The medication is not life saving. Fortunately, my wife is still alive and that was years ago.

Quote: DRich

The medication is not life saving. Fortunately, my wife is still alive and that was years ago.

I said "life sustaining", not "life saving".

I am all for giving prisoners all adequate care, on par with the free. I am also, with equal fervor, all for giving the free equal access to all adequate care, regardless of station in life. It isn't an "either-or." I am on the prisoner's side on this. I am slo equally on your wife's side on this as well.

That being said, prisoners have a Constitutional right to access to healthcare. The common citizen does not. Food for thought.

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Research on bottles of Tylenol that were between 28 and 40 years out of date showed that the medication still had 99.7% of its original potency. Just be sure it hasn’t been exposed to excessive heat or moisture

Geno may have an opinion on this.

Quote: rxwine

Geno may have an opinion on this.

My opinion is the expiration dates of most drugs are conservative, based on robust tests of physical-chemical stability of the ingredients and dictated by FDA rules. The fact that acetaminophen, when kept in a cool and dry place and away and protected from light, retains stability is a good thing. The stability of the inactive ingredients is a whole other matter. Expired Tylenol may be safe, but other drugs, not so much...

Other drugs, like aspirin, don't have such long term stability. I've pulled aspirin bottles off the shelf that, when opened, smell like acetic acid (vinegar), even when still in date. Some IV drugs dissolved in water have stability of only a few weeks or months, which is why many of them come in powder form-much longer stability. Furthermore, keeping drugs past the expiration date may allow for bacterial contamination to grow, such as in eye drops or open insulin vials.

Often times, such conservative expiration dating can work in our favor during drug shortages. More than one occasion that a critical shortage of some necessary medication due to manufacturing delays or raw material shortage or geo-politics, causes the FDA to extend the expiration dating of certain medications for a certain number of weeks or months past the listed expiration date, based on chemical analysis of the drug formulation. For example, many drugs stockpiled after 9/11 for use to treat victims of a bioterrorism or chemical terrorism attack retained adequate potency and safety years after expiry, based on chemical analysis.

I always advise the general public to heed the expiration date of the package or prescription label, unless advised otherwise. That's always the safest.

Then of course is the old conundrum: If a poison is kept past its expiration date, does it become more poisonous, or less poisonous?

I just noticed I can log into my bank, and lock my debit card myself.

Quote: rxwine

I just noticed I can log into my bank, and lock my debit card myself.

I really hope you don't use a debit card other than at your bank. They just leave your account too vulnerable.

Quote: DRich

I really hope you don't use a debit card other than at your bank. They just leave your account too vulnerable.

I use it at different ATMs fairly regularly. I always like having some cash.

My liability for loss is limited to $50 if I report within two days. $500 after 60.

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surgeons suffer numerous issues from standing for long periods, which is compounded by awkward, static body positions required for many procedures. Research indicates that more than 80% of surgeons experience work-related injuries or illnesses over the course of their careers.

I'm sure there is some invention which would alleviate some of that without restricting necessary movement.

Quote: rxwine

I'm sure there is some invention which would alleviate some of that without restricting necessary movement.

Indeed there is.

I recently had robotic surgery performed: before I went under I espied the robot: looked a lot like an octopus with many arms.

Amazing tech where I assume the surgeon wields a joystick not a scalpel.