Ummm.. Yes

[mrlich]

Think that I missed this when it came out, so I'm linking to it now. From the always awesome xkcd.

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[lawbabeak.livejournal.com]

The commercialization of medicine has been scary - I think allowing advertising was a BAD idea. On the other hand, we finally have an oral medication for MS. Before now, you could only treat via intra-muscular injection, sub-cutaneous injection, or infusion (at an infusion center). When there were only four inject-it-yourself meds, each had its own media kit to try to convince you to Pick Me! Pick me! I think the economy has led them to cut back a bit (no free tote bag with the info book, DVD, and snazzy wall calendar). But they still (even the oral folks) have "nurse navigators" available 8 a.m. to 9 p.m., mostly to navigate insurance bullshit and figure out who deserves a "scholarship" for the drugs that cost $1300/month. Yes, they are all alarmingly similar in price. Hmmmm....