What is this?

Batalov · 2009-06-11, 22:10

(I think that this is a perfect metafor to what is wrong in today's world.)

cheesehead · 2009-06-12, 08:46

To the title question: It's apparently a promotional item from Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation (http://www.pharma.us.novartis.com/index.jsp), the company that makes "Focalin XR", a medicine to treat ADHD (http://pediatrics.about.com/od/adhd/a/05_focalin_xr.htm).

(Google search: http://www.google.com/search?q=Focalin+XR&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a)

To the expressed opinion: yep.

Primeinator · 2009-06-12, 17:41

I agree. Corporations seem to be such an integral part of the world today...and that is not a good thing. Not that they are innately bad, but they have far too much influence.

cheesehead · 2009-06-13, 00:04

Quote:

Originally Posted by Primeinator

I agree. Corporations seem to be such an integral part of the world today...and that is not a good thing.

Oh ... I thought Batalov meant the modern obsession with cleanliness, as exemplified by all those containers of foaming hand sanitizer everywhere

... or else the dramatic rise in ADHD diagnoses during the last couple of decades.

cheesehead · 2009-06-13, 12:34

(

For those, Batalov's photo would be an example, not a metaphor. You're right, Primeinator.)

Uncwilly · 2009-06-13, 14:11

It would be even better if the med was for OCD.

Batalov · 2009-06-13, 18:49

We will probably be seing something like this very soon.

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fivemack · 2009-06-13, 19:21

That looked like a hand sanitiser for hospital use; on the whole I'm happy if hospitals that I or my friends are in err on the side of over-cleanliness even to quite high degrees. I was very surprised that I didn't have to wear something close to a bunny-suit when seeing my brother in a neurology ICU.

(it turns out that hand-sanitisers in places wildly open to the unsupervised public have to be non-alcohol-based because otherwise people steal them to drink

)

S485122 · 2009-06-13, 19:49

Quote:

Originally Posted by fivemack

That looked like a hand sanitiser

The problem is that it was labelled as a (prescription ?) drug while it wasn't, there was small text stating that fact. It was just a publicity stunt to plug the name of a drug of dubious need. Children have always been exuberant, now that exuberance is labelled a disorder and children are chemically restrained. All that is going on for the benefit of the shareholders. Economy is no longer a tool of mankind : humans are tolerated as long as they are of use to the economy.

Jacob

Flatlander · 2009-06-13, 20:10

I spent a few hours visiting someone at our local hospital last week. While I was almost paranoid about cleanliness, I saw only one nurse use the hand sanitiser; just once.
A relative of mine died there of MRSA a few years ago. You would think they would have learned their lesson by now.

Primeinator · 2009-06-14, 00:04

MRSA has become a huge problem lately but a new problem (and far scarier one) is starting to emerge-- VRSA, a vancomycin resistant strain. Vancomycin is a last-resort antibiotic. I'm very sorry to hear about your relative.

2009-06-11, 22:10	#1
Batalov "Serge" Mar 2008 Phi(4,2^7658614+1)/2 9,497 Posts	What is this? (I think that this is a perfect metafor to what is wrong in today's world.) Attached Thumbnails

2009-06-12, 08:46	#2
cheesehead "Richard B. Woods" Aug 2002 Wisconsin USA 2²·3·641 Posts	To the title question: It's apparently a promotional item from Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation (http://www.pharma.us.novartis.com/index.jsp), the company that makes "Focalin XR", a medicine to treat ADHD (http://pediatrics.about.com/od/adhd/a/05_focalin_xr.htm). (Google search: http://www.google.com/search?q=Focalin+XR&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a) To the expressed opinion: yep. Last fiddled with by cheesehead on 2009-06-12 at 08:54

2009-06-13, 18:49	#7
Batalov "Serge" Mar 2008 Phi(4,2^7658614+1)/2 9,497 Posts	We will probably be seing something like this very soon. ______________ The views expressed in this thread are mine, and not of my employer.

2009-06-14, 00:04	#11
Primeinator "Kyle" Feb 2005 Somewhere near M52.. 1623₈ Posts	MRSA has become a huge problem lately but a new problem (and far scarier one) is starting to emerge-- VRSA, a vancomycin resistant strain. Vancomycin is a last-resort antibiotic. I'm very sorry to hear about your relative. Last fiddled with by Primeinator on 2009-06-14 at 00:04

2009-06-12, 17:41	#3
Primeinator "Kyle" Feb 2005 Somewhere near M52.. 3×5×61 Posts	I agree. Corporations seem to be such an integral part of the world today...and that is not a good thing. Not that they are innately bad, but they have far too much influence.

2009-06-13, 12:34	#5
cheesehead "Richard B. Woods" Aug 2002 Wisconsin USA 17014₈ Posts	( For those, Batalov's photo would be an example, not a metaphor. You're right, Primeinator.)

2009-06-13, 14:11	#6
Uncwilly 6809 > 6502 """"""""""""""""""" Aug 2003 101×103 Posts 23162₈ Posts	It would be even better if the med was for OCD.

2009-06-13, 19:21	#8
fivemack (loop (#_fork)) Feb 2006 Cambridge, England 6424₁₀ Posts	That looked like a hand sanitiser for hospital use; on the whole I'm happy if hospitals that I or my friends are in err on the side of over-cleanliness even to quite high degrees. I was very surprised that I didn't have to wear something close to a bunny-suit when seeing my brother in a neurology ICU. (it turns out that hand-sanitisers in places wildly open to the unsupervised public have to be non-alcohol-based because otherwise people steal them to drink )

2009-06-13, 20:10	#10
Flatlander I quite division it "Chris" Feb 2005 England 100000011101₂ Posts	I spent a few hours visiting someone at our local hospital last week. While I was almost paranoid about cleanliness, I saw only one nurse use the hand sanitiser; just once. A relative of mine died there of MRSA a few years ago. You would think they would have learned their lesson by now.