Polypharmacy Sucker

Dinosaur gives her take on the Jupiter trial.

I have a solution.

• All Americans will now get Crestor to reduce their CRP to reduce their chances of developing heart disease.
• All Americans Will now get lisinopril to prevent the proteinuria they will get from their diabetes they get from Crestor
  
• All Americans will now take metformin to treat the diabetes they developed while taking Crestor
• All Americans will now take Lyrica to prophylax for the the neuropathic pain they will get from developing diabetes while taking Crestor.
• All Americans will now take an aspirin to reduce the risk of developing a stroke from the diabetes they got from taking Crestor.
• All Americans will now take prilosec to reduce the risk of developing an ulcer from the aspirin they were taking to reduce the risk of stroke due to the diabetes they developed while taking Crestor to reduce their asymptomatic CRP level.
• All Americans will now take carvedilol to reduce the risk of death from the coronary artery disease they developed as a result of the diabetes they developed as a result of the Crestor they were taking to reduce their CRP to reduce their chances of developing coronary artery disease.

And to make it easier, Astra Zeneca came out with a simple formulation. A liquid combination of Crestor/lisinopril/metformin/Lyrica/aspirin/prilosec/carvedilol mixed together, and combined with a nice fruity tasty additive and placed on a stick for all Americans to enjoy.

And they called it The Sucker. Welcome to America. Where even a sucker can be rebranded as something that it isn't and sold for 10 times the cost. And let somebody else pay for it. A sucker is born every minute. If we wish to do a comparative analysis on effectiveness, and make medical decisions based on the most effective interventions, not in a million years would Crestor trump exercise and smoking cessation. We Americans are looking for an out. We are looking for a drug company to tell us it's OK to be fat and lazy and smoke. We have a pill for you. Let papa Crestor take care of you. Forget about your personal responsibility. We've cured you of that.