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    • I think "never event" was chosen because it will not be reimbursed (negative compensation). But, with the law of unintended consequences, I suspect it will be used to seek tort compensation.

      10 months ago by symtym

      in » Never Events the New Class Actions? symtym

    • The "Never Event" is unfortunately named. In Australia a list of similar events are called Critical Indicators. I accept that they are preventable, but it is hard to say never in medicine...

      10 months ago by DrCris

      in » Never Events the New Class Actions? symtym

    • I wonder about the full disclosure issues. While I believe in them, I think that we are unnecessarily limiting the scope of disclosure practices to physicians. I believe that lawyers, politicians,...

      1 year ago by raja, MD, MS

      in Your Business

    • We don't already have a two-tiered medical system? One for the well-off, and one for everyone else?

      1 year ago by Chuck McKay

      in Concierge Medicine

    • This is important information, especially for an elderly person on the Medicare part d plan. They don't need any more nasty surprises like being declined for care

      1 year ago by Darwin Corby

      in MRSA: Medicare’s Superbug

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Impotence-Drug Users’ Reports of Blindness are Examined | WSJ | 5.27.05

WASHINGTON — Federal health officials are probing reports of blindness among dozens of men who used Pfizer Inc.’s Viagra and other impotence drugs — but at the same time c ... Continue reading »

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  • CardioNP

    4 years ago

    Ha ha ha. Many on sildenafil are so focused on getting an erection and would not care if you told them that it might cause blindness. I have had several patients ask me to discontinue their nitrates (including ISDN) so that they could get sildenafil. I work in the VA system where there is scrutiny of all rx'd meds; you can't prescribe sildenafil to someone on nitrates.
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