New Beginnings

So, we are trying to ban smoking, across the United States, but we do not want to try and get our own soldiers to quit?

Sounds like a double standard. Yes, nicotine keeps people awake, to fight, but so do drugs like modafinil.

Look at who was/is/could have been Goldman Sachs CEO at the time of the AIG bailout, the Lehmen brothers demise, etc. Amazing! Goldman Sachs is the most protected American entity.

Maybe I'll buy stock! :)

I even pulled that from a liberal magazine, a first for me.

Here is another take!

Please, inform me how the democrats are hiding the taxes that will inevitably fall to the middle class.

Here is an article discussing the plan to tax anyone (including many small businesses) making $350k and up.

Just a little taste of our future:

The Washington Post reports that Darvon and Darvocet will now carry black box warnings, which will help restrict their use. This is after the European Union's "FDA-equivalent" decided to stop the marketing and selling of these products altogether.

With the data on fatal overdoses, why won't the FDA just recommend stopping production?

I'll tell you why. Many doctors see Darvocet and Darvon as appeasement methods, giving patients some form of pain control or satisfying their need for a prescription for such. With the FDA declining to ban these drugs, I think it is more just giving in to the manufacturer, than looking at any data or usage of the drug.

Really, Darvocet is just Tylenol with sugar, and Darvon is the sugar by itself.

Are there any studies proving these drugs are useful in pain control?

Oral Surgeon: Here you go son, I'm giving you Darvocet for your pain from your bone impacted teeth I just removed.

Patient (me): Thanks. I really would have preferred something that works, like Norco or Percocet or Tylenol #3.

Oral Surgeon: Your pain shouldn't be that bad. Only 3 were impacted.

The rest of the week, the bottle of Darvocet remained in the drawer, and I took Ibuprofen around the clock as well as getting a prescription from another doctor for Vicodin due to the pain.

Really, I'd recommend staying away from Darvocet, and the potential for CNS issues as well as pain control problems, and go with Ibuprofen OTC if you can manage (for inflammatory pain). Unless of course you cannot take NSAIDS. (GI, Kidney, other concerns).

No, I didnt type that wrong.

Apparently, New Jersey is lax on drunk drivers.

Everyone has encountered these motorists, or been one of these at some point in their life. I frequently stay in the left lane speeding, or are quick to anger when stuck in traffic between a semi on the right and a 70-something senior citizen out for a sunday/tuesday/thursday drive. Many times these people are actually going the speed limit, but not the flow of traffic-limit as I like to call it.

Looks like Kansas is going to change all that. First time I have heard about a law that will penalize these left laners.