Re: Rush Limbaugh in pill probe

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From: KStahl
Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2003 11:27

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Andy Walton wrote:
> 
> In article <3F8AFC58.CE468FAA@yahoo.com>, KStahl <ktsahl@yahoo.com>
> wrote:
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> > Everyone knows that the claim that tylenol is the most-used
> > analgesic in hospitals because the makers of tylenol basically give it
> > away to hospitals simply so hospitals will use it so that the makers of
> > tylenol can make this claim.
> 
> Tylenol is a *brand* of acetamenophen. Hospitals would use one brand or
> another of acetamenophen with or without Tylenol's marketing campaign,
> just as they'd use ibuprofen with or without Motrin's marketing.
> 
> It's like if GMC gave away vehicles for use as ambulances. It would
> convince a lot of ambulance services to use GMs instead of Fords, but
> wouldn't be the main factor in convincing them to use motor vehicles.

You are missing the point. Hospitals DO use Tylenol. The brand name
version. Not just any old generic. Why? Because they are flooded with it
for free and they can turn an absurdly high profit for using it.
Otherwise they would have to go out and buy things like aspirin and
Ibuprofen. If there were an FDA ruling tomorrow that hospitals must pay
market bulk values and that the markup may only be a regulated rates for
the medicines they use the statistics would change immediately and
hospital usage might actually come in line with good medical practices
rather then profit motive.

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