{"id":49355,"date":"2014-09-04T12:08:30","date_gmt":"2014-09-04T16:08:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/1boringoldman.com\/?p=49355"},"modified":"2014-09-06T20:18:56","modified_gmt":"2014-09-07T00:18:56","slug":"an-echo-that-needs-to-keep-reverberating","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/1boringoldman.com\/index.php\/2014\/09\/04\/an-echo-that-needs-to-keep-reverberating\/","title":{"rendered":"an echo that needs to keep reverberating…"},"content":{"rendered":"
Dr. Roy Poses of Healthcare Renewal<\/font><\/a> often writes about a concept – the anechoic effect<\/font><\/strong><\/em> [see themes…<\/a>]. We all know about it. Some big story comes along and there’s a big reaction, outrage around, but then interest peters out and it’s forgotten – worse, nothing is done about it. It happens all the time. And in keeping up with the antics of the pharmaceutical companies, it’s the rule rather than the exception. There ought to be a registry of things to keep on the front burner. In my case, the registry is some phrases scratched on the back of a coffe stained envelope pinned to the wall. One of them says "Plumlee – Zoloft?<\/em>" Back in the beginning of 2013, I ran across a suit, Laura A. Plumlee et. al. v. Pfizer<\/a> [see a wide net…<\/a>], that was intriguing. It alleged that Zoloft didn’t work and asked that Pfizer refund the money to those taken in by the drug’s ads. At first, it seemed far fetched, but not after I read the case. So I went looking for the NDA on the FDA site, but it wasn’t there. So I submitted an FOIA request to the FDA and when it showed up, it gave me plenty to write about:<\/div>\n