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loyalsister

(13,390 posts)
Fri Sep 28, 2012, 02:42 PM Sep 2012

suppose pharma behaved more like this... [View all]

My dealing with a corporation that developed a medical advice has been very positive.
I have a Vagal Nerve Stimulator. I have to have the battery replaced surgically. Originally, it was scheduled for late Nov.
So, I got a call from cyberonics (a woman who identified herself as a "case manager&quot to ask me some general questions. She asked when my surgery was, and when she discovered I wasn't happy with the date, she called the surgeon to see if they could get me in sooner.
They did. It's Oct 9.

Suppose drug companies had such a system? Jobs for unemployed social scientists. And, improved healthcare as people could report efficacy and side effects. In some cases, adjustments could be made without a dr. visit.

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Maybe I'm being overly cynical drm604 Sep 2012 #1
better than two months late.... TeamPooka Sep 2012 #2
Maybe so loyalsister Sep 2012 #3
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