"Stark" > wrote

> In article >, Nancy Young

>> do need stuff, of course they should take it. I'm just talking about
>> the quick, okay, you're going to be on this lifetime drug. Woah,
>> back up there, partner.

> Ulcer medication used to be a "lifetime" drug, until their patents ran
> out. Then the medical industry "recognized" a thirty-year-old study
> which proved ulcers were a viral infection and could usually be cured
> in one month using antibiotics and one of those "lifetime" drugs.

I remember some discussion that the h pilori (sp, etc) might be a
culprit of Crohn's disease, as well.

> I'm blessed in needing no perpetual prescriptions. But once I did
> develop some joint pain. I sold my sedan, buying a convertible and the
> pain went away. There were some warnings, but so far I've had no side
> effects.

Man, then I really need a convertible.

nancy