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Donnachaidh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 12:57 PM Original message |
Wyeth and the Multibillion Dollar Menopause Industry |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 01:05 PM Response to Original message |
1. New 'disease' - going to bathroom too much, sold with manipulating commercial |
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Donnachaidh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 01:07 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. oh yeah -- that one irritates the shit out of me |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 01:11 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Your thread is making me think of more: Butterflies flying thru the window & tucking person it. |
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Donnachaidh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 03:15 PM Response to Reply #4 |
19. strangley enough, my doc gave me a sample of that drug |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 01:27 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. Yeah, that wedding dress one... |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 01:33 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. ...what kind of selfish daughter wouldn't wait 5 minutes for mom to return before choosing gown |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 01:53 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Yep, that's the other thing... |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 03:01 PM Response to Reply #1 |
18. That particular commercial drives me crazy! Could anything be stupider? n/t |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-04-11 08:19 AM Response to Reply #1 |
35. Gotta pee? Just sneeze |
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Zax2me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 01:10 PM Response to Original message |
3. Add A.D.D. and pumping kids with Ritilin. |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 01:12 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Parents - easy group to manipulate over their fear kids will not be successful |
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midnight armadillo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 03:41 PM Response to Reply #3 |
26. Sorry that one's real |
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Old and In the Way (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 01:31 PM Response to Original message |
7. Hmmmm, I wonder who made this decision in 2002? |
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Luminous Animal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 01:42 PM Response to Original message |
9. "Other cultures have no word for it" (?) Um, yes they do. |
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marions ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 01:45 PM Response to Original message |
10. My momma said |
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notadmblnd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 01:56 PM Response to Original message |
12. you know, I'm a 52 year old woman and I don't understand all the negativity around menopause |
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Heidi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 02:04 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Thank you. I've looked forward to menopause since I was 12. |
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notadmblnd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 02:33 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Mine ended when I was 49. they became irregular at first |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 02:59 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. Apparently your hot flashes aren't waking you up off and on |
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notadmblnd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 03:22 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. id I say all were the same? I described my experience |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 03:34 PM Response to Reply #17 |
23. put me down as another one for whom it was no big deal. |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 03:38 PM Response to Reply #17 |
24. It took me literally 13 years to get through perimenopause... |
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notadmblnd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-04-11 07:04 AM Response to Reply #24 |
33. The bladder issues are a different issue |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-04-11 07:58 AM Response to Reply #33 |
34. Actually it's been going on for a very long time |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-04-11 08:22 AM Response to Reply #24 |
36. I'm right there with you, except that I had no "peri" at all |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-04-11 09:04 AM Response to Reply #36 |
38. I hear ya... |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 03:19 PM Response to Reply #12 |
20. Neither do I, but mine was done cold-turkey... |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 03:40 PM Response to Reply #20 |
25. I have a friend who did that too... |
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Donnachaidh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 06:58 PM Response to Reply #12 |
27. me too nota -- I'm doing cartwheels after 30+ years of that nonsense |
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Oilwellian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-04-11 01:13 AM Response to Reply #12 |
29. I totally agree |
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csziggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-04-11 01:37 AM Response to Reply #12 |
30. Some women have extended and painful perimenopause |
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Delphinus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-04-11 05:54 AM Response to Reply #12 |
32. Hearing you, Sister! |
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Le Taz Hot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-04-11 08:30 AM Response to Reply #12 |
37. Perimenopause was MUCH worse. |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 01:56 PM Response to Original message |
13. The other shitty thing about this... |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 08:51 PM Response to Reply #13 |
28. another manufactured disease - too little eyelashes. Wonder how many women are using that |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 02:57 PM Response to Original message |
16. Why is reflux included in the list? It's a painful condition |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 03:29 PM Response to Reply #16 |
22. My best guess would be |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-04-11 01:41 AM Response to Original message |
31. If there is no demand for the product, it won't be made nt |
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