Re: cytotec attorney website
From: jafar6 (jafar6@optonline.net)
Sun Jan 6 20:07:16 2002
on 1/6/02 9:42 PM, Geffrey Klein, MD at gklein@icsi.net wrote:
>
> this is an exerpt from your website:
>
> Cytotec is no more effective, and much less safe than Prepidil or
> Cervidil ( prostaglandin E2), another agent used in the hope of
> reducing the cesarean rate in labors induced with an unripe cervix.
> Cytotec's only attribute is its price. Cytotec is very inexpensive,
> whereas Prepidil and Cervidil cost close to $100 per dose. Cytotec
> also reduces the need for intravenous oxytocin (Pitocin), the hormone
> that stimulates contractions, which further contributes to the savings
>
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>
> The inference here is that we greedy doctors are putting people at
> risk for financial gain. It is interesting to note that in addition
> to being wrong about misoprostol being equally effective as the other
> listed agents (because it is clearly more effective), you are also
> wrong in assuming that we get any financial gain from using
> misoprostol. We don't pay for it or get paid any more if we do use
> it. My main motivation is to use an effective medication that has
> been repeatedly shown to be the best agent to help my patient deliver
> safely.
>
> The fact that Searle has not sought FDA approval for the use of the
> drug in this fashion is not because it is a harmful or ineffective
> drug, but rather their concern that any adverse outcome from its use
> will result in civil litigation. I personally think that they are
> spineless, but who could blame them. They are used to dealing with
> the unethical industry of the product liability attorney.. So thanks
> again for putting your avarice ahead of scientific advancement...
> Sleep well..
> --
> _______________________
> Geffrey H. Klein, MD
> _______________________
> geffrey.klein@obgyn.net
> 450 Blossom Suite C
> Webster, Texas 77598
> 832 553 5430
>
> http://www.geffreyklein.com
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