Dr. Jarvik Answers Critics of His Lipitor Pitch

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[Rudder]

In Ohio, the board has to approve and they usually don’t, especially if there is a financial interest. The general rule around here is avoid endorsements altogether. It is not above the board to harass even if you follow the letter of the law.

[3niner]

...Reese’s(sp)...

Rhesus

[johniegrad]

But lending his credibility to create the impression he is prescribing the drug is the question that Michigan Representatives John Dingell and Bart Stumpak want to explore further.

Tell these douche bags that this doesn't concern them and find a way to lower my taxes. Assholes.

[3niner]

"I'm not a doctor, but I play one on TV..."

Interestingly, Dr. Jarvik really is a doctor, and not a phoney one (Ph.D.). Dr. Jarvik is an M.D., he simply went into research instead of becoming licensed to practice medicine.

[Straight Vermonter]

I can’t understand why they use Jarvik as a spokesman. The guy invented a device that was a complete failure. I don’t have any medical training but I’ll bet my artificial heart wouldn’t kill more than 100% of recipients.

[boop]

My point is if Jarvik believes in the product, why “forbid” him from endorsing it? He is a very knowledgable guy. I find it hard to believe he’d lend his good name to some snake oil.

[boop]

"But lending his credibility to create the impression he is prescribing the drug is the question that Michigan Representatives John Dingell and Bart Stumpak want to explore further"

The real question is what credibility these two a$$holes have. On ANYTHING.

[RGSpincich]

What about Dr. Brimley and his diabetes bidness? I don't see a medical license in his bio.

[hunter112]

I know, and frankly, I don’t care that he’s not a licensed clinician. He probably knows more than the average MD practicing out there. This thread just prompted an old memory, that’s all.

[Hot Tabasco]

Jarvik says it’s clear he is not a practicing physician.

Sorry Jarv, but it's not clear. From the beginning of your commercials I was always under the impression you were not only the inventor of the artifical heart but also a heart surgeon. There's nothing in your commercials that would lead me to believe otherwise.........

[boop]

He’s Wilford Brimley. He has diabetes. Thank God his diabetes supplies come in a discreet brown wrapper. Lest any of his neighbors know he has diabetes.

[pnh102]

The problem is that Dr. Jarvik is not licensed to practice medicine and cannot prescribe medicine.

Unless he is practicing medicine without a license, what exactly is the problem here?

Did he go and draft Britney Spears to be a patient?

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

Next up: Getoverittia, for people with hangups, such as the one about who exactly is pitching the prescription drugs.

[Rudder]

Ask the Medical Board. They got more rules than I care to think about and some contradict with others. All I know is you don’t want them in your office.

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

But lending his credibility to create the impression he is prescribing the drug is the question that Michigan Representatives John Dingell and Bart Stumpak want to explore further.

And there you have it. The economy's heading into the crapper, Iran may be building a nuke to wipe out Israel, and the AMT may gobble up tens of millions more people next year, BUT they're concentrating on whether Dr. Jarvik is giving the mistaken impression of being an M.D. That's our wacky Congress!

[Celtic Conservative]

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

My wife say’s she can’t look at him with out thinking of this.

Well, he may not be a Babe Magnet^TM, but as long as he can make money doing this stuff, why not?

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

Interestingly, many medical researchers understand drugs better than most of the doctors who are licensed to prescribe them.

Hell, there are RNs who understand drugs better than most of the doctors who are licensed to prescribe them.

[frogjerk]

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