Posted on 09/07/2009 1:54:31 PM PDT by dennisw
Restrictions on the prescription of osteoporosis drugs defy belief, says a leading doctor.
Professor David Reid, a world expert in brittle bones, said that Government guidelines are so stringent that GPs are often prevented from giving alternative treatments to those who have suffered side-effects on the first pill they've been prescribed.
What is more, a once-a-year jab that could protect thousands from the misery of broken bones is not going to be assessed for use on the NHS in England and Wales for at least three years, despite being free to those who need it in Scotland.
As a result, they are being denied drugs that could have a major impact on their health and their quality of life.
The revelations will reignite the debate about the evaluation system used by England and Wales's rationing body, the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence.
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*** RATIONED CARE ****
Obama-care will be rationed care and lard ass Federal drones will tell you what medications you are eligible for. Instead of your desires, your money and the free market deciding
When I was 43 I had bone density when the office got their first machine. The doctor who read it told me “don’t trip”.
I took Fosamax for a year or two, and my bone density went into the normal range. Then again, I was not menopausal, still had roaring hormones to help it along.
These meds could save so many surgeries. I think women should have one in their 40s just to see, if I had it at that age others can too.
BUMP
Well I guess the mentality is that maybe these older women will develope complications that might just shorten their lives. A-holes. The world is being infected by a cancer that is so evil, that our very existence is at risk.
They can come over here and get the yearly injection. But they better move quickly before our Congress and BO shut down all our options, too.
"The revelations will reignite the debate about the evaluation system used by England and Wales's rationing body, the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence.
"NICE, which rates a drug's effectiveness against its cost, has previously come under fire for banning or restricting breakthrough medicines for a host of conditions, from breast cancer to Alzheimer's.
"In many cases, the drugs have been deemed cost-effective enough for widespread use in other European countries, including Scotland.
"David Reid, professor of rheumatology at Aberdeen University, told the British Science Festival that the NICE guidelines on osteoporosis were 'unnecessarily restrictive'.
There is only one side of this healthcare debate that is lying and it is the left. To listen to them everyone just loves socialized medicine. They fail to understand that if you are really sick it does not work except to help you to die faster.
It is not just the NHS that won’t pay for intravenous Reclast (Zoledronic Acid). Insurance companies demand documented gastric complications from Actonel, Fosamax, Boniva or any oral bisphosphonate medication (osteoporosis treatment). I think it is reasonable to refuse payment for the intravenous drug, just because a patient does not want the inconvenience of taking a pill weekly or monthly.
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