Drugs & Pharmaceuticals

It's a good thing that our beloved director of medicine, Dr.

By Susan B. Goldhaber, M.P.H.

 

Before we get started please note that this study is not from a peer-reviewed journal. In fact, it's not even in a journal article.

We may need to revise the lyrics from a classic musical: "Just a spoonful of sugar makes the medicine go down... in the most delightful way." Robert and Richard Sherman, Mary Poppins (1964)

In medicine, when something goes wrong and the finger (and deposition) pointing starts. Who's to blame?? There has to be someone.

The indignities that COVID has heaped upon us in the form of shortages now range from one end of the gastrointestinal expressway to the other. 

I was rather intrigued by 

Six months ago it seemed that every other lab had a kick-ass, re-purposed drug that was only weeks away from putting the hurt on COVID. How did that work out? 

“This will go down in history as one of science and medical research's greatest achievements. Perhaps the most impressive.