Nursing Homes linked to Pharma Scandal AGAIN????

The makers of  ZYPREXA (Eli Lily)  have been found guilty of paying kickbacks to seniors nursing  homes across the US to reward the over medication of seniors in nursing homes. 

This reminds me of the story I saw not too long ago about the resurrection of “THALIDOMIDE” (relabelled of course to avoid bad publicity)   for patients dieing of AIDS and CANCER.   Who’s going to notice,  huh?   Who’s going to care?  Whatever makes a penny profit no matter the devious means.

Seniors in nursing homes have been subjected to a sales pitch that says “5 at 5″,   meaning if you dope up your clients at 5 pm with 5 mg of antipsychotic drugs,  they’ll go to bed early,  and they’ll sleep through the night.  So now drugs are being used as a substitute for care and live staffing.  I know times are tough financially,  but that is no excuse not to provide actual care for the clientele . 

Just as notoriously bad is the parent who plunks their kid(s) in front of the hypno-box to “keep them quiet”.   This type of parenting is what makes prozak the drug of choice for parents who have limited parenting skills or patience,  or even interest in their children’s minds and future. 

But I digress.  So even though the pharmaceutical company was found guilty in a court of law and fined a fairly hefty fine,  they keep on going.  Keep on selling their poisonous wares to an unsuspecting client base.  Is this the Twilight Zone we are living in?  I’m disgusted with the pharmaceutical industry’s penchant for the sick, disabled, very young,  and elderly.   Like money hungry vultures they  survive on death or the promise of it.