Posted by Racer on May 21, 2004, at 18:37:17
In reply to Re: Noa - Serzone, posted by SLS on May 20, 2004, at 22:48:17
You're right, and I know that this drug has helped a lot of people a great deal, but I'm still quite conflicted about how I feel about it over all. This is colored by my own experience on it -- including hospitalization for a liver-related illness within weeks of taking it, the worry since then that it did permanent damage to my liver, and wondering if it might be related to my recent liver tumor adventure.
I guess my biggest problem with the entire matter has to do with the way the company which produced the drug has responded to the reports of deaths and liver problems. I think that I would not be so offended by the whole thing if they had said something like, "Gee, we did our best in testing this drug, it looks as if we may have missed a possible problem so we're going to recommend caution in taking this drug until we can do some additional testing to see if the drug really is causing this. If it is, we're really sorry because we wanted to help people and this isn't helpful." You know what I mean?
Keep in mind that I'm a recovering accountant. I still see things from the big B Business view, which view is why I left accounting. I just can't believe that profits at any cost is moral, and I saw way too much of that in my years of Business. I know that the company will never say, "Sorry." They will always say that they don't think the drug caused any real problems, it was safe, they're not legally liable for anything. I do know that, but it really, really disgusts me. I do not believe that the refusal to accept any potential responsibility is moral. I do not believe it is ethical. I buy Chevron gasoline, despite the cost, because when the Chevron refinery a few dozen miles from here had an emergency accident a few years ago, their spokesman came out and said, "We are so very sorry that three of our employees were seriously injured, and we are profoundly grateful that no one was killed." I later mentioned this to a friend, whose wife worked at Chevron, and he said that the company policy is to start out, from the very first statement, with an apology and accepting responsibility for what happened. That is a company I can support.
So, there's one view on it, for exactly what it's worth.
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