Secret (magic) Ingredients

Marketeers gone wild! Now hear this: at last Excedrin has developed (at great expense) a cure for the common migraine headache - what a relief! As their TV ad proudly shows the package the secret ingredients are revealed on the cover : acetaminophen (otherwise known as Tylenol), aspirin and caffeine. I envision their research team wielding mortars and pestles until one shouts "eureka!"
Whoda thunk it? They are now deep into developing a reptilian petroleum distillate as a cure-all for whatever ails you. Keep you eyes on the tube for the announcement.
Caveat emptor
RevS

Pfizer Phlotsam

I would guesstimate from the frequency of TV ads for Spiriva that hundreds of thousands of patients use this inhalant product from Pfizer.
I am about to get my second refill. With the first order I got 30 caplets which are opened by an "inhaler", a small three piece hinged plastic gadget with a spiked plunger to open the caplets. Even wholesale, this gadget must cost several dollars to produce. A month ago, with my first refill I told the druggist I already had the inhaler and only needed the caplets. I was told that was all that was in my package. To quote a South Carolina politician - "You lie" - inhaler included.
Now, for my 2ND refill I instruct my medical personnel to be sure just to order the caplets as I already have one too many inhalers.
Unbelievably (to me) I am told that is the only way refills are packaged, with an inhaler.
Is this the best Pfizer, one of the WORLDS largest pharmaceutical companies can do to help hold down medical costs? Someone is paying for all those thousands of worthless extra inhalers that only end up in the trash. Me, for one. Drop them an e-mail "Spiriva refills do NOT require a new inhaler." to mend their ways and conserve the worlds resources:
http://www.pfizer.com/contact/mail_general.jsp