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Biotech / Medical : GUMM - Eliminate the Common Cold -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: DanZ who wrote (971)	9/22/1999 7:18:00 AM
From: JDN	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 5582

dear Dan: Unfortunately, I am a smoker. I tried the Nicotene gum and it didnt work for me. I actually got hooked on the gum and was smoking, a dangerous situation. The Patch works but besides being expensive, how long can you continue to find sites to put the patch on before you develop a rash or something. I found the instant I went off the patch I was back to smoking. I am afraid the only successful method of quitting smoking resides in the brain. JDN

To: DanZ who wrote (971)	9/22/1999 8:32:00 AM
From: out_of_the_loop	Respond to of 5582

This market seems to be growing, I agree. I do not think it will ever replace smoking, but as society's attitudes change, so may individual's habits. People used to wear hats and smoke. Certainly, caffeine is widely accepted as a "necessity" in most Western societies. While I wouldn't get pie-in-the-sky about the potential, it is clear that this market is growing and I think that some people will want to try it. I take it your point is that some people may try it for a buzz, even if they do not and have never smoked because of the health dangers and the societal disdain (more severe than the societal disdain for seeing people inserting nasal sprayers, I presume). ******* On another note, I saw a dogpounder post about a Glaxo drug for colds coming out possibly overshadowing Zicam. It intimated that the fact taht it required a prescription will induce docs to want to use it. LOL. The last thing that most doctors need in today's climate is more office visits from minimally sick people. Doctors do not make money on prescriptions and today's doctors are paid essentially (HMO style) for keeping people OUT OF THEIR OFFICES. Most of the docs I know are so busy with paperwork and administrative crap for the people who really do need to see them. If they have to employ a physician extender just to write prescriptions for the common cold, they will lose even more money, especially if the plan has to pay for the drug. I think for the common cold, the OTC market is much larger potential than the prescription market. The post, of course, had no link and I did a quick scan of the AP health headlines and did a "Glaxo" search on CNN Health and found nothing recent that was relevant.