http://pillgirlreport.com The contradictions of our pill-popping ways... Mon, 17 May 2010 20:29:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 http://pillgirlreport.com/?p=1073 http://pillgirlreport.com/?p=1073#comments Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:27:14 +0000 pillgirl http://pillgirlreport.com/?p=1073 EXPERTS SAY A $75 MILLION pharmaceutical bounty stolen from an Eli Lilly and Company warehouse last weekend are more likely to make their way to Internet pharmacies or overseas black markets than to U.S. chain pharmacies, which keep close tabs on their supply chains ...]]> http://pillgirlreport.com/?feed=rss2&p=1073 0 http://pillgirlreport.com/?p=998 http://pillgirlreport.com/?p=998#comments Fri, 19 Mar 2010 02:08:19 +0000 pillgirl http://pillgirlreport.com/?p=998 IN AN Ocean's Thirteen–STYLE heist at an Eli Lilly and Company distribution center in Enfield, Conn., thieves made off with $75 million of pharmaceuticals over the weekend. Braving a raging storm, the perps scaled a brick wall, cut a hole in the warehouse ceiling, rappelled inside, disabled an alarm, and spent at least an hour loading pallets of drugs into a vehicle at a loading dock. This latest in a rising wave of warehouse burglaries, experts say, is the biggest in drug industry history ...]]> http://pillgirlreport.com/?feed=rss2&p=998 0 http://pillgirlreport.com/?p=948 http://pillgirlreport.com/?p=948#comments Tue, 03 Feb 2009 14:38:21 +0000 pillgirl http://pillgirlreport.com/?p=948 IN THE PREVIOUS POST, I shared my fears of Big Pharma’s Big Contribution to the Eastern Garbage Patch resulting in a zillions-strong proliferation of health-destroying nurdles. Now, in the interest of not letting my imagination run away with you too, I’d like to give my nightmare scenario a bit more context ...]]> http://pillgirlreport.com/?feed=rss2&p=948 0 http://pillgirlreport.com/?p=827 http://pillgirlreport.com/?p=827#comments Tue, 27 Jan 2009 22:39:37 +0000 pillgirl http://pillgirlreport.com/?p=827 WHAT ARE THE DRUG companies that signed on to the new PhRMA Code doing with all the branded gifts that didn’t get bestowed before January 2009? Are pens, flashlights, and calculators being dumped into landfills and making their way to the Eastern Garbage Patch? Or was that just my bad dream ...]]> http://pillgirlreport.com/?feed=rss2&p=827 1 http://pillgirlreport.com/?p=751 http://pillgirlreport.com/?p=751#comments Tue, 27 Jan 2009 03:42:52 +0000 pillgirl http://pillgirlreport.com/?p=751 MERCK, PFIZER, ELI LILLY, and over 30 of their cohorts rang in the New Year with a pledge to stop plying physicians with the five-star meals, expense-paid trips, and scores of logo-emblazoned freebies that critics have long argued have a subliminal — if not a tit-for-tat — influence on prescribing practices. But don’t take Pharma’s willingness to forego this age-old practice as an admission that ...]]> http://pillgirlreport.com/?feed=rss2&p=751 1 http://pillgirlreport.com/?p=734 http://pillgirlreport.com/?p=734#comments Mon, 19 Jan 2009 22:38:28 +0000 pillgirl http://pillgirlreport.com/?p=734 I WAS GOING to post something, but ... ]]> http://pillgirlreport.com/?feed=rss2&p=734 0 http://pillgirlreport.com/?p=704 http://pillgirlreport.com/?p=704#comments Sun, 28 Dec 2008 16:36:01 +0000 pillgirl http://pillgirlreport.com/?p=704 IT'S NOT LIKE they're just wantonly doling out sex pills. When CIA operatives in Afghanistan trade Viagra for information they use discretion ...]]> http://pillgirlreport.com/?feed=rss2&p=704 0 http://pillgirlreport.com/?p=697 http://pillgirlreport.com/?p=697#comments Fri, 26 Dec 2008 04:48:16 +0000 pillgirl http://pillgirlreport.com/?p=697 ]]> http://pillgirlreport.com/?feed=rss2&p=697 0 http://pillgirlreport.com/?p=645 http://pillgirlreport.com/?p=645#comments Fri, 05 Dec 2008 02:25:42 +0000 pillgirl http://pillgirlreport.com/?p=645 IN THE CURRENT economy, with airlines struggling to stay afloat, every ounce of luggage counts. Thus, PillGirl's Pill Tip #1: Don’t let multiple pill vials tip your suitcase over the weight limit. Instead, combine your meds in one or two bottles. It's perfectly safe ... As long as your pills aren’t crumbly ... And as long as they're distinct from one another ... And as long as you look before you take ...]]> http://pillgirlreport.com/?feed=rss2&p=645 0 http://pillgirlreport.com/?p=617 http://pillgirlreport.com/?p=617#comments Tue, 02 Dec 2008 21:36:58 +0000 pillgirl http://pillgirlreport.com/?p=617 ON A RECENT trip through JFK, I happened upon Harmony Pharmacy & Health Center in JetBlue’s shiny new Terminal 5. The pharmacist was on-duty at 8 p.m., ready to restore harmony to harried holiday travelers — although, none seemed to be seeking it from him ... ]]> http://pillgirlreport.com/?feed=rss2&p=617 0