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CDAP Medication Killing People?

Postby Slartibartfast » June 10th, 2019, 11:00 am

According to this coversation the insulin covered under CDAP given to type 1 diabetes patients in Trinidad is killing people in their sleep. Anybody else heard about this or any other inferior medications that covered under CDAP? I heard from a friend that the seizure medication his sister takes makes her infertile. Can anyone tell me if there is any truth to this?


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Postby zoom rader » June 10th, 2019, 12:19 pm

Could be true, I would not trust meds from India.

These 1% pharmacies buy cheap chinese and Indian meds while charging or billing the goverment at Euro prices. These meds are often fake and low quality

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Postby RedVEVO » June 10th, 2019, 12:26 pm

^^

All meds from China is fake ..

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Postby MaxPower » June 10th, 2019, 3:26 pm

Send samples to the prison for clarification.

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Postby Kenjo » June 10th, 2019, 4:31 pm

We are assuming he is talking about lantus insulin or I missed that in the conversation version insulin 70/30? When people say fake meds in terms of insulin do they mean it makes the blood sugar too low or too high ? He seems to be describing the insulin as working too well

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Postby Kenjo » June 10th, 2019, 5:34 pm

We need lantus !

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Postby pinkz » June 10th, 2019, 6:49 pm

As a government pharmacist i can confirm this is pure bullsheit..stop spread fake sheit man..and the generic drugs from india works fine(not as good as the original but real close) and that can be proven when the patient goes to clinic

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Postby pinkz » June 10th, 2019, 6:50 pm

They took it off the government formulary so you gotta buy it now
Kenjo wrote:We need lantus !

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Postby zoom rader » June 10th, 2019, 6:55 pm

pinkz wrote:As a government pharmacist i can confirm this is pure bullsheit..stop spread fake sheit man..and the generic drugs from india works fine(not as good as the original but real close) and that can be proven when the patient goes to clinic
Good infor, I still do not trust drugs from India.

Main point is someone is buying cheap second rate drugs from India and selling as the real deal. Someone making a killing at the expense of tax payers.

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Postby paid_influencer » June 10th, 2019, 8:46 pm

If many people agree, then it must be true. don't trust the people in authority, because they are protecting themselves.

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Postby zoom rader » June 10th, 2019, 9:03 pm

paid_influencer wrote:If many people agree, then it must be true. don't trust the people in authority, because they are protecting themselves.

/believes every conspiracy theory
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The question is who brings in these cheap low quality drugs and sells them at premium cost?

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Postby l33t2 » June 10th, 2019, 9:09 pm

Rockey is good friends with Fuad and his daughter, wonder if Fuad has this opinion as well?

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Postby maj. tom » June 10th, 2019, 9:24 pm

Anecdotal hearsay. No doctor's report. No evidence. And not understanding the costs and pharmacology of generic vs. patented brand name medicine. That's the whole point of CDAP. Yes Trinidad is poor. Why would the government pay for the highest brand name medication to give the public for free? People who can afford it don't use CDAP. If you don't have health insurance in USA, they give you generics. If you are not fully covered in Canada the MD prescribes generic. Get health insurance to cover the cost of brand name medication. They mostly work better because of tighter manufacturing processes (which costs more) to yield higher purity as well as they use different delivery methods and carriers (which costs big money for the research) to generic for better efficacy.

Another thing is side effects. All medicine has them, some serious. Infertility due to seizure meds should have been discussed by the doctor and making sure that the patient understands the risks. The doctor can't force anyone to do anything. If you choose to not take the medication because you understood the side effects, then you don't have to take what is prescribed. Ask about other medications or see another consultant if you can afford it.

The precise insulin dosage used by diabetics should be instructed by a doctor after a full workup with follow-ups q6mos to regulate the medication and dosage with close monitoring and instruction of the diet. If medication is not monitored by a doctor, a diabetic can die. If hypoglycemia occurs the patient should see a doctor immediately and adjust the dosage or medication.

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Postby Kenjo » June 10th, 2019, 9:38 pm

pinkz wrote:They took it off the government formulary so you gotta buy it now
Kenjo wrote:We need lantus !

Yup there have been attempts but once this goes viral hopefully the unclear information will help add some weight to bring it back , 9 day nation

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Postby Slartibartfast » June 10th, 2019, 11:35 pm

Kenjo wrote:We are assuming he is talking about lantus insulin or I missed that in the conversation version insulin 70/30? When people say fake meds in terms of insulin do they mean it makes the blood sugar too low or too high ? He seems to be describing the insulin as working too well

In this case the medicine appears to be genuine just outdated. It works well and does exactly what it is designed to do. The problem seems to be that the design was flawed and has since been updated because it may have been killing people in their sleep according to his experience.

The sad part is that apparently our doctors seem to know better so it's not like we lack the knowledge and expertise.

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Postby Slartibartfast » June 10th, 2019, 11:54 pm

maj. tom wrote:Anecdotal hearsay. No doctor's report. No evidence. And not understanding the costs and pharmacology of generic vs. patented brand name medicine. That's the whole point of CDAP. Yes Trinidad is poor. Why would the government pay for the highest brand name medication to give the public for free? People who can afford it don't use CDAP. If you don't have health insurance in USA, they give you generics. If you are not fully covered in Canada the MD prescribes generic. Get health insurance to cover the cost of brand name medication. They mostly work better because of tighter manufacturing processes (which costs more) to yield higher purity as well as they use different delivery methods and carriers (which costs big money for the research) to generic for better efficacy.

Another thing is side effects. All medicine has them, some serious. Infertility due to seizure meds should have been discussed by the doctor and making sure that the patient understands the risks. The doctor can't force anyone to do anything. If you choose to not take the medication because you understood the side effects, then you don't have to take what is prescribed. Ask about other medications or see another consultant if you can afford it.

The precise insulin dosage used by diabetics should be instructed by a doctor after a full workup with follow-ups q6mos to regulate the medication and dosage with close monitoring and instruction of the diet. If medication is not monitored by a doctor, a diabetic can die. If hypoglycemia occurs the patient should see a doctor immediately and adjust the dosage or medication.

Is trinidad really poor though? According to Afra Raymond we had $24billion to bail out CL financial. We also got like what... a trillion dollars from oil and gas over the years? How is T&T poor?

Also, the medication is not free. We pay NIS and health surchage. You mean to tell me I need health insurance on top of that? Can I opt of paying it if I want to and just get regular health insurance that is cheaper and (according to you) offers better care?

Also, it's kind of messed up that medicine that can be fatal is ok to give to poor people. What kind of a message does that send? I guess we aren't all equal

Lastly, how is someone going to contact their doctor while they are in a diabetic coma? Remember what was implied is that this is throwing you into hypoglycemia while you are asleep.

Now I'm not a doctor so I can't make any authorative comments on this topic but I just find that things just not adding up. A lot of what you said appears to make sense until you really think about it.

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Postby ProtonPowder » June 11th, 2019, 12:36 am

Health surcharge is literally just $429 a year and NIS doesnt pay healthcare, is basically just a pension and maternity benefits alone. What can $429 per person per year pay for?

Unless you actually have large scale testing to rule out placebo effects of using brand name vs generics and actual side effects, we cant say, is just talk for the man in the OP podcast.

In addition, by and large, people cant follow instructions. They stop their antibiotics halfway through and take their hypertension meds when they feel like it.

My point is that we cant go looking for a boogeyman in the health sector where there may or may not be one without even attempting to take a non anecdotal approach to finding out.

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Postby Slartibartfast » June 11th, 2019, 2:07 am

ProtonPowder wrote:Health surcharge is literally just $429 a year and NIS doesnt pay healthcare, is basically just a pension and maternity benefits alone. What can $429 per person per year pay for?

Unless you actually have large scale testing to rule out placebo effects of using brand name vs generics and actual side effects, we cant say, is just talk for the man in the OP podcast.

In addition, by and large, people cant follow instructions. They stop their antibiotics halfway through and take their hypertension meds when they feel like it.

My point is that we cant go looking for a boogeyman in the health sector where there may or may not be one without even attempting to take a non anecdotal approach to finding out.


I have no argument with the generic vs. Bramd name medications. A lot of the time the generics are just as good.

What he talked about was an outdated medication being used. One with know fatal effects.

Oh btw, if you interested you can check out the whole podcast on http://www.letstalkaboutit.media. He is a type 1 diabetic bodybuilder and fitness trainer. If you really interested there are youtube and facebook links on that page as well. I'm going to do podcasts with all kinds of people from around trinidad amd tobago.

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Postby pugboy » June 11th, 2019, 5:27 am

not only meds,
all the orthopedic bone titanium screws costing a few dollars and selling for thousand here

zoom rader wrote:Could be true, I would not trust meds from India.

These 1% pharmacies buy cheap chinese and Indian meds while charging or billing the goverment at Euro prices. These meds are often fake and low quality

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Postby Kenjo » June 11th, 2019, 5:59 am

In the mean time he can recommend persons ask their doctors to prescribe the lantus and they can pay out of pocket is a better option but hopefully people don’t all out stop their medication.

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Postby maj. tom » June 11th, 2019, 8:04 am

Slartibartfast wrote:Is trinidad really poor though? According to Afra Raymond we had $24billion to bail out CL financial. We also got like what... a trillion dollars from oil and gas over the years? How is T&T poor?

Also, the medication is not free. We pay NIS and health surchage. You mean to tell me I need health insurance on top of that? Can I opt of paying it if I want to and just get regular health insurance that is cheaper and (according to you) offers better care?

Also, it's kind of messed up that medicine that can be fatal is ok to give to poor people. What kind of a message does that send? I guess we aren't all equal

Lastly, how is someone going to contact their doctor while they are in a diabetic coma? Remember what was implied is that this is throwing you into hypoglycemia while you are asleep.

Now I'm not a doctor so I can't make any authorative comments on this topic but I just find that things just not adding up. A lot of what you said appears to make sense until you really think about it.



Yes Trinidad is really poor. That money is not allocated in the Health budget. Lay people like to think they can manage money like they manage their household. But National Budget is quite different and it's a monumental task for every government to allocate and correctly use funds to forward the country. Ministry of Health works with what they have and this is what we can afford. There is a drug list and schedule that is created by a team of pharmacists and doctors which is used to prescribe accordingly. It is found here http://www.health.gov.tt/sitepages/default.aspx?id=130 though it is outdated. So why they are using certain medications would need to be addressed to the creators of that list. Here is the NHS list for comparison https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/ ... rugs-list/ . Remember that the lists are going to be different, where we would rely mostly on the United States Pharmacopeia and suppliers while the NHS would use BP. Why they use generic in CDAP is not a mystery, it's a standard practice in all socialized health care programmes, but let's use the UK NHS as the example.

In England, 81% of all drugs in primary care are already prescribed generically, generating significant savings for the NHS. https://www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/epact2/dashbo ... rescribing

Which medicines should be considered for brand-name prescribing in primary care?
https://www.sps.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploa ... ov2017.pdf


Money is the largest factor. The debt burdened by future taxpayers in Health Care is great. Our current taxes do not pay for it. When you're managing a financial system like that it's important to save money where you can, and that is the whole point of generic medicine. I already addressed that fatal medicine part. Why don't you interview a doctor with these questions to get the correct answers? Your interviewee is just reporting hearsay and anecdotal evidence. A doctor will address why "outdated" medications are prescribed. But it has to do with that list. Every patient is different and side effect are a real thing, etc... i explained it above.

The issue about diabetic coma, that does not happen in diabetics in one dose the first time you take insulin, unless it's a large misdosage, intentional or accidental. This is why insulin is closely monitored by a doctor or nurse. They start low and find a dosage that works. When you experience dropping blood glucose levels in the night you actually wake up and know to immediately get some sugar in your system with a pack of juice. Every diabetic knows this. You don't just slip into a coma unless it was a megadose of insulin. If someone experiences this in the night, they must go by the doctor the next day. And moreover, diabetics are supposed to be prescribed a low carb diet to discourage the body's insulin resistance and rely mainly on dietary ketosis for energy. Quite a difficult task for both the doctor and the patient. Easier to just give them a pack of tablets. How they used to treat and manage Type 1 before the 1920s when insulin was discovered?
(http://care.diabetesjournals.org/content/40/10/1302 under section "Dietary Manipulations" lots of physicians before 1920s had regimens of fasting and low carb diets. Bernhard Naunyn encouraged a strict carbohydrate-free diet (6,10). He locked patients in their rooms for 5 months when necessary for “sugar-freedom” (6). When sugar-freedom was not attained through the withdrawal of carbohydrate, protein was reduced as low as 40–50 g/day and the calories were also diminished. Occasional fast days were advised as necessary.

Frederick M. Allen of the hospital of The Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research was one of the first to appreciate that diabetes involves total metabolism rather than carbohydrate metabolism alone (6,11). He studied a detailed regimen that involved fasting 2–10 days to clear glycosuria, followed by a restricted-calorie diet that provided mainly fat and protein (especially eggs) with the smallest amount of carbohydrates (mostly vegetables) necessary to sustain life. If glycosuria appeared, fasting was resumed for 1–2 days. The regimen essentially starved people with severe diabetes in order to control the disease.)


People are bad at following medical instructions. Or just dismiss them thinking everything will be ok. Again, you should interview a doctor who specialises and has more than 20 years experience in treating DM (since it's quite a crisis in the country too, it would make a good topic) and he will go through all these questions you have. I can't answer them because they're beyond my scope, but I am encouraging you to take a scientific stand on these issues rather than rile up stupid people on the internet like Trevor Sayers and radio talk hosts with he say, she say, doctors bad, etc, etc. You know what I mean, especially the facebook sharing crowd. Heh, don't even get started with anti-vaccination know-it-all idiots.

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Postby Kenjo » June 11th, 2019, 8:37 am

maj. tom wrote:
Slartibartfast wrote:Is trinidad really poor though? According to Afra Raymond we had $24billion to bail out CL financial. We also got like what... a trillion dollars from oil and gas over the years? How is T&T poor?

Also, the medication is not free. We pay NIS and health surchage. You mean to tell me I need health insurance on top of that? Can I opt of paying it if I want to and just get regular health insurance that is cheaper and (according to you) offers better care?

Also, it's kind of messed up that medicine that can be fatal is ok to give to poor people. What kind of a message does that send? I guess we aren't all equal

Lastly, how is someone going to contact their doctor while they are in a diabetic coma? Remember what was implied is that this is throwing you into hypoglycemia while you are asleep.

Now I'm not a doctor so I can't make any authorative comments on this topic but I just find that things just not adding up. A lot of what you said appears to make sense until you really think about it.



Yes Trinidad is really poor. That money is not allocated in the Health budget. Lay people like to think they can manage money like they manage their household. But National Budget is quite different and it's a monumental task for every government to allocate and correctly use funds to forward the country. Ministry of Health works with what they have and this is what we can afford. There is a drug list and schedule that is created by a team of pharmacists and doctors which is used to prescribe accordingly. It is found here http://www.health.gov.tt/sitepages/default.aspx?id=130 though it is outdated. So why they are using certain medications would need to be addressed to the creators of that list. Here is the NHS list for comparison https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/ ... rugs-list/ . Remember that the lists are going to be different, where we would rely mostly on the United States Pharmacopeia and suppliers while the NHS would use BP. Why they use generic in CDAP is not a mystery, it's a standard practice in all socialized health care programmes, but let's use the UK NHS as the example.

In England, 81% of all drugs in primary care are already prescribed generically, generating significant savings for the NHS. https://www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/epact2/dashbo ... rescribing

Which medicines should be considered for brand-name prescribing in primary care?
https://www.sps.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploa ... ov2017.pdf


Money is the largest factor. The debt burdened by future taxpayers in Health Care is great. Our current taxes do not pay for it. When you're managing a financial system like that it's important to save money where you can, and that is the whole point of generic medicine. I already addressed that fatal medicine part. Why don't you interview a doctor with these questions to get the correct answers? Your interviewee is just reporting hearsay and anecdotal evidence. A doctor will address why "outdated" medications are prescribed. But it has to do with that list. Every patient is different and side effect are a real thing, etc... i explained it above.

The issue about diabetic coma, that does not happen in diabetics in one dose the first time you take insulin, unless it's a large misdosage, intentional or accidental. This is why insulin is closely monitored by a doctor or nurse. They start low and find a dosage that works. When you experience dropping blood glucose levels in the night you actually wake up and know to immediately get some sugar in your system with a pack of juice. Every diabetic knows this. You don't just slip into a coma unless it was a megadose of insulin. If someone experiences this in the night, they must go by the doctor the next day. And moreover, diabetics are supposed to be prescribed a low carb diet to discourage the body's insulin resistance and rely mainly on dietary ketosis for energy. Quite a difficult task for both the doctor and the patient. Easier to just give them a pack of tablets. How they used to treat and manage Type 1 before the 1920s when insulin was discovered?
(http://care.diabetesjournals.org/content/40/10/1302 under section "Dietary Manipulations" lots of physicians before 1920s had regimens of fasting and low carb diets. Bernhard Naunyn encouraged a strict carbohydrate-free diet (6,10). He locked patients in their rooms for 5 months when necessary for “sugar-freedom” (6). When sugar-freedom was not attained through the withdrawal of carbohydrate, protein was reduced as low as 40–50 g/day and the calories were also diminished. Occasional fast days were advised as necessary.

Frederick M. Allen of the hospital of The Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research was one of the first to appreciate that diabetes involves total metabolism rather than carbohydrate metabolism alone (6,11). He studied a detailed regimen that involved fasting 2–10 days to clear glycosuria, followed by a restricted-calorie diet that provided mainly fat and protein (especially eggs) with the smallest amount of carbohydrates (mostly vegetables) necessary to sustain life. If glycosuria appeared, fasting was resumed for 1–2 days. The regimen essentially starved people with severe diabetes in order to control the disease.)


People are bad at following medical instructions. Or just dismiss them thinking everything will be ok. Again, you should interview a doctor who specialises and has more than 20 years experience in treating DM (since it's quite a crisis in the country too, it would make a good topic) and he will go through all these questions you have. I can't answer them because they're beyond my scope, but I am encouraging you to take a scientific stand on these issues rather than rile up stupid people on the internet like Trevor Sayers and radio talk hosts with he say, she say, doctors bad, etc, etc. You know what I mean, especially the facebook sharing crowd. Heh, don't even get started with anti-vaccination know-it-all idiots.

The anecdotal evidence and media hype was nice strong in that interview

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Re: CDAP Medication Killing People?

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maj. tom wrote:
Slartibartfast wrote:Is trinidad really poor though? According to Afra Raymond we had $24billion to bail out CL financial. We also got like what... a trillion dollars from oil and gas over the years? How is T&T poor?

Also, the medication is not free. We pay NIS and health surchage. You mean to tell me I need health insurance on top of that? Can I opt of paying it if I want to and just get regular health insurance that is cheaper and (according to you) offers better care?

Also, it's kind of messed up that medicine that can be fatal is ok to give to poor people. What kind of a message does that send? I guess we aren't all equal

Lastly, how is someone going to contact their doctor while they are in a diabetic coma? Remember what was implied is that this is throwing you into hypoglycemia while you are asleep.

Now I'm not a doctor so I can't make any authorative comments on this topic but I just find that things just not adding up. A lot of what you said appears to make sense until you really think about it.



Yes Trinidad is really poor. That money is not allocated in the Health budget. Lay people like to think they can manage money like they manage their household. But National Budget is quite different and it's a monumental task for every government to allocate and correctly use funds to forward the country. Ministry of Health works with what they have and this is what we can afford. There is a drug list and schedule that is created by a team of pharmacists and doctors which is used to prescribe accordingly. It is found here http://www.health.gov.tt/sitepages/default.aspx?id=130 though it is outdated. So why they are using certain medications would need to be addressed to the creators of that list. Here is the NHS list for comparison https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/ ... rugs-list/ . Remember that the lists are going to be different, where we would rely mostly on the United States Pharmacopeia and suppliers while the NHS would use BP. Why they use generic in CDAP is not a mystery, it's a standard practice in all socialized health care programmes, but let's use the UK NHS as the example.

In England, 81% of all drugs in primary care are already prescribed generically, generating significant savings for the NHS. https://www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/epact2/dashbo ... rescribing

Which medicines should be considered for brand-name prescribing in primary care?
https://www.sps.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploa ... ov2017.pdf


Money is the largest factor. The debt burdened by future taxpayers in Health Care is great. Our current taxes do not pay for it. When you're managing a financial system like that it's important to save money where you can, and that is the whole point of generic medicine. I already addressed that fatal medicine part. Why don't you interview a doctor with these questions to get the correct answers? Your interviewee is just reporting hearsay and anecdotal evidence. A doctor will address why "outdated" medications are prescribed. But it has to do with that list. Every patient is different and side effect are a real thing, etc... i explained it above.

The issue about diabetic coma, that does not happen in diabetics in one dose the first time you take insulin, unless it's a large misdosage, intentional or accidental. This is why insulin is closely monitored by a doctor or nurse. They start low and find a dosage that works. When you experience dropping blood glucose levels in the night you actually wake up and know to immediately get some sugar in your system with a pack of juice. Every diabetic knows this. You don't just slip into a coma unless it was a megadose of insulin. If someone experiences this in the night, they must go by the doctor the next day. And moreover, diabetics are supposed to be prescribed a low carb diet to discourage the body's insulin resistance and rely mainly on dietary ketosis for energy. Quite a difficult task for both the doctor and the patient. Easier to just give them a pack of tablets. How they used to treat and manage Type 1 before the 1920s when insulin was discovered?
(http://care.diabetesjournals.org/content/40/10/1302 under section "Dietary Manipulations" lots of physicians before 1920s had regimens of fasting and low carb diets. Bernhard Naunyn encouraged a strict carbohydrate-free diet (6,10). He locked patients in their rooms for 5 months when necessary for “sugar-freedom” (6). When sugar-freedom was not attained through the withdrawal of carbohydrate, protein was reduced as low as 40–50 g/day and the calories were also diminished. Occasional fast days were advised as necessary.

Frederick M. Allen of the hospital of The Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research was one of the first to appreciate that diabetes involves total metabolism rather than carbohydrate metabolism alone (6,11). He studied a detailed regimen that involved fasting 2–10 days to clear glycosuria, followed by a restricted-calorie diet that provided mainly fat and protein (especially eggs) with the smallest amount of carbohydrates (mostly vegetables) necessary to sustain life. If glycosuria appeared, fasting was resumed for 1–2 days. The regimen essentially starved people with severe diabetes in order to control the disease.)


People are bad at following medical instructions. Or just dismiss them thinking everything will be ok. Again, you should interview a doctor who specialises and has more than 20 years experience in treating DM (since it's quite a crisis in the country too, it would make a good topic) and he will go through all these questions you have. I can't answer them because they're beyond my scope, but I am encouraging you to take a scientific stand on these issues rather than rile up stupid people on the internet like Trevor Sayers and radio talk hosts with he say, she say, doctors bad, etc, etc. You know what I mean, especially the facebook sharing crowd. Heh, don't even get started with anti-vaccination know-it-all idiots.

Good info. I definitely want to get a doctor on in the future to talk about this. I'm just waiting until I have enough things to talk about and someone qualified enouh that has the time to come on.

As for T&T being poor, I think that might be more of a perception than a reality and that corruption is the real reason for poverty ($300,000,000 for kiosks in the airport for example). But that is just my opinion and if I want to assert that opinion the burden of proof is on me to prove it true (thats why I can't ask anyone to disprove corruption). I'm looking to get the right person on to talk about this as well.

As for media hype.... well yeah. Isn't all media made to be consumed. I'm trying to see what level of interest this topic had to see if it makes sense putting out the effort of getting someone qualified on to go more in depth into it. I know nothing about this topic and it is outside his expertise (check out the full podcast if you want)

But, seriously thanks guys for the feedback. If I get a qualified person on to talk about this you can bet your @ss I'm using the talking points that you guys brought up because they are legitimate arguments. All ideas and opinions are worthless if they cannot stand up to criticism so keep it coming. Personally, I'm still on the fence about this (not the generics argument, there is plenty evidence that generics can be just as effective).

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Re: CDAP Medication Killing People?

Postby l33t2 » June 11th, 2019, 11:10 am

Try to get Fuad on your show, he always seems to have interesting and controversial views.

As for the generics used in NHS, most of them are produced in the UK, by top companies. They're pretty much as good as any original med.

The generics produced in China and India (which I assume are the ones we get via CDAP) are not regulated as strictly and often are inaccurately dosed. I've seen generics being overdosed with the active ingredient, almost as commonly as being underdosed.

And as for Trinidad being 'rich', it's definitely a case where we have (yes we still so) money but it is so inefficiently spent it's alarming. Corruption, an over inflated currency and a spoiled entitled population are the main contributing factors here.

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Re: CDAP Medication Killing People?

Postby innocent criminal » June 11th, 2019, 11:17 am

How many times did deaths happen? Are the cases confirmed

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Re: CDAP Medication Killing People?

Postby Slartibartfast » June 11th, 2019, 11:41 am

innocent criminal wrote:How many times did deaths happen? Are the cases confirmed


No idea. This is all heresay based of that one podcast for me and this forum right now. I'm just trying to see if this is something worth taking the time and effort to go down the rabbit hole for.

My guest is a fitness trainer and bodybuilder (real good btw) but isn't a medical doctor. But he has a specialist that he goes to so I could probably make contact with that specialist in future if he is willing

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Re: CDAP Medication Killing People?

Postby innocent criminal » June 11th, 2019, 11:43 am

Hm yeah. Type 1 diabetes is a tough disease and unfortunately does claim lives of young people. Hard to know if the insulin was responsible at this point.
But there are blood tests that can be done to measure the activity of insulin, even post mortem

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Re: CDAP Medication Killing People?

Postby viedcht » June 11th, 2019, 11:56 am

So far, i don't have any problems with the insulin from CDAP. i use 70/30 and R. Before Cdap, i used to buy R and N and mix myself. i never knew Lantus was on CDAP! As for the deaths thing... i haven't heard any insulin-related incidents. Diabetics should know their bodily signs of Hypo and Hyper. i notice a trend in Trinidad where most people feel taking meds magically heal them; they eat and drink anything they want, carrying on with an unadjusted lifestyle.

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Re: CDAP Medication Killing People?

Postby Chimera » June 11th, 2019, 2:00 pm

doctors/staff/clerks/storekeepers...anyone who works in mt hope or the hospitals arent allowed to talk about anything that happens in the hospital...otherwise you get fired very fast

now and then a doctor will get fedup and talk on social media about how much patients die because current gone and generator wasnt working or they didnt have medicine or etc etc

then within a day they will quickly disappear from social media for a few months when their bosses brace them and remind them whats in their contract.

right now anyone who working mt hope will tell you to make sure and take out health insurance so you can go private, because if you end up in the hospital you in for some dred suffering.

they arent paying their suppliers so they have stopped supplying them.
nurses and doctors are stealing what little supplies it have to resell and use for their private practices

it have situations where they forced to use adult sized needles on children because....somehow all the children sized needles missing


real bacchanal in those hospitals these days

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Re: CDAP Medication Killing People?

Postby Ben_spanna » June 11th, 2019, 2:12 pm

Phone Surgeon wrote:doctors/staff/clerks/storekeepers...anyone who works in mt hope or the hospitals arent allowed to talk about anything that happens in the hospital...otherwise you get fired very fast

now and then a doctor will get fedup and talk on social media about how much patients die because current gone and generator wasnt working or they didnt have medicine or etc etc

then within a day they will quickly disappear from social media for a few months when their bosses brace them and remind them whats in their contract.

right now anyone who working mt hope will tell you to make sure and take out health insurance so you can go private, because if you end up in the hospital you in for some dred suffering.

they arent paying their suppliers so they have stopped supplying them.
nurses and doctors are stealing what little supplies it have to resell and use for their private practices

it have situations where they forced to use adult sized needles on children because....somehow all the children sized needles missing


real bacchanal in those hospitals these days


And our minister of squeaky registering them by the 1000's , wo what happens to their health care? how will they pay? how do we ensure that they are not bringing an outbreak with them?

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