Elderly in the "Donut Hole" with pharmaceutical drugs

http://www.smirkingchimp.com/thread/25298

Read the Readers' comments -- I wonder how many of the elderly people mentioned in those comments are having health problems that are brought on by the many medications they are on! One reader commented on psychotic medication that their mother is on (which costs $1600!). The thought that leaped into my mind at that point was "Maybe the other drugs she's on are causing her psychotic problems." When I listen to the "side effects" of drugs being advertised on television ("Ask your doctor if Blah-blah-blah is right for you!"), I wonder why anyone would ever WANT to ask their doctor about a drug that can cause death, heart attacks, blood clots, etc. just so they can have an easier kind of birth control or snoring preventative. Good grief. The world is truly insane. And the "health reform" bill is a disastrous joke, which will not even have a public option once the Congressional jerks have pared the hell out of it, at the dictatorship of the Big Pharma/Insurance lobbyists.