Knowledge of Viagra

Claire E. O'Connor claireoc@softdisk.com
Mon, 27 Apr 1998 12:13:01 -0500 (00893715181, 3544BC9D.55F23C02@softdisk.com)



James M. Breithaupt wrote:


> Dick Jones wrote:
> >
> > ---"James M. Breithaupt" <cen11103@centuryinter.net> wrote:
> >
> > > You are correct that any attempt to converse with him is a complete
> > > waste of time. As for professional help, he is displaying classic
> > > bi-polar behavior. I think he got off his lithium to get on viagra
> > > which didn't work for him. But again, even if he got professional
> > help
> > > he would still be just net trash.
> >
> > Well, James Chickenhaupt, I realize that in your
> > professional career as a night janitor, that you
> > have trash on your mind (and hands), and I realize
> > that you're no doubt conversant with the names of
> > the drugs you take (although you made a grammatical
> > error on one -- Viagra or sildenafil citrate must
> > be capitalized), you're greatly out of date and
> > a fool. Lithium itself, the metal, is not a drug,
> > and Viagra is for the treatment of erectile
> > dysfunction,
(snip)
> >
> JAMES M. BREITHAUPT
> For those of you who don't know that this liar is not an MD note his
> statement about lithium. Lithium is prescribed under the following
> names: Carbolith, Cibalith-S, Duralith, Eskalith, Eskalith CR, Lithane,
> Lithizine, Lithobid, Lithonate, and Lithotabs. A real MD would have
> known this. The element lithium is an alkali metal and must be
> compounded to be taken.
> This leaves the reference to Viagra. The only way he would have
> known the chemical name is that he read it on the little sheet that
> comes with drugs left in their original container. In other words, he
> has a prescription for it.
>
CLAIRE Dear Mr. Breithaupt: An alternative explanation would be that he has a recent copy of the PDR (Physician's Desk Reference). He could use the PDR to get information about the package inserts for drugs he would never take. By the way, how are you qualified to make a virtual diagnosis of bipolar disorder? ~Claire O'Connor