http://blog.pharmexec.com/2008/06/24/134/ The Business of Pharmaceuticals Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:21:20 -0500 hourly 1 http://blog.pharmexec.com/2008/06/24/134/comment-page-1/#comment-5930 J Kecht Tue, 12 Aug 2008 04:29:31 +0000 http://blog.pharmexec.com/2008/06/24/134/#comment-5930 For those of you who remember the 1970's there was a fair number of combination medicines. Some made sense, like aspirin and caffeine, and some did not like Dexedrine and Amobarbital (it was supposed to take the edge off the stimulant. Looking into some of the old discontinued drugs can be quite amusing. Often we get so caught up in current rhetoric we completely overlook what would be obvious otherwise. Then it is called a breakthrough. I like to see it as good old creative thinking. For those of you who remember the 1970’s there was a fair number of combination medicines. Some made sense, like aspirin and caffeine, and some did not like Dexedrine and Amobarbital (it was supposed to take the edge off the stimulant. Looking into some of the old discontinued drugs can be quite amusing. Often we get so caught up in current rhetoric we completely overlook what would be obvious otherwise. Then it is called a breakthrough. I like to see it as good old creative thinking.

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