ILL-MINDED.

RHINOVIRUS has a possible cure?

I never knew that the common cold gets this much light in the pharmaceutical world. Honestly, that's full of complete and utter pish posh! I laughed mega hard when I finished reading this article. Personally, I am very grateful that I came across this because my major is currently listed under pre-pharmacy (most likely, pharmacy tech) so this just motivates me to study harder.

The COMMON cold is normally toughed out because in my mind minor illnesses like the cold/flu/etc can be fought withOUT antibiotics because even though people think it speeds up the healing process, it actually prolongs it! It's all in your head. The medication just simply eases the symptoms that cause one to feel miserable --- for the time being. Interesting how the flu vaccination shot always causes you to get sick within a week of getting it. Supposedly you feel as if your body is immune to the flu or common cold because you got this defensive wall ready to attack the icky germs, but that's a big fat lie.

"It is wonderful to think that millions of people would no longer be forced to stalk the aisles of the pharmacies wondering if this tablet or that pill or some elixir will knock out the virus and end the misery. The common cold has enriched pharmaceutical companies for centuries as people the world over try various drugs to relieve the cold symptoms."

*Pfft, if there's an illness there's a pill serving as a remedy; pharmacists will always make bank! (It's all a big hu$tle!) -- No really though, the author of this post is unknown but I give him/her kudos for posting this because the last thing people want to do right now is let their health crumble. The fact that our nation is going through some serious issues, money stacks aren't as high anymore if you know what I mean. I'm pretty sure we as consumers would like to avoid being sick! So we can clock in as often as possible and get paidddd at our 9-5's or whatever it be.

It's all a matter of opinion. Would you cough up x amount of dollars just to get rid of a cold quicker? "However, there could be trouble ahead. Experts say the cost of bringing a new drug to market is now about $700 million, which means the cost of a cold remedy could be quite expensive. There are tests and trials, regulatory authorities to satisfy and side effects to consider."

This last statement did however tickle my funny bone. "Despite all the hurdles ahead, there is a great deal of confidence that an antidote for the common cold is just around the corner. A drug to cold-cock a cold is too sweet a discovery to let languish."