Thomas Marciniak, the FDA review-team leader [of AstraZeneca’s new anticlotting drug, Brilinta] … wrote that [according to trial results] 12 patients reported their own deaths by telephone.
Perhaps not wishing to stir up too much excitement among consumers, AstraZeneca is remaining mum on the matter.
AstraZeneca declined to comment on the allegation about patients reporting their own deaths…
One question UD has is whether users of Brilinta are able to report their deaths only by telephone, or let’s say they prefer tweets or email, or old-fashioned face-to-face.
February 3rd, 2014 at 4:36PM
Mary Baker Eddy made sure this was possible for her with a phone in her grave, in Mt Auburn Cemetery.
February 3rd, 2014 at 7:17PM
dave.s.: I totally thought about Mary Baker Eddy while writing this post! Should have called to tell her.
February 3rd, 2014 at 10:11PM
do they require landlines to travel over?
February 3rd, 2014 at 11:16PM
The ether will take care of the call.
February 4th, 2014 at 9:10AM
Given the chance, I don’t think I’d make my phone call to AstraZeneca, even if I had been taking one of their drugs (I could always ask a more important call-recipient to pass on any comments I had about the drug).
February 4th, 2014 at 10:54AM
Contingent Cassandra: LOL.
February 6th, 2014 at 4:32PM
It’s just Cotard’s syndrome. Other medications also have the same side effect.