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Metal on Metal Hips – why doesn’t the Government act NOW?
by Howard Sadwin, 25 August 2012
I have been reading and reading the days I can re: MOM hips. It is sad to see the time wasted by not recalling and shelving MOM hips. The longer the Governments let the lobbyist and manufacturers continue
To sell these devices the longer it may take before someone receives treatment, that could mean the difference between walking or not.
Common sense is none existence, fewer surgeons use MOM hips if at all, the numbers of registered complaints has tripled in the USA in the past year alone and the year is not over. Scientist, surgeons, public says stop using these devices, the sales in the device manufacturers reports shows a drastic drop in MOM hip sales why are we being bullshitted around like we insignificant.
The truth will always be the truth regardless of understanding, disbelief or ignorance ( W Clement Stone) so why do we put up with these lies ? Especially when the impact has taken away the quality of some of our lives forever.
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It is horrible, Howard, and this kind of tragedy will continue until the lobbyists can no longer take the FDA people out to lunch, can no longer volunteer money to help the FDA expedite the approval process, etc. We are living in a Corptocracy, it seems, and ‘we the people’ are not seen and our voice is not heard.
There will come a ‘tipping point’ though, when as you point out these MoM people realize it’s going to cost more in damages to those they continue to harm, disable and cripple than it will for them to recall and start treating those they have so wounded.
My doctor has finally admitted he (and his hospital) are no longer installing these devices, and you would think that might make MoM problems — no sales, looming damages, revision stats, etc. — more and more visible to the obstinate Smith and Nephew and their wondrous BHR products, to cite but one example we (and many others on this site) are all too familiar with.
And as you say, “The truth will always be the truth regardless of understanding, disbelief or ignorance”, that truth will inevitable emerge from all of this. But until the company officers and its shareholders see diminishing returns, due to the negative impact of a continuous supply of failed devices we will remain on hold. But the tipping point feels closer and closer, especially in cases like ours where the patient may need a second revision after the first due to complications that are as yet unknown, according to my surgeon. When the doctor’s say things like “we’re in uncharted waters here” or “there aren’t’ any real precedents for this” I, for some strange reason, am not filled with a great deal of confidence.
Keep on Keepin’ on, buddy. I agree with you, in that inevitably ‘The Truth Will Out’.
I’m just concerned about the additional number of maimed people it will take to make that cry a reality.