In this week's Brandweek I wrote a somewhat tongue-in-cheek review of the current FDA approvals for canine drugs, many of which seem indicated for disorders that humans suffer from but that dogs generally don't—such as anxiety disorder.
The piece seems especially apt as there appears to be a growing cottage industry of "experts" whose job it is to diagnose various forms of anxiety in humans, as if anxiety was an illness.
Let me put it this way: We live in a world at perpetual war with itself, where technology is changing faster each day, and where the only certainty is, well, uncertainty. Anxiety is the correct human response to this, not an illness.
Why some humans have reached the conclusion that their dogs are aware of this, I don't know. Feel free to email me with an answer. jedwards@brandweek.com.
Retin-A acts by improving blood supply to the skin, which in-turn increases the turnover of dead skin cells. Accordingly, new more subtle and younger looking skin appears at the surface. An additional use of Retin-A is to speed up the rate of skin repair after cosmetic surgery. http://www.caldrugs.com/pill/Retin-A.html
Exelon is a cholinesterase inhibitor. It works by increasing the amount of a certain substance (acetylcholine) in the brain. This may help reduce symptoms of dementia in patients with Alzheimer disease. http://www.caldrugs.com/pill/Exelon.html
Posted by: Aaron | March 05, 2008 at 06:56 PM