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Friday, October 27, 2006

It's been a while

Finished working in kaitaia Northland, NZ. Now in Auckland being a domestic god while my wife works.We are living in a run down motorcamp in Remuera. It sold a year ago for 11 million. It's going to become an old folks village. Campsites all over NZ disappearing as owners get millions for the land - shame!!

Telecom hotspots $9 per hour - bugger. I just got used to endless high speed mega gigbytes for 40 a month. Oh well.

Probably won't be any medical stuff for a while as cooking is now more my focus, as well as fixing dings in fifth-wheel and ute.

Nice example on the radio today of evidence that suits being used.

Government agency is funding a cheaper ventolin alternative. Same stuff they say - bio equalivalence is the same two. Funny thing is it tastes different and a signioficant number of patients reckon its not as good.

The government agency didn't use a DOEM and certainly not a POEM. They used a COEM.



DOEM is disease orientated evidence that matters. POEM is patient orientated evidence that matters. COEM - I made it up C standing for chemical.

Ask your doctor for POEMs - sing me some poems doc!! We need evidence that matters to us. ASK FOR IT. DEMAND IT. And while you are at it asked for absolute number - ask for NNT and NNH - numbers needed to treat and harm.

Sunday, October 08, 2006

Travel information

Visit Dr Marc Shaw's website for travel information and other travel related stuff.

He has skills in theatre direction, scripting, and film and video production. He loves to travel, writes poetry, creates sculpture and can definitely tell the difference between a glass of Château d'Yqiem and a bottle of gin!

This site is full of good stuff like best insect repellants and the following which answered a couple of questions I have had in mind-:


Have a look at the chart below and that will give you an idea of how long they last, provided that you have had the FULL course of injections.

* Chicken Pox 10 years, or longer
* Cholera (oral vaccine) about 2 years
* Diphtheria 10 years
* Flu vaccine (Fluvax) about 1 year
* Hepatitis A (Vaqta / Havrix/Twinrix) 30 years (possibly longer)
* Hepatitis B (HBVax II/Engerix B/Twinrix) life
* Japanese B Encephalitis 2 - 3 years
* Measles, Mumps, Rubella 15 years, or longer
* Meningitis (Menomune/Mencevax) 2-3 years
* Pneumonia (Pneumovax) 5 years, or longer
* Polio (Sabin) 10 years, or longer
* Polio (IPV) 10 years, or longer
* Rabies (pre exposure) 1 - 10 years
* Tetanus 10 years, or longer
* Typhoid 2 - 3 years
* Yellow Fever 10 years