A word about the homeopathic tinnitus "remedy" Quietus

[Orrex]

Aside from the fact that it's almost 100% guaranteed not to work, did the folks in marketing not realize that "quietus" means "death?"

As in "when he himself might his quietus make with a bare bodkin," for instance?


Sure, it sounds like it means "peacefulness," and it even sort of sounds like "quiet us," but come on!

[Schema Thing]

1. so then it should work, right?

[OregonBlue]

2. Thanks for the chuckle.

[eShirl]

3. dead men hear no ringing. n/t

[tularetom]

4. As if I needed another reason not to but that crap

I got so sick of listening to their ads on the radio I would mute the sound when they came on.

[rfranklin]

5. As someone afflicted with tinnitus, I can see how people get desperate...

for a cure because it sure can drive you crazy.

[Orrex]

6. My brother in law suffers terribly from it

He worked in steel mills for years. Now the only thing that gives him any relief is a white noise generator, but it annoys everyone else in the room.

I agree that sufferers can be moved to desperation; that's why products like this are so cruel and predatory.

[EvolveOrConvolve]

13. Check this out

It makes me want to puke:

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090813112443AA3cNpm

Providing false hope and referring to a bunch of herbal and homeopathic remedies is just cruel.

[Orrex]

14. "What's the harm?"

Opportunistic tactics like those are ethically equivalent IMO to stealing a guy's wallet when he's sleeping. A person under the duress of persistent or extraordinary discomfort is vulnerable to the predatory psychological manipulative propaganda seen extensively in the pseudoscientific "alternative" "medicine" industry.

That's not an indictment of effective alternative medicines, whatever they might be; it's targeted specifically at those bogus therapies (like "Quietus") that prey on people who, in their despair, reach for any solution when none is available. It's the height of criminal exploitation to swoop in for the kill by charging $100/bottle of worthless garbage, but any offering of false hope is inexcusably cruel.

[Possumpoint]

7. I've Had It

for more years then I remember. I don't hear it unless I start thinking about it.

[d_b]

9. same here

And I hope it stays that way

[SidDithers]

8. Christ on a pogo stick! The stuff is $100!!...

http://www.amazon.com/Quietus-Tinnitus-Relief-Ringing-System/dp/B0033BBPZC

And nowhere on the tubes can I find an official ingredients listing.
Only the most desperate, or most gullible will spend $100 on something without knowing what's in it.

"Developed by a rock drummer!"

Well, that's who I want developing my meds. :eyes:

Sid

Edit: spelling

[NickB79]

16. Well, rock drummers do know their drugs. n/t

[ashling]

10. At times my tinitus has been so bad that

I didn't really care how it stopped ... including making my quietus. :shrug:

Frankly, it is pretty damn annoying right now ... though I wouldn't consider either type of quietus.


I get your point, and I am not a proponent of homeopathic "cures", but it is important that people understand that tinitus is a real debilitating condition.

[trotsky]

11. Fortunately, I don't think anyone here is downplaying the misery of tinnitus.

And I wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy. OK, maybe I'd wish it on Glenn Beck. :evilgrin: It's definitely one of the conditions that is most readily exploited by the snake oil salesmen, though. Modern medicine doesn't have a lot to offer, so the charlatans come in with false hope and fake cures to steal money from the desperate.

[ashling]

12. I agree, and I didn't mean to imply that anyone here was

making light of it. However, I would add Rush Limbaugh . . . perhaps he can get some help from the Costa Rican Socialized Health Care system

:hi:

[HuckleB]

15. How many products like this are there out there?

Here's another: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000ARG890/ref=pd_lpo_k2_dp_sr_1?pf_rd_p=486539851&pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe-1&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=B0033BBPZC&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=1FGQGQKHADFTXAAPFWBT

And yet DU is filled with people joyous that McCain's supplement regulation bill went down the Hatch.

Ugh.

[BuddhaGirl]

17. my friend, an ex rock guitarist

uses the Ringstop and swears by it.

And yes, count me glad about McCain's bill.

[HuckleB]

18. ROTFLMAO!

:rofl:

That ex-rock guitarist has some beach front property to sell you.

It's in Nevada.

Cheap!

:rofl:

[BuddhaGirl]

20. Nah - he doesn't want to sell his gorgeous beachfront Wailea house

I'm happy it worked for him; I recommended it. He was "skeptical" at first; glad he listens to me and not the close-minded. :-)

[HuckleB]

21. Open minded?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T69TOuqaqXI

:rofl:

[Liberal Veteran]

19. I think one of the biggest laughs I ever had was Jim Ward saying "Quietus is real, my friend"

In the exact same voice as the commercial on the Stephanie Miller show.

I don't know why, but that line always cracked me up in the commercial and apparently, I wasn't alone.

[Duer 157099]

22. So I must be the only one who hears "coitus" during those commercials

at first it was funny but now I just turn them off as soon as I can.

but seriously, didn't they do market research on the name? :shrug: