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Verbal abuse, in general, is a means of maintaining control and Power Over. There are fifteen categories of verbal abuse. Verbal abuse is a violation, not a conflict. In describing verbal abuse it is a boundary violation, it is an intrusion upon another, o

According to USFDA, a combination product is one composed of any combination of a drug and device; biological product and device; drug and biological product

r disregard of another in a relentless pursuit of Power Over, superiority and dominance by covert or overt means.

In a conflict each person wants something different. However, in a conflict the parties discuss their wants, needs and seek a mutually win/win

; or drug, device, and biological product and fixed dose combination would include two or more combinations of drug.

Examples of combination products may in

solution. While seeking the solution neither party forces, dominates or controls the other.

One might think verbal abuse is primarily in low-income families with poor education. However, studies reveal verbal abuse is within all educational and socioecono

lude drug-coated devices, drugs packaged with delivery devices in medical kits, and drugs and devices packaged separately but intended to be used together.

ic backgrounds. Levels of education range from high school graduates to Ph.D., M.D., JD, etc. Occupations vary and include artists, professors, lawyers, politicians, medical doctors, psychiatrists, homemakers, CEO’s, and entrepreneurs.

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here is enormous increase in the number of combination products entering the market in the recent years. Combination products have proven advantages but fixe

olding is the most damaging and hurtful form of verbal abuse. One might think that in order for the behavior to be considered verbal abusive words need to be spoken. This misunderstanding of verbal abuse adds to the recipient’s confusion within the relatio

d dose combinations are still in the process of convincing regulatory authority on their advantages over the single ingredient formulations.

Combination pro

ship. The recipient of silence/withholding may believe the relationship is functional because the abuser may communicate functional information, but refuses—through silence/ withholding (non-responsive)—to communicate on an intimate level.

There needs to

ucts have become life saving products for the pharmaceutical companies who doesn’t have many innovative molecules in their product pipeline and have been inc

e more than an exchange of information. Healthy relationships require intimacy. Intimacy requires empathy. To hear and be heard and to understand another’s feelings and experiences is empathetic comprehension. Intimacy in a relationship can not be achieved

easingly used in the product life cycle management. Even the companies having product patents are trying to extend their product life cycle through the combi

if one party is unwilling to share him/herself and is unwilling to be supportive of the other in an empathetic way. Silence/withholding enables the abuser to control and have Power Over while keeping his/her ideal image intact. The abuser’s ego construct i

nation products and maximize the revenues. But the companies involved in this practice are overlooking that they are burdening the patients both economically

extremely fragile and without a stance of control and Power Over, the abuser’s feelings of powerlessness would be felt as an assault to their well constructed mode of functioning in what they consider a hostile world.

This is not to say that two people ma

and physically. They need to rightly judge the benefits of the combination products and they have to even look at the risks involved when combining the produ

not always understand each other or may have difficulty expressing feelings, the intention to understand and/or express feelings is the foundation from which both parties function. One person alone can not create intimacy in a relationship.

Silence/withh

ts. Some of the combination products were well accepted by physicians while others suffered. Companies involved in development of combination products are fi

lding speaks louder than words and creates as much emotional damage as hostile words. Simply stated, silence/withholding is a choice to keep virtually all one’s thoughts, feelings, hopes and dreams to oneself and to remain silent and aloof toward another, t

ding difficulty in defining their combination products and facing various challenges from selecting a combination to marketing it.

Following aspects would a

reveal as little as possible, and to maintain an attitude of cool indifference, control and Power Over.

The consequences of any form of verbal abuse may vary in intensity, depth and breadth. However the outcome of any form of verbal abuse impacts the rece

dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

Which markets to tap where the combination products can do fairly well?
Which combination prod

ver’s self-perception, emotional well-being and spiritual vitality. Verbal abuse takes the joy and vitality out of life through the distortions of reality, because the abuser’s response does not coincide with the sender’s communication.

The primary conseq

cts are meaningful and rational?
Which therapeutic categories to select?
Which Combinations can address unmet needs of the patients?
Do combin

ences of verbal abuse includes, but are not restricted to:

• distrusting one’s spontaneity

• doubting one’s perceptions

• reluctance to come to conclusions

• perpetual preparedness, on-guard state

• uncertainty about one’s impact on others

• believing

tions increase the patient compliance?
What would be the developing cost?
How to tackle the risks encountered during combination product developmen

‘something is wrong with me’

• constant soul searching and reviewing incidents with the hope of determining what went wrong

• eroded self-confidence

• constant self-doubt/confused

• frustrated/enraged

• a heightened ‘critical voice’

• loss of happine

t?

As combination products don't fit into the traditional categories of drugs, medical devices, or biological products, the USFDA is in the process of devel

s, but unable to identify the reason

• anxiety or fear of ‘being crazy’

• fear of being ‘at fault’

• humiliation/shame/guilt for one’s state of affairs

• realizing time is passing with no reconciliation for peace of mind and happiness

• sense of life p

ping new procedures for reviewing their safety, efficacy and quality.

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust

ssing by

• belief ‘if only I could change everything about myself everything would be better’

• a strong desire to escape—including running away or suicide

• belief that what one does best may be what one does worst—I am damned if I do and damned if I do

y and representatives from various regulatory agencies are working out to design the regulatory requirements for manufacture and sale of combination products

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• propensity to live in the future—“Everything will be OK if/when/after….”

• distrusting relationships in general and specifically with the abuser’s gender

Verbal abusers are generally in total denial that they are abusive. Therefore, the great traged

.

As there is an increasing trend of the combination products companies manufacturing such products should be able to tackle the problems involved in the de

in a verbally abusive relationship is that the other’s efforts to bring reconciliation, mutual understanding and intimacy are rejected because the abuser experiences it as adversarial. This is so because of his/her fragility and inability to be vulnerable

elopment. They need to be wiser in analyzing the market trends and the regulatory requirements.

Companies that provide selfless information through particip

to create a mutually equal exchange. The raw truth is—if you are in a verbally abusive relationship, the opportunity to change the relationship is difficult. Without guidance and support of professional help it is fair to state the obvious—it is impossible

tion in industry events and feedback to regulatory authorities would be able to face the challenges and will be successful in developing combination products

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