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I have read many articles on the subject of alcoholism and AA. Most are full of misinformation, misunderstanding and untruth. This is my attempt, as a member of Alcoholics Anonymous, to help you und

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

erstand this cunning, baffling and powerful disease and how AA helps us live sober, one day at a time.

The disease of alcoholism, (yes, it’s a disease), is a threefold illness- physical, mental and s

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

Examples of combination products may in

piritual. There is no cure for alcoholism. What we have is recovery and discovery. It is not a program of self-improvement of self-help. It is a program of self-discovery.

It is widely understood

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

that about 1 in 10 people have the disease of alcoholism. That 10% of the population includes all races, creeds, ages, sexes, religions, and all other factors. Alcoholism does not discriminate any

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

of these; it simple exists when the individual has the threefold illness.

The first aspect of the disease is physical. An alcoholic processes alcohol differently than the “normal” drinker. Of cours

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

Combination pro

e the term normal includes all ranges of drinkers. But only the alcoholic develops what is known as the phenomenon of craving. In essence, an alcoholic is allergic to alcohol. This allergy manifest

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

s itself in this craving making it impossible for us to stop drinking. It is the FIRST drink that gets us drunk, not the last. When one drink is ingested it sets off this phenomenon of craving and m

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

kes us want more and more and more. We do not stop until we pass out, black out, go to jail, experience many consequences, and/or die.

The mental obsession is the second aspect of the disease of alc

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

oholism. This obsession crowds out all other thoughts, including the reminders of all the pain, heartache, injury or other consequence that we have experienced. The disease of alcoholism centers in

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

the mind. Therefore, the mind of the alcoholic cannot differentiate between the true and the false. We have just as much a thinking problem as we do a drinking problem.

If these two aspects sound g

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

rim, that is because they are what leads us to the desperation, futility and hopelessness that we feel while we are in the throes of the disease. We are either drinking, or we are thinking about drin

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

Following aspects would a

king. Either way, we have no positive results.

This leads us to the third aspect of alcoholism- the spiritual. An alcoholic must experience an entire psychic change to overcome the physical and men

dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

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

tal parts of our disease. There is a “black hole” that we feel and all we know to do is fill it with alcohol. Yet alcohol is only a symptom, our temporary solution to help us not have to feel. We s

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

elf-medicate, and once we put any form of alcohol, including some in pill form, we set off this allergy/phenomenon of craving and we are gone. And, when we are not drinking, all we can do is obsess o

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

er the next drink- when and how we’re going to get it. It is a vicious, never-ending cycle which leaves the alcoholic in the most hopeless, despairing state.

The program of Alcoholics Anonymous util

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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

izes the Big Book which is a 164-page spiritual program of action. The process of the 12 steps helps each alcoholic tap into a power greater than ourselves which will solve our problem. And it is no

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

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust

t necessarily alcohol that is our problem; it’s a living problem. The steps of AA help us develop a relationship with a Higher Power of our own understanding, and allow us to have a personal connecti

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

on with that Power. Each step builds on the previous step, and is a lifelong process, one day at a time. We continue this journey daily and incorporate all of the steps and principles into our lives

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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

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Alcoholics Anonymous is a spiritual program, not a religious one. It is personal and individual, while remaining a “we” program. We do it together, not alone. We have the help of each other, our

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

Companies that provide selfless information through particip

sponsor and our home group. There is an AA meeting located anywhere any of us go. The program of Alcoholics Anonymous is the path that affords us the opportunity to recreate our lives and be reborn

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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