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♦ WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16, 2005
CLU|e.JJournal
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Today's Weather
Local 5-Day Forecast
Thu
3/17
61/42
Occasional showers
possible. Highs in
the low 60s and lows
in the low 40s.
Sunrise Sunset
6:42 AM 6:44 PM
66/43
Rain with a few rum
bles of thunder.
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6:44 AM 6:44 PM
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Athens 49 38 rain
Atlanta 49 38 rain
Augusta 53 42 rain
Bainbridge 75 50 t-storm
Brunswick 66 52 t-storm
Cartersville 52 38 rain
Chattanooga,TN 53 37 rain
Columbus 66 43 t-storm
Cordele 70 46 t-storm
National Cities
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Atlanta 49 38 rain
Boston 40 27 mst sunny
Chicago 42 26 pt sunny
Dallas 52 41 rain
Denver 49 28 mst sunny
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CALENDAR OF EVENTS
(To submit your event for the
Community Calendar, fax the
details to (478) 988-1181, e
mail to hhj@evansnewspa
pers.com or mail to Houston
Home Journal, P.O. Box 1910,
Perry, GA 31069.)
Today
• Centerville Senior Care
meets 9 a.m. each Wednesday at
Centerville City Hall for exer
cise class featuring strength
and flexibility stretching led by
a certified instructor. All exer
cise participants must provide a
signed Physician Referral Form
from their doctor. 988-1813.
• Perry Senior Care meets
9:30 a.m. Wednesday at Rozar
Park for exercise class featur
ing strength and flexibility
stretching. PVO Bingo immedi
ately follows exercise. All exer
cise participants must provide a
signed Physician Referral Form
from their doctor. 988-1813.
• An ITT Safari Travel Show
will be held from 10:30 a.m.
until 2:30 p.m. at the Smith
Community Center, Robins Air
Force Base. 926-2945.
• All ladies are cordially invited
to attend the Christian Women
Club luncheon on 11:30 a.m. at
the Museum of Aviation, Ga.
247, Warner Robins. Cost is
sll. The special feature of the
program “How Does Your
Garden Grow” is Willie Chance,
Houston County Extension
Agent, sharing gardening tips
and highlighting plants for this
area. The special guest speaker
is a captivating tour guide,
Realtor, artist, and mother of
five daughters, Jean Harron.
She is from Columbus and is
providing us with “A Bit of Wit
and Wisdom.” Reservations are
required. Linda, (478) 328-
7033; or Shirley (478) 923-
6543.
• The Perry Players will
present the musical “1776,” at
8 p.m. Reservations, (478) 987-
5354.
Thursday, March 17
• Warner Robins Senior Care
meets 9 a.m. each Thursday at
the Houston County YMCA
(corner of Ga. 96 and Moody
Road - 922-2566) for exercise
class featuring strength and
flexibility stretching led by a
certified instructor. All exercise
participants must provide a
signed Physician Referral Form
from their doctor. 988-1813.
Fri
3/18
Sat
3/19
64/45
Times of sun and
clouds. Highs in the
mid 60s and lows in
the mid 40s.
Sunrise Sunset
6:41 AM 6:45 PM
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Dalton
Dillard
Dublin
Duluth
Gainesville
Helen
Lagrange
Macon
Marietta
Milledgeville
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Houston 56 44 rain
Los Angeles 68 52 sunny
Miami 81 71 cloudy
Minneapolis 39 26 cloudy
New York 43 29 mst sunny
• Chrysler’s Drive for the
Kids fund-raiser will take place
from 9 a.m. until noon at
Tucker Elementary School dur
ing the school’s field day. For
every adult who drives a new
Chrysler and completes a short
questionnaire, Chrysler will
donate $5 to the school. If both
husband and wife drive and fill
out a questionnaire, Tucker
receives a $lO donation.
• Senior Camp 2005 - Blast
from the Past is scheduled for 9
a.m. until 2 p.m. at Rozar Park,
Perry. The event will feature a
’4os and ’sos theme this year.
In addition to educational sem
inars, there will be a “Play on
Words” Fashion Show. 923-
9771 to pre-register and to vol
unteer to be one of the “mod
els” in the show.
• The 21st Century
Partnership will hold its quar
terly meeting at 10 a.m. at the
Museum of Aviation. The meet
ing is open to the public.
• American Legion Ladies
Auxiliary Unit 24 meets 11:45
a.m. on the third Thursday of
each month at the Green Derby
the Holiday Inn,
Periy.
• The AARP is offering free
tax assistance at the Perry
Library from 12:30-4:30 p.m.
All taxpayers with moderate
incomes are invited to avail
themselves of this service,
which is provided on a first
come,first-serve basis. Free e
filing is available. Sue Arnall,
987-1976.
• Take Off Pounds Sensibly
(T.O.RS.) meets each Thursday
in the Perry Hospital Medical
Library, 1120 Morningside
Drive, Perry. Weigh-in from 5-
5:30 p.m.; meeting from 5:30-6
p.m. Michelle Lee, 988-1813, or
Tara Poole, 988-1827.
• Eagle Spring Elementary
School will host Outback Night,
which will include dinner, art,
music, family activities and a
silent auction. Dinner will
include chicken or steak, baked
potato, salad, dessert, and
drink. Meals for children will
include chicken, macaroni and
cheese, dessert, and drink. The
cost for meals is $9 for adults
and $5 for children. There will
be a 5:30 seating and a 7:30
seating. 953-0450.
• The board of directors
monthly meeting for the
Houston County Association
LOCAL
Sun
3/20
‘‘ww
66/43
Showers possible.
Highs in the mid 60s
and lows in the low
40s.
Sunrise Sunset
6:40 AM 6:46 PM
Moon Phases
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New
Mar 10
Full
Mar 25
UV Index
Thu 3/17 5 Moderate
Fri 3/18 6 High
Sat 3/19 7 High
Sun 3/20 7 High
Mon 3/21 7 High
The UV Index Is measured on a 0-11
number scale, with a higher UV Index
showing the need for greater skin pro
tection. 0W: 4MMMI 11
City Hi Lo Cond.
Peachtree City 58 37 rain
Perry 66 43 rain
Rome 60 39 rain
Savannah 68 48 t-storm
St. Simons Island 66 52 t-storm
Statesboro 61 45 t-storm
Thomasville 74 51 t-storm
Valdosta 73 50 t-storm
Warner Robins 66 42 rain
Waycross 72 49 t-storm
54 39 rain
46 33 rain
65 41 rain
50 36 rain
48 38 rain
50 36 rain
62 40 rain
63 42 rain
50 36 rain
59 38 rain
| City Hi Lo Cond.
Phoenix 70 46 sunny
San Francisco 65 48 pt sunny
Seattle 53 31 rain
St. Louis 49 32 pt sunny
Washington, DC 40 33 cloudy
for Exceptional Citizens Inc.
and Falcon Park Inc. will be at
7 p.m. in the conference room
of Workshop 11, 716 N. Young
Ave., Warner Robins.
• The Central Georgia
Genealogical Society will meet
at 7 p.m. at Flint Energies,
1600 Elberta Road, Warner
Robins. The speaker will be
Kristina Simms, who will pres
ent a 20-minute monologue
based on the life of Nancy
Morgan Hart, Georgia’s
Revolutionary heroine. The
monologue will be presented in
period costume. Visitors are
always welcome, www.cggs.org
• The Daughters of the
British Empire Winship
Chapter (for ladies of British
descent) meets at 7 p.m. on the
third Thursday of each month.
335-1487.
• The Perry Players will
present the musical “1776,” at
8 p.m. Reservations, (478) 987-
5354.
• The Perry High School
Theatre for the Performing
Arts will present “Disney’s
Beauty and the Beast” at 8 p.m.
Tickets are $8 for adults, $5 for
children. 988-6320 or
jsendek@hcbe.net
Friday, March 18
• Senior Camp 2005 - Blast
from the Past is scheduled for 9
a.m. until 2 p.m. at Rozar Park,
Perry. The event will feature a
’4os and ’sos theme this year.
In addition to educational sem
inars, there will be a “Play on
Words” Fashion Show. 923-
9771 to pre-register and to vol
unteer to be one of the “mod
els” in the show.
• Centerville Senior Care
meets 9 a.m. each Friday at
Centerville City Hall for exer
cise class featuring strength
and flexibility stretching led by
a certified instructor. All exer
cise participants must provide a
signed Physician Referral Form
from their doctor. 988-1813.
• Perry Senior Care meets 10
a.m. Friday at Rozar Park for
exercise class featuring
strength and flexibility stretch
ing. A healthy lunch ($5) and a
guest speaker targeting senior
adult mental, spiritual and/or
physical health are provided
after exercise. All exercise par
ticipants must provide a signed
Physician Referral Form from
their doctor. 988-1813.
Mon
3/21
lJu
68/49
Times of sun and
clouds. Highs in the
upper 60s and lows
in the upper 40s.
Sunrise Sunset
6:38 AM 6:47 PM
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Last
Apr 2
Generic drugs just as
good as brand names
This past week I had a dis
cussion with one of my phar
macist friends about how
there is still a lot of misinfor
mation surrounding the use of
generic drugs. And even
though this is a subject I’ve
covered before, after the dis
cussion with my friend, I
decided it might be a good idea
to write about generics again.
When a drug manufacturer
or researcher develops a drug,
the drug begins with just a
chemical name, which is very
long and describes the drug’s
structure. Since this name is
rather long and unwieldy, a
shorter, generic name is given
to the compound. This name
usually reflects the class of
medication to which the drug
belongs.
If the drug is ever marketed
for sale, the company owning
the patent will give the drug a
registered brand name. This
name is usually something
easily remembered and quick
ly identified. And hopefully, for
the pharmacist’s sake, doesn’t
sound too much like anything
else.
A good example of this is a
product we are all familiar
with, Tylenol. Its chemical
name is n-acetyl
paraaminophenol (commonly
abbreviated as APAP). The
generic name for Tylenol is
acetaminophen. Each compa
ny that sells an acetamino
phen product gives their ver
sion a different, registered
brand name, but they’re all
the same thing.
This holds true, with some
slight differences, for prescrip
tion drugs as well. The compa
ny that develops and patents a
prescription drug owns the
exclusive right to market the
drug for 17 years. This 17-year
exclusivity begins the day the
company files a new drug
application (NDA) with the
Food and Drug
Administration.
This does not mean that the
company sells the drug for the
entire 17 years. It may take
anywhere from three to ten
years for the drug to make it to
market, because after filing
the NDA, there are still clini
cal trials and safety testing
that are required by the FDA.
After the 17-year period
expires, any drug company
may produce the drug. The
generic manufacturers must
submit documentation to the
FDA that their product is the
exact same chemical com
pound as the brand and that it
contains exactly the same
amount of active ingredient.
The generic product also has
to have the same safety profile
and produces similar blood
levels of active ingredient as
the original product.
There are two terms used in
testing of these drugs that are
important to know, bioavail
ability and bioequivalence.
The FDA defines bioavailabili
ty as “the rate and extent to
which the active ingredient or
therapeutic ingredient is
absorbed from a drug product
and becomes available at the
site of drug action.”
Bioequivalence is defined by
the FDA as “equivalent
release of the same drug sub-
Woman pleads guilty to
pulling gun on husband
PERRY - Latressa
Williams, 41, 606
Greenbriar Road, Warner
Robins, pleaded guilty
Monday to aggravated
assault in Houston County
Superior Court.
The plea was entered just
prior to jury selection on
charges for pointing a
loaded .380 pistol at her
husband’s head.
Judge George S. Nunn
sentenced Williams to 10
years, to serve 90 to 120
days in the detention center.
She was also fined SI,OOO
and required to complete an
anger management class as
a condition of her probation.
According to Senior
Assistant District Attorney
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David Voltz
Pharmacy Q&A
voltzrph@hotmail.com
stance from two or more drug
products or formulations. This
leads to an equivalent rate and
extent of absorption from
these formulations.”
The FDA uses data from
bioavailability and bioequiva
lence testing in order to deter
mine if two different products
(i.e. the brand name and the
generic version) are “thera
peutically equivalent.”
Before the FDA will state
that a product is therapeuti
cally equivalent, it must be
clinically demonstrated that
the blood levels produced by
the generic product (at any
given time after administra
tion) are within 10 percent of
the blood levels produced by
the original product.
When this requirement is
met, the FDA will state that
the given product is therapeu
tically equivalent and gives
the drug an “A” rating as inter
changeable with the innovator
product. The FDA publishes a
book listing all these ratings
entitled “Approved Drug
Products with Therapeutic
Equivalence Evaluations” and
most pharmacies have the
book as one of their refer
ences. The book is more com
monly referred to as the
“Orange Book,” because of the
color of its binding.
So what does this mean to
you when it comes to getting
your prescriptions filled? I
know some physicians prefer
brand-name products, and
that is certainly their preroga
tive. However, in almost all
instances, the generic drug is a
less-expensive option that will
work as well, because it is the
same product.
The generic costs less
because the innovator compa
ny has to recoup the expense
of researching and developing
the drug, and the only expense
the generic company incurs is
the actual manufacturing and
equivalency testing.
Ultimately, the decision to
use a generic drug is yours.
Your physician and your phar
macist have experience deal
ing with these medications, so
please ask their advice and
relate your own experiences
with medications to them.
If you have any questions
regarding medications or
pharmacy practice in general,
or comments, or suggestions
for topics you’d like to read
about in this column, just
write to me. I can receive email
via voltzrphdhotmail.com or
postal mail at Pharmacy Q&A,
c/o The Houston Home
Journal, P.O. Box 1910, Perry,
GA 31069.
Jason Ashford, a witness at
the home at the time of the
incident was prepared to
testify to hearing Williams
state, while loading the gun,
she was going to kill her
husband and she told the
witness to leave the house.
Ashford said that immedi
ately after making that
statement, Williams entered
the family bedroom with the
gun. Soon after, the victim
lied the house and called
911.
“The actions of Ms.
Williams could easily have
resulted in a homicide and it
was very fortunate that Mr.
Williams was able to
escape,” Ashford said.
- Ray Lightner