Posted by kazoo on May 21, 2001, at 23:51:49
In reply to Re: Vestra (Reboxetine), posted by loosmrbls on May 21, 2001, at 9:04:49
> You've got to be careful here. We all know that as soon as the FDA approves this drug, millions of prescriptions will be written.
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> And they are responsible for saying "yea or nay." And trust me, other countires do not examine side-effect profiles of drugs nearly as close as the US does.
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> Should the FDA just let any prescription drug on the US market? If not, when is it "OK?"^^^^^^^^^^
On one hand, you are correct: ever since the THALIDOMIDE incident back in the 1950s, the FDA has kept a watchful eye on all new drugs ... can't have people being born with no arms or legs, you know!
However, on the other hand: the FDA did nothing to stop sale of REZULIN in the States after Europe pulled it off their shelves months prior (REZULIN, a diabetes medicine, was fingered in multiple cases of liver transplants and deaths).
FYI: http://www.rezulinnewsletter.com/default.htm
So, choose a pocket, any pocket ... whose pocket do you think the FDA is in? Warner-Lambert? Eli Lilly? Chuck E. Cheese?
Yes, Sir, that FDA (and DEA) are honorable institutions. Throw the bums out.
kazoo
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