Posted by Kristi on September 24, 2001, at 20:36:40
In reply to Pushing drugs off the market, posted by pellmell on September 24, 2001, at 15:06:12
> > Try not to think it's too wonderful. I was watching a show(60 minutes, 48 hours, one of those) about AD's.... and about how makers of paxil and effexor are getting sued like crazy, and they are pushing to get them removed from the market in the US.
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> That irritates me. Sounds more like the work of crisis-mongering lawyers than a movement of educated and concerned consumers.
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> Don't get me wrong. I think court systems should have full power to check the ill effects of the profit motive... but suing to get a drug taken off the market just because a minority of those who took it had a bad experience? It doesn't seem much different to me than if a bunch of people who were allergic to Skippy brand peanut butter sued to have it taken off grocery store shelves.
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> I'm all for forcing pharm companies to disclose all the information about their products they've got, and requiring better labeling (like a bordered, bolded section in the sample insert about potential withdrawal effects), though.
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> -pm
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