Can We Trust The FDA?
The Federal Food & Drug Administration just voted to keep Avandia on the market by a 8-7 vote...even though it has been proven to cause heart attacks. Can we trust the FDA to "protect" us?
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Posted By themonk on November 1, 2007
At least if the FDA approved a drug, then if something goes wrong you ca...
Posted By eastwind on November 6, 2007
I have personally experienced the incompetency of the FDA first hand
Posted By ramrod on November 14, 2007
The FDA is a government agency that bows to special interest groups and $$$
Posted By themonk on November 1, 2007
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I think the FDA does a great job...
At least if the FDA approved a drug, then if something goes wrong you can sue them , lol
-- Posted By eastwind on November 6, 2007Is the number of bad drugs that the FDA allows greater than the good? In other words, is it possible that we are making a big deal out of nothing? Just wondering, if it IS a big deal, is there a was to see heads roll?
We have to believe in the competence and integrity of government agencies, otherwise, what else can we believe in? It is not infalliable but it does its best. Drugs and medicines are not a hard science and there may be side effects down the line that are not evident at first. At least we can hold FDA accountable. It is better for this Body to exist rather than there be no agency responsible for monitoring the safety, purity and efficacy of drugs
We have to believe in the competence and integrity of government agencies, otherwise, what else can we believe in? It is not infalliable but it does its best. Drugs and medicines are not a hard science and there may be side effects down the line that are not evident at first. At least we can hold FDA accountable. It is better for this Body to exist rather than there be no agency responsible for monitoring the safety, purity and efficacy of drugs
We have to believe in the competence and integrity of government agencies, otherwise, what else can we believe in? It is not infalliable but it does its best. Drugs and medicines are not a hard science and there may be side effects down the line that are not evident at first. At least we can hold FDA accountable. It is better for this Body to exist rather than there be no agency responsible for monitoring the safety, purity and efficacy of drugs
We have to believe in the competence and integrity of government agencies, otherwise, what else can we believe in? It is not infalliable but it does its best. Drugs and medicines are not a hard science and there may be side effects down the line that are not evident at first. At least we can hold FDA accountable. It is better for this Body to exist rather than there be no agency responsible for monitoring the safety, purity and efficacy of drugs
We have to believe in the competence and integrity of government agencies, otherwise, what else can we believe in? It is not infalliable but it does its best. Drugs and medicines are not a hard science and there may be side effects down the line that are not evident at first. At least we can hold FDA accountable. It is better for this Body to exist rather than there be no agency responsible for monitoring the safety, purity and efficacy of drugs
We have to believe in the competence and integrity of government agencies, otherwise, what else can we believe in? It is not infalliable but it does its best. Drugs and medicines are not a hard science and there may be side effects down the line that are not evident at first. At least we can hold FDA accountable. It is better for this Body to exist rather than there be no agency responsible for monitoring the safety, purity and efficacy of drugs
We have to believe in the competence and integrity of government agencies, otherwise, what else can we believe in? It is not infalliable but it does its best. Drugs and medicines are not a hard science and there may be side effects down the line that are not evident at first. At least we can hold FDA accountable. It is better for this Body to exist rather than there be no agency responsible for monitoring the safety, purity and efficacy of drugs
We have to believe in the competence and integrity of government agencies, otherwise, what else can we believe in? It is not infalliable but it does its best. Drugs and medicines are not a hard science and there may be side effects down the line that are not evident at first. At least we can hold FDA accountable. It is better for this Body to exist rather than there be no agency responsible for monitoring the safety, purity and efficacy of drugs
Are you kidding? The FDA is always approving drugs then withdrawing them.
The FDA is a government agency that bows to special interest groups and $$$
-- Posted By themonk on November 1, 2007The FDA has a horrible track record. They have repeatedly approved drugs & medical devices that were later recalled or pulled off shelves. We can't trust them.
Whenever I see the phrase "FDA approved" I have to laugh because they have okayed an awful lot of bad drugs and other things. I think that money means more than public health to them.
I had a doctor who wanted to install a medical device in me. He insisted it was safe because the FDA had okayed it. I declined and within a year the device was pulled off the market for causing more harm than good.
I won't doubt that the FDA does some of it's job.
Key word: some.
Yet, other times the FDA chooses to look in the opposite direction when it could harm a large corporation. Something smells fishy.
I have personally experienced the incompetency of the FDA first hand
-- Posted By ramrod on November 14, 2007I did a medical study for a anti depressant that was pulled off the market and had already been through phase one and two. It made everyone in my study so ill that they canceled. And they were selling this s$^t to people. .
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