Posted by Theresa Pye on June 17, 2000, at 7:37:11
In reply to Re: FDA = WORTHLESS, posted by kazoo on June 16, 2000, at 22:46:35
I agree. The FDA is also ran by individuals with personal/business interests in drug manufacturing. According to a couple of popular ADs should have never been approved but were because of this inside influence.
Theresa Pye
> You know, the FDA is the most difficult, because U.S. consumers get the safest medicines.
>
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> Is *that* a fact?
>
> Why is it that REZULIN, a diabetes drug used in Europe for years, and then
> discontinued there, was approved here DESPITE the warnings of extensive liver damage?
>
> Look at the rap sheet for VIAGRA, a cheap-thrills drug that should have been pulled a long
> time ago for the deaths it has caused, yet it remains on the market, the subject of insipid
> jokes by mediocre comedians.
>
> And that jackass Kessler, the former FDA chief, who was more interested, and worried, about
> the labeling of orange juice containers instead of fast-tracking the approval of AIDs drugs.
>
> Please! Don't get me started on the FDA ... I think they're WORTHLESS!
>
> Greetz to Abby.
>
> I remain,
> a tired,
> kazoo
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