"Fifty years ago, the vigilance of FDA medical officer Dr. Frances Kelsey prevented a public health tragedy of enormous proportion by ensuring that the sedative thalidomide was never approved in the United States"
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50 Years after Thalidomide Why Regulation Matters FDA Voice
Or is it only the Crazy Right Wing so stuck in an ideology they reject the FDA (and many other Federal agencies) as unconstitutional?
BULLSHIT.
The Federal Drug Administration is an Unconstitutional boondoggle that should be abolish at once.
"Problems, sometimes serious, can arise
even after FDA approval. Baycol (cerivastatin), Seldane (terfenadine), Vioxx (rofecoxib), and “Fen Phen” (fenfluramine and phentermine) are well-known examples of FDA-approved drugs that their manufacturers voluntarily withdrew after the drugs were found to be dangerous to some patients. Xalatan (latanoprost) for glaucoma caused 3–10 percent of users’ blue eyes to turn permanently brown. This amazing side effect was uncovered only after the drug was approved as “safe and effective.” One group of researchers estimated that 106,000 people died in 1994 alone from adverse reactions to drugs the FDA deemed “safe.”
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