I worked in an ER for several years. Most of the adult suicide attempts were ODs on Tylenol. Poor souls unfortunately learned they were better off dead from the damage done.
This is as ridiculous as taking Ephedrine off the market.
I use ephedrine everyday.
What do you mean "off the market"?
It is not an over the counter drug, by any means - too much damage can be done.
( I could not care less about it's "high" potential).
Just to summarize - FDA ia a needed agency, however, as any of them it has a lot of shortcomings and idiocy going on and the tylenol is one of them.
There are hundreds of others.
But the main problem is the one neither of you, guys, even touched. Because one has to deal with that problem to understand how deeply corrupted it all is.
FDA basically mandates your treatment. Yes, not a physician, but a government agency.
If one or the other drug( or procedure) is not approved or is not recommended by FDA for one or the other treatment - you won't get it as your insurance won't PAY for it.
FDA recommendations or approval are the guidelines for Medicare/medicaid and to some degree there should be some broad recommendations, but what it all turned out to be is a strict fight with the government for what you can and what you can not get for your treatment.
If one is interested - read about avastin and breast cancer and FDA and the battle which is still going on.
