Comments on: Americans Trust The FDA More Than Pharma http://www.pharmalot.com/2007/09/americans-trust-the-fda-more-than-drugmakers/ News, Comment and Conversation Sun, 21 Mar 2010 07:59:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Joseph http://www.pharmalot.com/2007/09/americans-trust-the-fda-more-than-drugmakers/#comment-107482 Joseph Mon, 21 Jan 2008 10:15:13 +0000 http://www.pharmalot.com/2007/09/americans-trust-the-fda-more-than-drugmakers/#comment-107482 Let us not forget that ALL prescription drugs are WORTHLESS when compared to NATURAL treatments:) The whole basic setup is PURE 100% BULLSHIT!!! Let us not forget that ALL prescription drugs are WORTHLESS when compared to NATURAL treatments:)
The whole basic setup is PURE 100% BULLSHIT!!!

]]> By: Prescription Project » Blog Archive » The FDA’s blindspot in clinical trials oversight http://www.pharmalot.com/2007/09/americans-trust-the-fda-more-than-drugmakers/#comment-20796 Prescription Project » Blog Archive » The FDA’s blindspot in clinical trials oversight Fri, 28 Sep 2007 20:15:35 +0000 http://www.pharmalot.com/2007/09/americans-trust-the-fda-more-than-drugmakers/#comment-20796 [...] stuff, especially in light of the recent report that showed up on Pharmalot. Conducted by the Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies at American University (and [...] [...] stuff, especially in light of the recent report that showed up on Pharmalot. Conducted by the Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies at American University (and [...]

]]> By: Ellie http://www.pharmalot.com/2007/09/americans-trust-the-fda-more-than-drugmakers/#comment-20128 Ellie Fri, 21 Sep 2007 14:56:35 +0000 http://www.pharmalot.com/2007/09/americans-trust-the-fda-more-than-drugmakers/#comment-20128 Most people I know don't even know what the FDA IS....including the FDA. It lost its original mission to protect the health and safety of the American public long ago. Its efferts in the area of drug safety are still pitifully understaffed and underfunded, and scientists working in this area are continually muzzled. Imagine, the agency has to haggle for months sometimes with a Pharm. to determine the wording of a black box warning. The advisory committees will continue to be loaded with Pharma-friendlies. And despite repeated testimony from the public, it is usually ignored. Why, for example, did Vioxx take itself off the market, yet drugs with a greater number of deaths, such as Zyprexa, remain on the market? The FDA has sunk to its lowest level ever, ever since, that is, since President Bush was given his office by the Supreme Court in 2000. Most people I know don’t even know what the FDA IS….including the FDA. It lost its original mission to protect the health and safety of the American public long ago. Its efferts in the area of drug safety are still pitifully understaffed and underfunded, and scientists working in this area are continually muzzled. Imagine, the agency has to haggle for months sometimes with a Pharm. to determine the wording of a black box warning. The advisory committees will continue to be loaded with Pharma-friendlies. And despite repeated testimony from the public, it is usually ignored.

Why, for example, did Vioxx take itself off the market, yet drugs with a greater number of deaths, such as Zyprexa, remain on the market? The FDA has sunk to its lowest level ever, ever since, that is, since President Bush was given his office by the Supreme Court in 2000.

]]> By: Pharma News 9_21 « Impactiviti blog http://www.pharmalot.com/2007/09/americans-trust-the-fda-more-than-drugmakers/#comment-20117 Pharma News 9_21 « Impactiviti blog Fri, 21 Sep 2007 13:24:32 +0000 http://www.pharmalot.com/2007/09/americans-trust-the-fda-more-than-drugmakers/#comment-20117 [...] trust the FDA more than pharma [...] [...] trust the FDA more than pharma [...]

]]> By: Atlex http://www.pharmalot.com/2007/09/americans-trust-the-fda-more-than-drugmakers/#comment-20116 Atlex Fri, 21 Sep 2007 13:03:22 +0000 http://www.pharmalot.com/2007/09/americans-trust-the-fda-more-than-drugmakers/#comment-20116 The difference is that products brought into the country legally by US and other manufacturers have to be produced in FDA inspected facilities. Drugs purchased via the Internet, in many instances, come from facilities that do not have such inspections. The difference is that products brought into the country legally by US and other manufacturers have to be produced in FDA inspected facilities. Drugs purchased via the Internet, in many instances, come from facilities that do not have such inspections.

]]> By: CL Psych http://www.pharmalot.com/2007/09/americans-trust-the-fda-more-than-drugmakers/#comment-20113 CL Psych Fri, 21 Sep 2007 12:31:21 +0000 http://www.pharmalot.com/2007/09/americans-trust-the-fda-more-than-drugmakers/#comment-20113 So if an American drug company (thought of as "safe") outsources its production to China, does this mean that the product is no longer safe, or do we only not trust drugs manufactured in China that are made by Chinese companies? 82 percent trust the FDA to oversee meds -- yeah, they did a great job with Vioxx, if I recall correctly. Ugh. So if an American drug company (thought of as “safe”) outsources its production to China, does this mean that the product is no longer safe, or do we only not trust drugs manufactured in China that are made by Chinese companies?

82 percent trust the FDA to oversee meds — yeah, they did a great job with Vioxx, if I recall correctly. Ugh.

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