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Why does the FDA approve drugs like vioxx,recall them after people become ill from them ?

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cool.panamania inquired:


Why? were approved in the first place? There? Always a "chaser" dell'ambulanza; lawyer with the melodramatic commecials regarding this.

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6 Responses to “Why does the FDA approve drugs like vioxx,recall them after people become ill from them ?”

  1. catawhumpus on February 29th, 2008 8:37 am

    It’s all about the money, not about saving lives or causing/preventing harm/pain.

  2. dannyboy788 on March 1st, 2008 11:12 am

    Because the FDA does not look at the long term side effects of drugs. They try to find some sort of drug that will harm people 20-25 years down the road to get people off their backs about making a drug to fix something. Then while the harmful drug is out there it gives them time to develop a safer drug that will help people safely. Its a screwed up system of interest groups and lobyists that control that B.S.

  3. Pfo on March 4th, 2008 10:58 pm

    It seems to me that the FDA is far more likely to approve drugs than the USDA was. Plus, pharmeceutical companies are cranking them out like there’s no tomorrow.

  4. Brigid_01 on March 6th, 2008 12:31 pm

    They want to make lots of money by using us as guinea pigs.

  5. bergab_hase on March 8th, 2008 10:57 pm

    The patients are clearly informed of the patients are clearly informed of the risks before choosing treatment.

  6. cvq3842 on March 10th, 2008 4:21 am

    Good question! I’d think the FDA would always be cautious and NOT approve if there were any doubt.

    But people do clamor for new drugs, and sometimes there’s a lot of pressure to approve.

    And not all side effects are found in clinical trials. Past a certain point, risks must be estimated.

    I know a lot of people said Vioxx worked great, and they wish they could still get it. Maybe the risk is lower than we’ve been told. I don’t know.

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