Comments on: Drug Industry Oversight

By: Paul J.

Paul J. — Thu, 21 Dec 2006 18:58:43 +0000

It’s critical to have confidence the safety of food and drugs. Glad to see that the FDA has a counterbalancing force to industry advocates. Another deadly problem is that of unregulated supplements, which congress deprived of FDA oversight in 1994. Hundreds of deaths later, they realized maybe that wasn’t actually such a great idea…

By: Jeff H.

Jeff H. — Tue, 19 Dec 2006 05:26:44 +0000

Excellent work on a very relevant topic! Recently, the antibiotic Ketek was discontinued due to recent deaths to patients on the treatment…the hospital I work at (which will remain unnamed) definitely used this product. This is what you get when you mix capitalism with medicine…the patients are left high and dry.

By: Ryan P.

Ryan P. — Mon, 18 Dec 2006 20:47:47 +0000

Excellent write-up Rachele; it was very informative. It seems strange (and disconcerting) that the FDA would presuppose a drug to be safe and effective until proven otherwise. I’m going to add the AHRP website into my “collection of websites I use to research a drug, before taking that drug.”