15 Disturbing Facts About the FDA

[Arnold]

15 Disturbing Facts About the FDA Americans count on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to regulate food and pharmaceutical items so that only the safest, most effective products hit the market. That???s definitely not the case, as these disturbing facts show. If you???re interested in pursuing a career in the medical field or [...]

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[awhites1]

"They re-approved a drug that killed 80,000 people: Many health and patient advocates felt that the diabetes drug Avandia should be taken off the market after it was suspected of killing around 80,000 people"

i wonder how many people have died from drugs that the FDA knew were dangerous? Drugs that probably didn't need to be taken in the first place to survive...
I'm sure 80k is drop in the bucket... but who knows b/c so much medical information is private and these kind of things are just over looked or ignored, even censured by big Pharma or FDA.

 

[hardcore5000]

the FDA has all kinds of problems and messed up priorities