Report Blasts FDA Safety Process

[jmjm530]

This has been posted earlier but I thought it deserves its own thread, especially in light of the drugs many of us are on.

Ever wonder why there's so little information available on the long term effects of the drugs we take? Well, who is going to do the studies? Keep in mind most studies are funded by drug companies. Conflict of interest?

Full article here: http://tinyurl.com/oa6wa

Some snippets:

The report backs up calls by some lawmakers for restructuring at the agency in the wake of highly publicized safety problems with popular drugs like Merck`s Vioxx and Pfizer`s Celebrex.

FDA lacks a clear and effective process for making decisions about, and providing management oversight of, postmarket drug safety issues,' stated the report, issued by the Government Accountability Office.

We observed that there is a lack of criteria for determining what safety actions to take and when to take them,' the GAO concluded.

The current structure causes an inherent conflict of interest, lawmakers charge, in which officials who`ve previously deemed a new drug safe may be reluctant to go back on their judgments later.

We suggest that the Congress consider expanding FDA`s authority to require drug sponsors to conduct postmarket studies when additional data are needed,' the GAO stated.



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[slowsouthernstyle]

"On Vioxx, it was voluntarily pulled by manufacturer based on problems in some patients when used long term. I believe it could safely be prescribed today, and I believe the FDA would be OK with that."

I wonder how the families that lost loved ones due to this awful drug would feel about the above mentioned statment

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[dyce]

Good morning lioness, been good thankyou and my hmg a week ago was 11.3 so we're almost identical there. Ya I do shot 9 fri. and now I'm battlin another bug the kids brought in. How have ya been doin, Did the hurricane effect ya any? I'm off to work , it's 5.30 am here , so I'll cya!

[Mister beagle bailey]

Good morning,

I can't sleep so here I am.  Your HGb of 11.2 is geat, not bad at all.  Wish I had those #'s.  Your where I was before I started meds.

Beagle

[lionesss]

Hi Beagle, oops sorry, yep, that would translate 11.2

[Mister beagle bailey]

That's great that your blood tests was good.  When you said that your hb is 112, did you mean 11.2?

Beagle

[Mister beagle bailey]

I'm having a problem sleeping and so here I am.  I was one of thoses who was on celebrex and had many problem with it.  Don't know if I would take it today.  
I agree that China isn't tooling SUV's but I not saying that China disrupted the oil markets.  It showed on CNN how China is getting most of the out source jobs and how their factories are working around the clock, and how much oil it imports.

What part of the country are you from?  

Beagle