Re: Administration cracking down on foreign pharmaceuticals

[Guest guest]

Ugh. Obamunism = Hell on Earth.

[Guest guest]

This kind of thing has been going on long before Obama was in office. If

anything Obama is pro consumer and not backing the US drug companies that

control the FDA. Don't forget the drug companies spend billions in

political contributions to influence our laws so they can keep the

competition out. That's all this is about. How to get more of your money.

Nobody really cares about protecting the consumer. If they really did would

there ever have been Viox (sp) or any of the other known dangerous drugs

while the FDA looks the other way? Brett

Re: Administration cracking down on foreign

pharmaceuticals

> Ugh. Obamunism = Hell on Earth.

[Guest guest]

It seems like the FDA and DEA " crack down " on foreign pharmaceuticals every

couple of months, but it never seems to be a sustained effort. However, with

respect to testosterone and other anabolic/androgenic steroids, there was

" emergency " legislation passed in 2005 which further increased penalties for

possession of even meager quantities without a licensed doctor's prescription.

Unless one has a controlled substance or a banned investigational drug, I think

it's unlikely that one will face prison time. At worst, feds might seize your

generic Tadalafil (Cialis) at Customs and not forward it to you.

Without going too deep into politics, it is my understanding that the Obama

administration increased the FDA's budget- with the presumed goal " to better

protect American health and safety " . Regardless of political affiliations, one

needs to face the fact that the FDA now requires a tractor-trailer full of

studies, as well as other safety and efficacy info on New Drug Applications

(NDAs), whereas in the 1980s key information pertaining to a drug could fit in

two 3-ring binders. It is true that today's drugs are more sophistocated; yet,

neither more sophistocated drugs, nor more documentation (including the

fraudulent studies the FDA knowingly tolerates) makes the drugs safer or more

effective in many cases. If anything, this awkward, pseudo-regulation simply

makes new (and old) drugs cost more.

One must question the value of sending more money to an incompetent

organization. And as Brett mentioned, the Vioxx debacle should be sufficient to

show that often FDA senior advisors trump the safety warnings by FDA scientists.

By analogy, the American oil industry is now considering (meager) measures to

address the conflict of interest between oil companies and their regulators (the

Minerals Management Services [MMS] and others). Since the FDA and

pharmaceutical companies share an incestous relationship like the American oil

industry and its regulatory bodies, the precedent of such reform might aid in

getting FDA reform so you and I can pay less for our medications in the

(hopefully not too distant) future. It would be great if we could show there

would be no need to buy foreign pharmaceuticals if our government would address

domestic conflicts of interest and have appropriately/competitively-priced

products in the first place.

~Xian

We as consumers & patients need to convey the problems with giving more money to

a failing system.

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> This kind of thing has been going on long before Obama was in office. If

> anything Obama is pro consumer and not backing the US drug companies that

> control the FDA. Don't forget the drug companies spend billions in

> political contributions to influence our laws so they can keep the

> competition out. That's all this is about. How to get more of your money.

> Nobody really cares about protecting the consumer. If they really did would

> there ever have been Viox (sp) or any of the other known dangerous drugs

> while the FDA looks the other way? Brett

> Re: Administration cracking down on foreign

> pharmaceuticals

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> > Ugh. Obamunism = Hell on Earth.

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