300 Lawsuits Against Zicam, Still FDA didn't Care. Now They Woken up to Act Aggressively For Public Health Care »
Posted By WikiMap 5 months, 1 week ago in NewsThere is a new sheriff in town or maybe a posse. The new FDA Commissioner, Margaret Hamburg and deputy, Joshua Sharfstein, are in place. Recently confirmed, Hamburg says the FDA will now act aggressively in the area of public health.
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jordan115 months ago
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J. Corbett Dooren in THE WALL STREET JOURNAL (June 17) cites the many new actions and the worries of some observers about a too aggressive FDA. They may act to slow new methodologies from coming out for needed treatments>>>>>
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People need to hold on before they jump on the bandwagon that this writer is attempting to build. The Wall Street Journal has been sold to Rupert Murdoch. Murdoch represents the big boys who might lose a lot of $$$$$$ with an FDA that carefully scrutinizes their research before unleashing drugs in the marketplace, food for our consumption, or prostheses to rebuild bodies.
Anyone remember the largest meat recall in US history under bush's FDA? Bush's FDA actually allowed some "downed cows" into our food supply, & only after someone released a video of the practice did the recall happen. Obama has banned the slaughter and introduction into our food supply of all sick and downed cows.
Remember those who died and were sickened by tainted peanuts? Those sickened & those who died from tainted spinach? How about the tainted onions? The bush administration slashed funding and staffing to the FDA. Of the 150,000 food processing plants in our country only FIVE % were inspected every year. (continued)-
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oklahomakitty5 months ago
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Whoever "WIKIMAP" is needs to learn to spell. The horrible grammar that person uses just makes them sound ignorant. Jordan 11 is just deranged for trying to blame everything that has ever gone wrong with the food supply on Bush. That is pathetic and myopic to say the least, but, it is typical of a hater. We have way too many problems in our nation for you to be so focused on some sick cows (my guess is you are a rabid veggan) and bad veggies. Gahhh, grow up and get a life. Go out there and contribute to our society. Quit your baby whining, you little brat and try to be positive and proactive.
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jordan115 months ago
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Obama has requested one billion from Congress to help get the FDA rebuilt, after the dismantling by bush's administration. Not a lot in the scheme of things. He wants labs updated for research on new drugs that are introduced (which would actually expedite the process of checking new drugs, not slow it down as the writer suggests). And he wants more inspectors on the ground checking out the companies that bring food to our tables.
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The appointments bush made to 'his' FDA were political ones. Daniel Troy, the agencies chief council, was a staunch free market advocate and member of the federalist society. (these are the guys who don't believe in regulation, but figure if someone introduces a product that kills or sickens people then citizens can just quit buying their product. No prob if someone dies in the meanwhile).
Then there's Dr. W. David Hager, whom bush wanted to head up the Reproductive Health Drugs Advisory committee at the FDA. Hager is a fundamentalist who wrote a book about Jesus and women's sexual responsibilities. He refused as an OB GYN to prescribe contraception to single women, and worked to ban the 'morning after pill' (mifepristone) on religious grounds. Never mind that mifepristone showed promise in research for the healing of disorders. (continued) -
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jordan115 months ago
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I'm sorry that I don't have a one liner to comete with "They may act to slow new methodologies from coming out for needed treatments". THAT is what will stick in the minds of reactionaries. This darned critical thinking is so wordy, it gets in the way of progress.
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kim-bill5 months ago
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omg....shut up already...I am so sick of hearing the Bush Bashers blame him for everything.
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There was a really bad accident on the interstate during rush hour yesterday and traffic was backed up for hours. We all KNOW it was Bush's fault so you don't even have to say it -
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Endoscopy5 months ago
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Your ignorance abounds. You expose it with your rant and this write does the same. Lawsuits filed equals taking a drug off of the market. Not whether or not those lawsuits are proved in court.
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It already takes millions to try and bring out a new drug. This idiocy of not telling the government the side effects is silly. Just go and pick up a Physicians Desk Reference at a library and look up a drug in it. You will be inundated with all kinds of things about the drug including different side effects.
This writer thinks that there has been no oversight for the drug companies but that is absolutely wrong. There are regulations about all of the controls that they have to go through before the FDA allows the drug on the market. This author does not mention those things.
Jordan seems to think that the government does the research instead of the drug companies. What does the government need with a billion dollar laboratory to test the drugs. This adds another layer of hoops that drug companies have to jump through to get a drug to market. Is the government going to do the research on people instead of the drug companies or in addition to them. Each hoop costs the drug company time and money to get a drug to market. And that means higher costs to the patient.
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quackpot5 months ago
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Don't feel too sorry for those poor snake oil sales people who thrived under the deregulatory environment of the past few years. They will just move on to other scams - hopefully ones that do not endanger public health.
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It is nice to see a return to objectivity in the FDA as opposed to religious doctrine (e.g. the appointment of Hager that jordan mentioned). -
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infinitepossinc5 months ago
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MisterX5 months ago
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I used Zicam extensively and had no problems. It really worked for me. A few people to whom I recommended it did have an issue with Zicam - they tried to snort it! Zicam is meant to rest inside the entrance of your nostrils and absorb through the nostril membranes.
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The good news: the neural cells responsible for smelling are the only neural cells that will reproduce and repair themselves. -
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vpandak5 months ago
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Fda and usda should all be fired or in jail.
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Vioxx and celebrex alone killed 63,000 people yet the pill attorneys in court stated these pills were for srthritis and these people died of heart attacks.
It is a proven fact pills approve d by usda and fda cost millions.
it also facts that estimated 60 % of pill stock is owned by usda nd fda. this is double jeaopardy and should be illegal.
aspirins alone are responsible for 1/3 of hospital emergency visits.
It could be you or your baby next take a pill and die or live in diapers having someone wipe your ass daily.
SOmeone should be jail for murder and obama is not going to fix this.
Read my book... cures for the sick n tired its shocking.
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