Re:Third member of U.S. FDA advisory panel resigns over Alzh...
by alisonkisk on Friday June 11, 2021 @09:59AM
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That's not really relevant here.
Safe drugs can be sold OTC with all the homeopathics. FDA approval here is about fraudulent claims of effectiveness.
You argue that unsafe drugs should be available for sale too, but that's not what happened here and IMO it ignores the societal risks of unsafe things floating around were they can harm non-consenting people, as well as the rights of people who want to be free from transient temptation to make irrevocable decisions.
Safe drugs can be sold OTC with all the homeopathics. FDA approval here is about fraudulent claims of effectiveness.
You argue that unsafe drugs should be available for sale too, but that's not what happened here and IMO it ignores the societal risks of unsafe things floating around were they can harm non-consenting people, as well as the rights of people who want to be free from transient temptation to make irrevocable decisions.