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Re:If you have first-hand knowledge of the FDA’s torpor, get... by phkahler on Thursday August 03, 2023 @10:54PM (#36994951)
>> It’s an incredibly hard place to be, if they approve a drug that eventually is proceed to cause more harm than good, they’ll hang,

Not really. Fentanyl should be a schedule 1 drug but instead we have people getting addicted and dying at crisis levels. And don't forget Vioxx which killed half a million people over 5 years.

So yes, it's a hard place to be but they will not hang when they get it wrong.

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Re:If you have first-hand knowledge of the FDA’s torpor, get... by CaliforniaKarl on Thursday August 03, 2023 @10:57PM (#36994975)
> Fentanyl should be a schedule 1 drug but instead we have people getting addicted and dying at crisis levels.

Fentanyl is already a Schedule 2 drug, and as someone who has had Fentanyl administered during (medical) operations, I think that's where it should remain.

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Re:If you have first-hand knowledge of the FDA’s torpor, get... by sdfignaionio on Thursday August 03, 2023 @11:29PM (#36995159)
Fentanyl should definitely be Schedule 2, like it is right now. It has a wide variety of accepted medical uses and can be used safely with medical supervision.
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Re:If you have first-hand knowledge of the FDA’s torpor, get... by fnord77 on Thursday August 03, 2023 @11:07PM (#36995037)
I don't think making Fentanyl Schedule 1 will stop the deluge of illegal Fentanyl coming into the US, nor will it make a dent in abuse
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Re:If you have first-hand knowledge of the FDA’s torpor, get... by renewiltord on Friday August 04, 2023 @01:54AM (#36995952)
If you haven't received it, you know nothing. It's a wonder drug and is exactly where it should be legally. Bloody thing made so much tolerable.

The puritan trend runs deep, though, eh? People must suffer. They must not have pain relief.

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Re:If you have first-hand knowledge of the FDA’s torpor, get... by crote on Friday August 04, 2023 @03:19AM (#36996543)
Look at the response to thalidomide in Europe. It caused a massive scandal and directly resulted into significant law changes in a significant number of countries.
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