It is crucial to understand that the obesity and Type 2 epidemic began in 1979, when the first USDA Food Pyramid was released, placing grains at the bottom. It is also a profound fact that Americans would be far healthier today if the government had never dictated what people should eat.
Who cares if you eat too much fake cheese and saturated fats, though? The best medications available will then be at your disposal. Whether your resting heart rate is 116, you’re sweating profusely from that last cheeseburger, or you’re just feeling queasy from all the pills you’re taking, there are medications that can assist. Furthermore, it is imperative that we all acknowledge that the pharmaceutical industry is one that warrants stringent controls. Nobody wants dangerous medications to be available to the general public, after all.
Undoubtedly, a few of medications are beneficial. What should worry us is that a large number of drugs that the FDA has approved have been approved despite the FDA’s own medical reviewers’ objections on the grounds of safety, and a large number of dangerous drugs that actually cause death, liver and kidney failure, and heart attacks have been placed on the market. These medications can be purchased. A large number of them remain so and are renewed annually.
Because of the FDA’s strict oversight, a medication like Vioxx, which resulted in over 100,000 heart attacks and tens of thousands of fatalities, was quickly taken off the market after just five years and generated $2.5 billion in profit for the massive pharmaceutical company Merck. Something seriously wrong occurs when an FDA commissioner knowingly approves a dangerous medication like Vioxx, maintains it on the market despite the fact that it has caused 140,000 heart attacks and 60,000 deaths, and continues to support the manufacturer, Merck. Why is it that that person is immune to accountability? Why do they escape punishment for it? Not only do they get away with it, but in the instance of this commissioner, Lester Crawford, he eventually found himself working in a very high-level position for a business named Policy Directions Inc., which happens to be Merck’s representative. Do you get it?
It was in October 2006 that the US Department of Justice charged Lester Crawford with violating conflict of interest laws. Crawford pled guilty to falsely reporting information about stocks he owned in food, beverage and medical device companies he was in charge of regulating. He was sentenced to three years probation and a fine of $90,000.
However, one could argue that the Vioxx disaster was a singular occurrence. There are many beneficial medications available, thus the FDA shouldn’t be closely examined for a single infraction. This isn’t something that happens all the time, right?
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It is crucial to understand that the obesity and Type 2 epidemic began in 1979, when the first USDA Food Pyramid was released, placing grains at the bottom. It is also a profound fact that Americans would be far healthier today if the government had never dictated what people should eat.
Who cares if you eat too much fake cheese and saturated fats, though? The best medications available will then be at your disposal. Whether your resting heart rate is 116, you’re sweating profusely from that last cheeseburger, or you’re just feeling queasy from all the pills you’re taking, there are medications that can assist. Furthermore, it is imperative that we all acknowledge that the pharmaceutical industry is one that warrants stringent controls. Nobody wants dangerous medications to be available to the general public, after all.
Undoubtedly, a few of medications are beneficial. What should worry us is that a large number of drugs that the FDA has approved have been approved despite the FDA’s own medical reviewers’ objections on the grounds of safety, and a large number of dangerous drugs that actually cause death, liver and kidney failure, and heart attacks have been placed on the market. These medications can be purchased. A large number of them remain so and are renewed annually.
Because of the FDA’s strict oversight, a medication like Vioxx, which resulted in over 100,000 heart attacks and tens of thousands of fatalities, was quickly taken off the market after just five years and generated $2.5 billion in profit for the massive pharmaceutical company Merck. Something seriously wrong occurs when an FDA commissioner knowingly approves a dangerous medication like Vioxx, maintains it on the market despite the fact that it has caused 140,000 heart attacks and 60,000 deaths, and continues to support the manufacturer, Merck. Why is it that that person is immune to accountability? Why do they escape punishment for it? Not only do they get away with it, but in the instance of this commissioner, Lester Crawford, he eventually found himself working in a very high-level position for a business named Policy Directions Inc., which happens to be Merck’s representative. Do you get it?
It was in October 2006 that the US Department of Justice charged Lester Crawford with violating conflict of interest laws. Crawford pled guilty to falsely reporting information about stocks he owned in food, beverage and medical device companies he was in charge of regulating. He was sentenced to three years probation and a fine of $90,000.
However, one could argue that the Vioxx disaster was a singular occurrence. There are many beneficial medications available, thus the FDA shouldn’t be closely examined for a single infraction. This isn’t something that happens all the time, right?