Clinical Trials (Was RE: Health Alert! If You Take Vioxx - STOP NOW!)

October 1, 2004

Hi Vickie,

Even scarier is that some tests showed that it took as little as 90 days

of taking Vioxx to cause these health risks

Here is a good post about how long it takes for a new drug to be

approved in the US ..

http://www.madsci.org/posts/archives/feb2000/950500674.Me.r.html

Yes, it is scary how powerful the pharmaceutical industry is. That is

why medical costs are so high, and that is why there is no valid

treatment for cancer aside from chemotherapy, and the list goes on. I am

very much in favor of capitalism but I also firmly believe that the

" practice of medicine " and preparation of medicines should have way back

when been forced to be a not for profit field! And there is NO WAY that

drug companies should be allowed to advertise their prescription drugs

on TV and in magazines In the end it has become little to do with

really helping people and more about who can make the biggest buck, and

when it comes to an industry that is supposed to be about protecting and

improving people's lives and health that is unacceptable IMHO.

*Smile*

Chris (list mom)

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Vicki Younger [vicki]

Does anyone know how long clinical trials are conducted before

releasing new

drugs onto the market? If the drug was released in 1999, it makes no

sense

that this data is only now being released.

Eighteen months isn't a long time for problems to be appearing, so if

the

drug was released prior to those results being known surely it means our

regulatory agencies are failing us doesn't it?

Yet another fine example of the enormous clout the drug companies must

have

in rushing a drug onto the market.

Vicki (being very sceptical today)

October 1, 2004

Thanks for the website, its is very informational. It confirms some of the

things I remembered from graduate school. There is a lot of " rubber stamping "

that goes on with the FDA. Not that they don't try, but there are not enough

people to do all the work that is required. Its that thing called " cut backs " .

Everything is effected when we lower taxes and make cut backs. The FDA does take

what the drug/food company's word for a lot of things.

I agree with you Christine, the drug company's shouldn't advertise on TV. I saw

somewhere that it has really increased their sales -- people go and ask their

doc for the drug and he/she gives it to them. Trust me I could go on for a while

on this one but won't. We DO however have one of the very best medical systems

in the world. With LOTS of new and innovative treatments coming out all the

time. Ask our friend to the north. If they have the funds they come south for

treatment. It is also the most expensive system in the world and it doesn't look

like it will get any better. I am self covered and live in Colorado. I moved

from the front range (near Denver) to the mountains and my insurance increased

$15 a month -- still don't know why. I moved to a healthier place and still

haven't use it, but it went up. Another interesting tid bit about CO. There was

something on the news the other day about not covering any preventive medical

treatments, this is to include mammograms and prostate

exams. The doc that was telling about this was saying how these 2 procedures

alone save hundreds of lives yearly and if we eliminate " preventive " care we

might just as well let people die (its much cheaper for the insurance company's

that way) OK I'll get off my soap box

Rita

Christine Ziegler <chrisziggy wrote: