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The FDA Is Approving Drugs Without Evidence They Work (jacobin.com)

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Over the last several decades, the Food and Drug Administration has allowed pharma companies to sell hundreds of drugs to patients without adequate evidence that they work and, in many cases, with clear signs that they pose a risk of serious harm.

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[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

They even got to the FDA? Fuck that…

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

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Notably, Phenylephrine was approved in pill form for decongestion, and is all over the place... but doesn't do a damn thing. Trying to keep pseudoephedrine limited in the market to try to fight meth.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

Lmfao

The EU has its own version of the FDA. I guess that must be better then!

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