[RJCogburn]

BTW, diphenylhydantoin is an anticonvulsant medicine. Toxicology: Toxic. Human carcinogen, neoplastigen, teratogen, mutagen. Experimental carcinogen. May cause systemic effects. May case reproductive defects.

Thanks for the pharmacology lesson, Bob.

Fact is, if you are pouring through your PDR, you will find dire warnings for just about all the drugs listed. Read the listing for Zyban, an FDA approved drug for smoking cessation....sounds pretty scary, doesn't it?

Additional fact is that Dilantin, is an effective and frequently used drug for some cardiac arrythmias. It is used in some chronic pain syndromes. There are a lot of 'off-label' uses for it.....as for many drugs.

The FDA does not approve the use of a drug without application for its use, along with lots of data....which means money. Since the patent for Dilantin is long expired, there is no economic benefit to applying for another use.

We can disagree about the War on Drugs but your comments concerning diphenylhydatoin are simply the product of, in the best case, bring uneducated about the facts.

[robertpaulsen]

"In fact," noted Pearson and Shaw, "since smoking is not a disease, the FDA may never approve any treatment, no matter how safe, specifically for the purpose of stopping smoking."
---Liberty Magazine

"Read the listing for Zyban, an FDA approved drug for smoking cessation..."
---RJCogburn

Oh, who to believe. You? Or the article you posted?

Given the above, who are you to lecture me about credibility? What I stated was a fact. You could have tried to dispute it, but I guess it was easier for you just to say that my "comments are simply the product of bring(sic) uneducated."