[Zhang Fei]

[I just paid $1.44 for a Teva Z pack that my doc prescribed. Cheap. Manufactured in Croatia. Thankfully it worked.]

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That’s not an accident. Each generic drug allowed into the US market, whether prescription or non-prescription, is tested for efficacy and safety prior to market entry and randomly tested once in the market, both via random off the shelf pulls as well as plant inspections. The FDA is the one agency that really earns its keep, from the perspective of drug safety.

[DallasGal]

Right. I barely trust the FDA. Invokana pulled because it was contributing to increased amputations of toes and a new warning on a couple newer diabetic drugs for causing genital gangrene. We are guinea pigs.