Posted on 03/23/2011 7:02:48 AM PDT by La Lydia
Same issue with GHB. It was a cheap supplement readily available in healthfood stores that acted as a fantastic sleep aid (and helps with fibromyalgia by promoting stages 3 or 4 sleep that are the restorative levels). But it got a bad rap as “the date rape drug” and is now called Xyrem, costs $1,800/mth, and is distributed through a single pharmacy. Instead, the FDA would rather people take the less effective, more toxic Ambien and perform many of their normal daily activities, like driving a car, while actually being asleep.
This is priceless, from the headline ... “Former CEO of KV Pharmaceutical Pleads Guilty to Misbranding Drugs and Agrees to Pay U.S. $1.9 Million in Fines and Forfeiture”
Thanks for the link. Interesting story. I would have thought that the quality control process for wrong sized pills was pretty simple. Why would the FDA let these guys have any advantage in the marketplace - let alone a monopoly on an existing compound.
I am allergic to codeine, so on the rare occasions I have needed a painkiller, such as when I had my wisdom teeth removed, Darvocet was my go-do drug. It worked, it made the pain go away, and it didn’t leave me muddled and foggy. Anything that works and is cost-effective is apparently banned.
“When I was young, in the 50’s, my doctor would prescribe it.”
Back in those days, and much later, an adult could walk into a drug store and just sign for it. No prescription required. And that’s the way it should still be! Nowdays, if I have a chest cold, I have to pay $80 for a Doc appt., and he’ll not be able to really do anything for the chest cold, but write a script for cough medicine with hydrocodone in it. And I can’t take that stuff. Manufacturers seem to always put some kinda “non-drowsy” stuff in there, and I’m hyper-sensitive to that cr@p! If the old medicines make me drowsy? Fine! I’m sick, and I’ll take a nap!
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