[markomalley]

A heart-rending story that will become more and more common as Obamacare phases in over the next few years.

[humblegunner]

If this Avastin was available on the free market, no prescription
or “titled” medical person needed in the loop, would folks pay for it?

I’ve often wondered why the arrogant medical profession needs to
place itself between people and cures.. other than to make bucks.

[bgill]

It costs more to keep people alive with the proper meds than to take the mes away so they die quicker. Breast cancer treatment today, what will it be tomorrow? And we thought China was evil killing baby girls.
Welcome to the new Amerika.

[alice_in_bubbaland]

I hate this MF’er SOB!

This stuff scares me! So “Soilent Green” like

[joe fonebone]

is this drug available in canada? if so, a short trip to a canadian doctor and a prescription are in order

[353FMG]

Of course, the drug Avastin will always be available to Obama, congresscritters and SCOTUS members. That’s why you don’t hear any protest from them.

[tutstar]

bttt

[Raycpa]

“The FDA should never have approved Avastin for breast cancer to begin with,” said Fran Visco of the National Breast Cancer Coalition. “We don’t see evidence of benefit, but we do see evidence of harm.”

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/08/15/AR2010081503466.html

[Mariner]

It’s likely he can find it in Mexico, India or China.

[AEMILIUS PAULUS]

It is heart rending. However, peoples reaction to the FDA’s action is the direct result of the fact that those in government so live and love to lie that they have lost all credibility. Those who have been allowed to sit in places of authority are financially and morally bankrupt. No one believes them. They have ruined our country and the only question remaining is whether America can recover.

[Mr. Silverback]

Bump!

[Clintonfatigued]

Does this fall under the Moral Absolutes or Pro-Life catagories?

[jimnm]

"The agency is making this recommendation after reviewing the results of four clinical studies of Avastin in women with breast cancer and determining that the data indicate that the drug does not prolong overall survival in breast cancer patients or provide a sufficient benefit in slowing disease progression to outweigh the significant risk to patients. These risks include severe high blood pressure; bleeding and hemorrhage; the development of perforations (or “holes”) in the body, including in the nose, stomach, and intestines; and heart attack or heart failure."
It can still be prescriped off-label.

[lentulusgracchus]

[Art.] The next five minutes were some of the worst moments of my life as I told my wife that bureaucrats in Washington were deciding to take away a drug that was keeping her alive.

Please don't think me heartless or overly blunt, but he needs to spend the next five minutes getting his ass on the road to Mexico or Canada or the Bahamas or anywhere else where he can get Avastin for his wife, and smuggle a supply of it in and administer it to his wife himself if need be. Screw the bureaucrats. Who made them God? Certainly not that jughead Obama.

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[Nowhere Man]

Can you go to Mexico, Costa Rica, Grenada, Belize, India, wherever to get the drug? Bammycare will create a new boom in medical tourism.

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