If we’re talking about someone who will be dying anyway without the medication, I say risk it. Let them have it. Give them a chance.
Across the board, this can be very problematic. I’m not here to defend the FDA, but even one bad mediation can cause terrible problems.
Rushing to market is not a good idea.
Thalidomide is a good example.
There again, after fully testing, studying the medication and certain promising indications, it was brought back to market. In some cases it is quite useful.
Agreed. Life-saving meds should be approved. Right now I’m taking Keytruda. Although FDA approved for some cancers, it is not approved for mine so insurance won’t pay for it and it is $16,000 every 3 weeks. Merck is providing it to me for free — compassionate use — because they believe it will help me. It is. It is working miracles for me and we expect a full remission after 7 years fighting. This drug could save tens of thousands of lives right now, but those poor people will likely die instead, waiting on clinical trials for “their” cancer test with the drug. It’s obscene.