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There's lots of drugs that everyone knows are safe and effective, but no one wants to shell out the money to get them approved. Just because the FDA says it pro
by Anderkent 10y ago
There's lots of drugs that everyone knows are safe and effective, but no one wants to shell out the money to get them approved. Just because the FDA says it provides proof of safety and efficacy doesn't mean that's what actually happens.
But, even more, your argument as presented is self defeating. If the companies already have to do enough research into the drug to make it safe (because 'You really don't want to find out that your compounds causes adverse effects once it has hit the market, it's a guaranteed win for the lawyers'), and that it works ('your health insurance will be asking for proof before they pay'), then why do we need another organisation that requires a different set of tests?
- rincebrain 10y agoI'd be curious to see even a partial list of those "safe and effective" meds that nobody wants to pay to run through the approval process. From my perspective, it seems like a substance that's already through the R&D pipeline would be relatively cheap to turn into something for sale, compared to developing new drugs "from scratch".
- Anderkent 10y agoOk, simplest example - antixilotics (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anxiolytic https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anxiolytic): Selank https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selank https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selank Afobazole https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fabomotizole https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fabomotizole Emoxypine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emoxypine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emoxypine Picamilon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Picamilon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Picamilon There's an entire category of anti-anxiety drugs developed in Russia that are not licensed in the US, because it's not worth the price for anyone. Also: melatonin. Your doctor CAN NOT PRESCRIBE MELATONIN. https://slatestarcodex.com/2013/09/28/sleep-now-by-prescription/ https://slatestarcodex.com/2013/09/28/sleep-now-by-prescript... And you can't prescribe fish oil, but at least there's LOVAZA™®©.