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I'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,
by rincebrain 10y ago
I'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™®©.