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You mean the AMA and FDA should stop preventing patients from taking contraindicated combinations or failing to understand the risks they’re taking on by self-m
by stochastic_monk 8y ago
You mean the AMA and FDA should stop preventing patients from taking contraindicated combinations or failing to understand the risks they’re taking on by self-medicating?
Pharmacology is complicated and dangerous.
Letting corporations go hog-wild will harm many people.
- jklinger410 8y agoGreat, you've discovered the problems they solve for. Now solve the problems they create. Then, weigh the two against one another. Let us know what you conclude. Then we start the lobbying process...
- vibrio 8y ago...that and we'd better start inventing some new antibiotics now. As it is now, physicans can barely prescribe them responsibly. If they are available as cold medicine antibiotic resistance will surge even harder than it is now. antibiotic resistance is a dramatically underappreciated problem.
- stochastic_monk 8y agoThat’s a good, simple example demonstrating a problem. I also think pharmacokinetic effects are likely underappreciated by the general public.
- mullingitover 8y agoIsn't human misuse of antibiotics a drop in the ocean compared to the livestock feed? Pretty sure we could completely stop all human misuse and we'd accomplish nearly nothing toward the goal of stopping antibiotic resistance.
- vibrio 8y agoI very much agree that live stock antibiotic use is a major issue, even with the recent regulatory advances, but I cannot agree that minimizing human misuse is trivial. Ignoring either issue leaves a flank wide open for attack.
- phil21 8y agoThis is why I feel only antibiotics should require a prescription - because of the tragedy of the commons. And yes, I mean only antibiotics. You popping Vicodin for fun doesn't directly affect me, so it's none of my damn business.
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- FireBeyond 8y agoYou realize that's why the FDA introduced the "behind the counter" classification, that requires pharmacist interaction - and frankly, I trust my pharmacist on drug combinations more than my physician.
- stochastic_monk 8y agoCorrect. Which is why only so many drugs are behind-the-counter. More dangerous drugs or ones which need more guidance to avoid harm have tended to be prescription only. IE, there’s a reason not every uncontrolled substance is OTC.
- gbacon 8y agoAchievement Unlocked: Pearls Clutched
- sctb 8y agoPlease stop posting snarky one-liners. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html