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A store that sells third party off-label products can still do quality control on those products and can take responsibility for what they sell, just as they wo

by p49k 6y ago

A store that sells third party off-label products can still do quality control on those products and can take responsibility for what they sell, just as they would remove faulty brand-name products to protect their reputation.

scarface74 6y ago
They could remove it. But if consumers have a choice between Advil and CVS brand Ibuprofen, they must trust the CVS brand but not some other brand. But the question remains - is the consumer being harmed? Store brand OTC drugs have existed for decades and have been cheaper than brand names.
- delfinom 6y ago
  A long time ago, in organic chemistry we had a lab where we decomposed multiple brands of acetaminophen pills including tylenol to measure the content of acetaminophen . And well, Tylenol is the only drug that 20 or so independent groups that was even close to its labeled dosage. The off brands were as bad as 60%. But there's alot of shady as fuck shit that goes on in the OTC and generic market where they are produced largely overseas in labs that intentionally cut corners and the FDA doesn't give a shit. In fact, the FDA announces their inspections ahead of time which allows the labs to cheat. https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/05/16/723545864/the-generic-drugs-youre-taking-may-not-be-as-safe-or-effective-as-you-think https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/05/16/7235458... https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/11/opinion/sunday/generic-drugs-safety.html https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/11/opinion/sunday/generic-dr... (One FDA inspector ended up quitting because of his consistent findings in unannounced inspections he made and the FDA not giving a shit and reducing violations)
  - scarface74 6y ago
    So are you saying that pharmacists are making a bad decision when they buy OTC products? Are they that uninformed? https://freakonomics.com/podcast/how-to-save-1-billion-without-even-trying-a-new-freakonomics-radio-podcast/ https://freakonomics.com/podcast/how-to-save-1-billion-witho...
    - srtjstjsj 6y ago
      No, pharmacists know the precise dosage is not very important. But domestic companies are held to a higher standard than imports.

by p49k 6y ago

scarface74 6y ago

They could remove it. But if consumers have a choice between Advil and CVS brand Ibuprofen, they must trust the CVS brand but not some other brand. But the question remains - is the consumer being harmed? Store brand OTC drugs have existed for decades and have been cheaper than brand names.

delfinom 6y ago
A long time ago, in organic chemistry we had a lab where we decomposed multiple brands of acetaminophen pills including tylenol to measure the content of acetaminophen . And well, Tylenol is the only drug that 20 or so independent groups that was even close to its labeled dosage. The off brands were as bad as 60%. But there's alot of shady as fuck shit that goes on in the OTC and generic market where they are produced largely overseas in labs that intentionally cut corners and the FDA doesn't give a shit. In fact, the FDA announces their inspections ahead of time which allows the labs to cheat. https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/05/16/723545864/the-generic-drugs-youre-taking-may-not-be-as-safe-or-effective-as-you-think https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/05/16/7235458... https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/11/opinion/sunday/generic-drugs-safety.html https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/11/opinion/sunday/generic-dr... (One FDA inspector ended up quitting because of his consistent findings in unannounced inspections he made and the FDA not giving a shit and reducing violations)
- scarface74 6y ago
  So are you saying that pharmacists are making a bad decision when they buy OTC products? Are they that uninformed? https://freakonomics.com/podcast/how-to-save-1-billion-without-even-trying-a-new-freakonomics-radio-podcast/ https://freakonomics.com/podcast/how-to-save-1-billion-witho...
  - srtjstjsj 6y ago
    No, pharmacists know the precise dosage is not very important. But domestic companies are held to a higher standard than imports.