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vitamins are pretty much unregulated for decades, but doesn't have this lead or toxic chemical problem. Why do you feel so strongly this would happen in medic

vitamins are pretty much unregulated for decades, but doesn't have this lead or toxic chemical problem. Why do you feel so strongly this would happen in medicine? Do you really think companies (who spend a lot of capital building a business) will knowingly waste it all away by selling medicine that poisons people?

oblio 5y ago
> vitamins are pretty much unregulated for decades, but doesn't have this lead or toxic chemical problem. Check out John Oliver and see how many problems we're having due to unregulated vitamins. Also vitamins are used by a ton fewer people than medicine, and for purposes far, far less risky than medicine. > Why do you feel so strongly this would happen in medicine? Because it would happen for sure without regulation. Maybe not to the degree I pointed out, but if they wouldn't be forced to go through all those clinical trials, etc., I'm 99% sure that bean counters in a company would decide: "you know, maybe we could reduce the dosage of that super expensive ingredient by 10%, the side effects will only be known after 10 years and we're here only until we cash in our checks in 2 quarters". > Do you really think companies (who spend a lot of capital building a business) will knowingly waste it all away by selling medicine that poisons people? There are companies that periodically change their name to "cleanse" their image. Telecom companies, for example. Plus, they'd only have to persuade doctors, not regular people. Regular people don't really know who makes their specific medicine anyway (don't believe me, go ask your grandpa who makes each of his 10 drugs he's taking).
- WalterBright 5y ago
  > vitamins are used by a ton fewer people than medicine Really? Every supermarket has plenty of them for sale. The local drug store has whole aisles devoted to them. They don't stock items that don't move. > Because it would happen for sure without regulation. Poisoning people is not something allowed by the free market, any more than hitting people with a baseball bat is. Free markets require government to proscribe fraud and abusing peoples' rights. > Regular people don't really know who makes their specific medicine anyway They do when it turns out to be a problem, like the Tylenol murders.

oblio 5y ago

> vitamins are pretty much unregulated for decades, but doesn't have this lead or toxic chemical problem. Check out John Oliver and see how many problems we're having due to unregulated vitamins. Also vitamins are used by a ton fewer people than medicine, and for purposes far, far less risky than medicine. > Why do you feel so strongly this would happen in medicine? Because it would happen for sure without regulation. Maybe not to the degree I pointed out, but if they wouldn't be forced to go through all those clinical trials, etc., I'm 99% sure that bean counters in a company would decide: "you know, maybe we could reduce the dosage of that super expensive ingredient by 10%, the side effects will only be known after 10 years and we're here only until we cash in our checks in 2 quarters". > Do you really think companies (who spend a lot of capital building a business) will knowingly waste it all away by selling medicine that poisons people? There are companies that periodically change their name to "cleanse" their image. Telecom companies, for example. Plus, they'd only have to persuade doctors, not regular people. Regular people don't really know who makes their specific medicine anyway (don't believe me, go ask your grandpa who makes each of his 10 drugs he's taking).

WalterBright 5y ago
> vitamins are used by a ton fewer people than medicine Really? Every supermarket has plenty of them for sale. The local drug store has whole aisles devoted to them. They don't stock items that don't move. > Because it would happen for sure without regulation. Poisoning people is not something allowed by the free market, any more than hitting people with a baseball bat is. Free markets require government to proscribe fraud and abusing peoples' rights. > Regular people don't really know who makes their specific medicine anyway They do when it turns out to be a problem, like the Tylenol murders.