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To make it a better mirror image, let's add a couple details to your anti-vioxx example: anti-Merck has hidden all the evidence of chronic pain and joint stiffn
by whatshisface 3y ago
To make it a better mirror image, let's add a couple details to your anti-vioxx example: anti-Merck has hidden all the evidence of chronic pain and joint stiffness as side-effects, and taking it once will cause them permanently. The anti-FDA has approved the drug under fraudulent conditions as they lack the information that anti-Merck has. The drug is widely prescribed and now between 50 and 500 thousand (the exact number is not known due to poor reporting methods) people have new chronic joint pain. Should anyone go to anti-jail? ;)
(The latter condition was necessary to simulate the lack of knowledge patients had about their increased mortality, obviously difficult to reproduce in pain.)
- l33t7332273 3y agoI’m pretty confused with all this backwards talk. Can you be a little more clear about what actually happened?
- whatshisface 3y agoMerck developed a drug to serve as an aspirin alternative for arthritis sufferers. Somewhere along the line, they discovered it could kill you, but pushed the evidence under the rug because they had already invested so much. The drug went on to get FDA approval (a process highly dependent on studies conducted by the manufacturer seeking approval, such that they had the opportunity to commit the fraud), and in the end between 50-500k individuals got heart attacks and other deadly consequences as a result of taking the highly prescribed painkiller.
- Spooky23 3y agoVioxx was like a super-NSAID. I took it for month in my 20s with a degenerative disc. It was incredible, eliminating chronic pain and inflammation. It allowed me to function normally, sleep, etc. The problem is, it causes heart attacks, especially if you are at risk for having a heart attack. The key study showed a 5x higher rate of heart attack for Vioxx users vs Naproxen.