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Yes. And why should the FDA's tentacles infiltrate and delay this activity?
by mhb 3y ago
Yes. And why should the FDA's tentacles infiltrate and delay this activity?
- ygjb 3y agoBecause of the long history of snake-oil salescreeps, and the ongoing degree of utter bullshit of people selling crystals, essential oils, and other shams to separate desperate and hopeful people from their money? Regulators and regulations have problems, but the entire reason we have them is due to unregulated corruption that caused massive harm before the regulators were created.
- Finnucane 3y agoThe majority of snake-oil salesmen in the world don't come under the FDA's jurisdiction.
- thfuran 3y agoWell, they don't let you sell snake oil in their jurisdiction, so that's to be expected.
- PawgerZ 3y agoI wonder why
- mrguyorama 3y agoAll you have to do is sell your snake oil as a """supplement""" instead of a medicine and you evade basically all regulation. You can sell actual poison to actual children as a "homeopathic" remedy for teething in babies, as long as you say "all our health promises we make on the front of the bottle aren't backed by the FDA". Edit: Removed probably dumb and wrong rant about controlled pharmaceuticals
- jrockway 3y agoWhat is the actual poison that's used for a teething remedy?
- mrguyorama 3y agoBelladonna
- lIl-IIIl 3y agoIf the snake oil salesperson claims their product is used to treat or cure any disease, then it's absolutely under FDA jurisdiction.
- calamari4065 3y agoThat's funny, I was just having this same conversation yesterday from my local guy who sells mercury radium soda pop.
- darknavi 3y agoYour phrasing implies some nefarious intent behind the FDA. What about the FDA do you not like?
- mhb 3y agoNot nefarious. Its incentives cause it to overvalue safety relative to avoidable mortality and morbidity. You could do worse than starting here: https://www.propublica.org/article/heres-why-rapid-covid-tests-are-so-expensive-and-hard-to-find https://www.propublica.org/article/heres-why-rapid-covid-tes...
- not_the_fda 3y agoNot the OP, but the FDA evaluates safety and efficacy. They tend to put more focus on the safety vs the efficacy, so its risk reward may be overly conservative if you are dying. Its also an organization that is susceptible to political influence and bribery. For example look into the approval of Oxycontin and the lack of approval of European sunscreens.