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you don't want to go down the road of the "FDA mandating efficacy". However, requiring "truth in medicating" i.e. demonstrable efficacy rates would be nice.

• ceejayoz 3y ago
  > you don't want to go down the road of the "FDA mandating efficacy". This has long been a thing already. https://www.fda.gov/drugs/drug-safety-and-availability/fda-clarifies-results-recent-advisory-committee-meeting-oral-phenylephrine https://www.fda.gov/drugs/drug-safety-and-availability/fda-c... > Many OTC medicines, including phenylephrine, are sold because they have an ingredient that FDA generally recognizes as safe and effective (GRASE) when used as recommended on the product labeling, which is documented in an “OTC monograph.” If FDA determined that oral phenylephrine is not effective, the agency would first issue a proposed order removing phenylephrine from this monograph. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generally_recognized_as_safe_and_effective https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generally_recognized_as_safe_a...
  • lazide 3y ago
    The funny thing is phenyl ephedrine is actually very effective - when given IV, or directly applied to mucus membranes. Which this OTC drugs will never be used for. So it is an effective drug, overall. Just not when used this way. So good luck nailing whichever bureaucrat approved this.