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You can have a class of drugs allowed if you're going to die anyway.
by ajuc 2y ago
You can have a class of drugs allowed if you're going to die anyway.
- PaulHoule 2y agoPeople in that state are highly vulnerable to fraud. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amygdalin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amygdalin
- donbateman 2y agoThey are also vulnerable to dying. They should be able to try whatever drug they need and the government shouldn't be allowed to stand in their way.
- 0cf8612b2e1e 2y agoThe pharma companies are not clamoring for a huge surge in compassionate use (emergency use of unapproved drugs) either. Who is going to pay? Early stage drugs are still figuring out their manufacturing process, and quantities can be extremely limited. Say you give drug X to a sick patient and they die, what then? Was it because of the novel drug? Not a favorable position to have more deaths associated with your treatment. Can you draw any data from these patients to inform further trials? Also complicated because end stage patients have already exhausted other options and the interaction with other compounds can make disentangling this harder.
- PaulHoule 2y agoDeath is certain, getting ripped off less so.
- ajuc 2y agoSure, that's why it should still be regulated, just less than drugs for everyone else. In particular drugs should still be checked for efficacy before getting on that list. But requirements for long term safety and side effects when people die in a year should be relaxed.