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I guess they're not so concerned with the "oops, poison" aspect of manufacturing drugs. Or ethics driven testing of drugs for safety and efficacy. Seems like a
by daveguy 2y ago
I guess they're not so concerned with the "oops, poison" aspect of manufacturing drugs. Or ethics driven testing of drugs for safety and efficacy. Seems like a great way to fk up and kill people. Also, they say compounding pharmacies are illegal, but they're not. Not in the US or Germany. There's one down the street from me and my neighbor was a compounding pharmacist.
- toss1 2y agoOr, as with Thalidomide, the formulation pathway also happens to make a 'left-handed' version of a drug which turns works great, but the opposite chirality causes horrible birth defects (as in kids with brain damage or deformed hands & feet basically attached to shoulders and hips, and more). [0] And this was with production and testing by major pharm companies. I'd be all over home production or brew-kits for users or compounding pharmacists to save lives or quality of life. But damn, the more complex synthesis pathways have potential for insanely serious 'bugs', and the consequences aren't just a software crash, they can be life-altering or life-ending. With fully informed consent, still works for me. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thalidomide https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thalidomide
- spookie 2y agoHonestly, in the EU it's quite common for pharmacies to make compounded drugs. At least in my country ALL pharmacies are required to have the equipment and staff required to do so. I would be surprised if it wasn't the case in others.