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The NY Times better be careful. Peter Gleason, MD, committed suicide after the FDA/DOJ destroyed his career for discussing off-label usages of prescription dru
by ksherlock 14y ago
The NY Times better be careful. Peter Gleason, MD, committed suicide after the FDA/DOJ destroyed his career for discussing off-label usages of prescription drugs.
http://www.justice.gov/usao/nye/pr/2006/2006apr05.html http://www.justice.gov/usao/nye/pr/2006/2006apr05.html
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323981504578174973015235686.html http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142412788732398150457817...
- pstuart 14y agoUgh. The WSJ article is behind a paywall, but from skimming the DOJ page it seems he was prescribing GHB, a drug that is considered to be safer than alcohol. Think of the children! /s
- brianchu 14y agoThere are aspects of GHB that are most certainly more dangerous than alcohol. It is much easier to overdose on GHB - several grams will do it. GHB is often used as a recreational drug which explains why it is a controlled substance. Combining it with alcohol can be particularly risky/fatal. I first heard of GHB, for example, in high school, because it's a common date rape drug.
- pstuart 14y agoAlcohol is a date rape drug. All drugs are risky, including alcohol. We should teach our youth not that drugs are bad, but that they are powerful and can be dangerous. Use them if you will but do so wisely.
- saraid216 14y ago> The WSJ article is behind a paywall http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB10001424127887323981504578174973015235686.html&oq=cache%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB10001424127887323981504578174973015235686.html&aqs=chrome.0.57j58.1015&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8 http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache%3Ahttp%...