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> I think it's absurd that people are legally prevented from purchasing drugs that haven't been FDA approved. They aren't. In the U.S. they are prevented from
by serf 12y ago
> I think it's absurd that people are legally prevented from purchasing drugs that haven't been FDA approved.
They aren't. In the U.S. they are prevented from purchasing certain drugs without the advice and consent of a prescribing physician. The prescribing physician can be on-board for the use of non-FDA approved meds, it's just uncommon.
source : personal anecdote. I used 4-Aminopyridine[0] with the consent of my doctor within the US before clinical trials began as a 'research tool' for insights into a medical condition. It was dispensed by a medical chemistry lab under the consent of my physician, and paid for out of pocket.
[0]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4-Aminopyridine http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4-Aminopyridine
- wyager 12y ago> The prescribing physician can be on-board for the use of non-FDA approved meds, it's just uncommon. This seems to be essentially false. I can find some evidence that unapproved drugs are prescribed in the US, but this is usually because A) the drug is grandfathered in or B) the doctor is breaking the law (intentionally or unintentionally). http://www.fda.gov/drugs/guidancecomplianceregulatoryinformation/enforcementactivitiesbyfda/selectedenforcementactionsonunapproveddrugs/default.htm http://www.fda.gov/drugs/guidancecomplianceregulatoryinforma... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Drug_Application http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Drug_Application http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Investigational_New_Drug http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Investigational_New_Drug http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kefauver_Harris_Amendment http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kefauver_Harris_Amendment Also, the FDA approved 4-Aminopyridine in 2010. http://www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/Newsroom/PressAnnouncements/ucm198463.htm http://www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/Newsroom/PressAnnouncements/uc...
- tel 12y agoMy (partial) understanding is that the FDA merely limits the ability for someone to market a drug prior to approval. A prescribing doctor could, should they choose, decide to prescribe a non-FDA-approved drug... but it would be difficult for anyone to find it if it wasn't a natural remedy. Without marketing and mass adoption is hard to fund the manufacturing process for a drug.