The Bush administration has done everything but fund the movement of the
development of our drugs to India. THey refuse to allow Americans to buy drugs
from foreign manufactures then they send the manufacturing and testing to a
foreign land. Also the Bush administration has been reducing the requirements
to test new drugs. Old Bob Dole, I cannot get it up, is an example of how the
drug companies buy our elected officials. Thank you Mr. Bush but we pay enough
for our drugs so we should be able to take them without fear of heart atttacks.
WASHINGTON - Americans should feel reasonably safe taking government-approved
prescription drugs — with a few caveats — even after a popular arthritis
medication was pulled from the market, medical experts say.
Vioxx was the first prescription drug since 2001 to be taken off the market for
safety reasons. Its maker, Merck & Co., cited an increased risk of heart attack
and stroke in people who used the medication.
The withdrawal on Thursday came just weeks after the company defended the
safety of the drug, which accounted for $2.5 billion in worldwide sales in
2003, and the Food and Drug Administration (news - web sites) approved the use
of Vioxx in children as young as 2 years old.
The problems with Vioxx raise questions about the agency's safety review
process and the length of time it took Merck to pull the drug, observers say
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