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June 22, 2008, 2:53 pm
Flag as Inappropriate BabeRuth  

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Is Testing Sufficient 

Time after time we read of drugs being recalled, vaccines being taken out of circulation (rotavirus) and these are drugs that have been tested and are supposedly safe.

What's going wrong with the testing of these drugs? Why are dangerous meds getting through? 

June 22, 2008, 4:00 pm
Flag as Inappropriate DianaR says...

First:
No one knows exactly how a drug will behave once it is in the body, especially without using animals for testing. Even though there are other ways to test, they may not produce the same results or the spectrum of information that animal testing once did.

Second:

Pharmaceutical companies have to release drugs to pay for the research performed, and the development of new drugs. The pressure to generate revenue is pretty high and can lead to drugs that MAY have side issues being released to the public, hoping that ht suspected problems don't actually develop.

 

June 22, 2008, 4:55 pm
Flag as Inappropriate 2Ronnies says...

First; that is why drugs should be tested first small scale, then on increasing numbers to make sure that they are safe before being released to millions of the general population.

Second; pharmaceutical companies make millions in profits each year that could be used to fund the research for new drugs until they are bringing their own revenue. There is no need to guinea pig a poorly tested drug on the public just to make a buck. There is no excuse for killing people for profit.

Drugs are poorly tested, and there is no excuse. What is worse is that the FDA allows this to happen. 

June 22, 2008, 5:03 pm
Flag as Inappropriate STP_champ says...

Diana, drugs are still tested on animals. Things like cosmetics are not, unless it's something new. But drugs still go through animal trials and then human trials. The problem is humans are a broad spectrum and long-term reactions are not studied. Releasing a drug because you need to pay for it is ridiculous and unethical. These are humans with lives that are being used as a big sample group. Companies that release drugs that aren't well tested deserve the class action suits. 

June 22, 2008, 9:25 pm
Flag as Inappropriate Simplyme says...

You know releasing these drugs to only then find out the adverse affects are ridiculous. And as far as the trials there are plenty of people willing to be guinea pigs for the right price and last I checked I have not received any money so I do not intend to be their lab rat that is absurd.