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Is anyone Stossel now?

Rainbows and Roses — Sun, 30 Mar 2014 05:10:56 GMT

Saying it takes about one billion dollars for a new medication or drug and 15 years before it hits the market and they have shown two brothers with an illness, the same illness, and they gave the older son no medicine and the other son was able to get the study medicine........and he is doing great........the son without the meds is not doing good. So so sad...............improvement in the son that was younger.........doing great.......the older child is not doing good and he wants access to the meds that helped his brother and the FDA is withholding medicines to these people.........so a person can be an FDA victim. Thousands die each year due to drugs being held on the shelf.

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Rainbows and Roses — Sun, 30 Mar 2014 05:12:28 GMT

There was no side effects on the drug that helped the son it was given to. Goldwater Institute seems to be trying to get this to change like if I understand it........a person can get the drug before its approved. We should be able to take what we want to take if it can or is helping others..........

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voyager1980 — Sun, 30 Mar 2014 05:26:20 GMT

We stopped watching Stossel a long time ago.He's a blowhard

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Rainbows and Roses — Sun, 30 Mar 2014 05:32:15 GMT

Oh, well..........I am trying to understand him........its just bits and pieces of stories.......like a snip here and there.

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sylviahomeatlast — Sun, 30 Mar 2014 06:49:16 GMT

drugs....

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Cakers1 — Sun, 30 Mar 2014 07:07:53 GMT

What was the drug and what was the medical issue?

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KYToby — Sun, 30 Mar 2014 07:57:22 GMT

I cannot help but wonder how many people would be condemning the FDA and federal government if a drug were to make it to market without thorough testing and caused harm to countless people.

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esmeraldagooch — Sun, 30 Mar 2014 11:58:30 GMT

R&R I don't know about the case you're talking about, but public outcry helped Josh Hardy get past the FDA and melted the heart of the head of a drug company. Now he's on the road to recovery with a drug not ready for use yet.

http://video.foxnews.com/v/3329179363001/hope-for-young-cancer-patient-as-treatment-is-approved/#sp=show-clips

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CLHS68 — Sun, 30 Mar 2014 15:52:42 GMT

Why are you so obsessed with drugs? You are always looking for more to take and its not a good thing.

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Yuban3 — Sun, 30 Mar 2014 16:06:33 GMT

On 3/30/2014 clhs68 said:
Why are you so obsessed with drugs? You are always looking for more to take and its not a good thing.

I don't know how long you have been here, but if you've been here any length of time, you'll know that many, many people here have warned her about her mixing and matching of prescriptions, and the dangers of it.

She chooses to ignore their advice.

Anybody who has been here long enough, knows that the o/p has a history of not taking her RX's as prescribed.

She'll take more or less than what was prescribed, skip doses, and doctor and pharmacy shops, often calling a pharmacy asking them what meds she should be taking, for whatever the ailment du jour is.

She denies doing any or all of this, and gets mean when called on it.

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KathyPet — Sun, 30 Mar 2014 16:07:11 GMT

I disagree. It seemed that for a lot of drugs that the FDA approves there are a lot they have to recall because of unforeseen side effects. You cannot be too careful. The drug manufacturers would love to push their drugs for approval . Don't fall for these sad stories. These stories are planted and paid for by the drug industry which makes billions from these drugs .

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terrier3 — Sun, 30 Mar 2014 16:10:01 GMT

On 3/30/2014 KYToby said:
I cannot help but wonder how many people would be condemning the FDA and federal government if a drug were to make it to market without thorough testing and caused harm to countless people.

...like statins have!

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brewhaha — Sun, 30 Mar 2014 19:35:29 GMT

Only if I married him.

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Anniecamp — Mon, 31 Mar 2014 00:15:19 GMT

Anybody remember Thalidomide (sp!) ? Sometimes there are reasons for being cautious.

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JaneMarple — Mon, 31 Mar 2014 00:22:22 GMT

On 3/30/2014 Anniecamp said:
Anybody remember Thalidomide (sp!) ? Sometimes there are reasons for being cautious.

Awful awful drug!

Re: Is anyone Stossel now?

RainCityGirl — Mon, 31 Mar 2014 03:13:40 GMT

I rarely take what Stossel has to say as anything but pot stirring, generalized information, not totally based in all the facts.

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Lila Belle — Mon, 31 Mar 2014 03:15:10 GMT

On 3/30/2014 RainCityGirl said:
I rarely take what Stossel has to say as anything but pot stirring, generalized information, not totally based in all the facts.

Yep. He jumped the shark a while ago.

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sylviahomeatlast — Mon, 31 Mar 2014 03:18:22 GMT

again: drugs and maybe something else.....

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traveler — Thu, 24 Apr 2014 15:12:36 GMT

Stossel is a sophist. He takes a bit of info and extrapolates then sells it as news.

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Ladybug724 — Thu, 24 Apr 2014 15:47:29 GMT

No I am not Stossel