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Originally posted by MicroChick
CamChicks, the problem is quality control. There are already too many vitamins and supplements being sold which are not inspected by the FDA. Many of these so-called healthy vitamins kill people. When you are making batches of phony Viagra and who knows what other drugs, without any kind of control, people will get sick, die, or just be fooled into thinking that they are buying the real thing and getting no results at all.
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Fuck the FDA. They takes 10 or 15 years to approve drugs that the rest of the world is already using. The FDA is a greedy bureaucratic monster more interested in protecting corporate interests and promoting political agendas than helping US citizens.
Also, the FDA does not even have jurisdiction over the supplement industry, where most of those false claims and problems you refer to occur.
As long as there is no fraud.. as long as ingredients are clearly labeled... then I will decide for myself what to swallow.
Effective products are taken off the market because 0.001% of people have a bad reaction. Well, I believe it should be up to individuals to determine the risks; not have those choices made for them.
If you cannot afford a brand-name drug, and your choice is to either go without it
or buy a generic (with identical active ingredients) from India . . . what do you do? Ask a politican to decide?
Other countries are filled with humans just like yourself, and they are not trying to poison themselves. Importing drugs is quite safe.
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Originally posted by MicroChick
If the US would treat their citizens fairly and give everyone excellent health care, we wouldn't be turning to these con-artists who overcharge us and sell us phony drugs. Kerry said last night that he wanted to improve our health and make sure seniors and poor people don't go without medical care and the drugs they need to stay alive. WE WILL SEE! All presidents promise us the world, and end up selling out. I can't see that Kerry will be any different.
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This I agree with. The USA needs to join the rest of the civilized world by making medical care a right, not a privilege. Without life and health, your other rights don't mean much.
For those who have been taught that public hospitals mean waiting lists or inferior care - The wealthy can still jump ahead of the line and get anything they want on-demand in private hospitals - so that concern is really not an arguement against public health care. You can have both. If countires like New Zealand can work this way, so can the infinately richer USA.