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Originally Posted by Peterfrans
Well, maybe in Belgium, but here in NL we can buy ibuprofen in the supermarket.
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sure, but y'all also let potheads buy there weed in shops.
Point remains that Europe has a lot lower use of painkillers.
Dentists don't knock the patient out with laughing gass for rootcanals
Chronic backpain, for the most part the best you will get is voltaren or ibuprofen.
You have to have a serious condition to get strong meds prescribed other then the few days , post operation in a hospital.
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Originally Posted by flatbutt
You are exaggerating. I worked as a Regulatory Affairs professional for 15 years after 30 years as a research chemist. That "revolving door" you so blithely refer to stops quickly and more frequently than you know. It is not easy nor quick to get medications through the FDA. Heck even toothpaste is subjected to federal regulation.
Doctors in our pockets? What a joke. We can't even buy them a meal without approval and documentation.
Yes FDA officials do find employment in the industry after life in the FDA. It's their chance to finally make decent money using their education and skills. But they are subject to the same scrutiny that any Pharma scientist is and we do get reviewed, thoroughly by the gov't checking into shady practices. The Park Doctrine can reach deeply into an organization.
Anyone still under the impression that Rx meds are completely safe and without risk has been asleep for decades. Even Ibuprofen has risks.
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off course ibuprofen has risks..
reduces testosterone
makes yer balls shrink with continuous use .
in their pocket, perhaps poor choice of words.
I mean, the docs are not critical
They get a leaflet of a product
and a rep tells em how that product works, obviously emphasizing on the benefits so the doc "sells" it for them.
Obviously they won't sell it by warning and listing up the side effects and risks.
Look at Michael Jackson & Prince.
both extremely talented people that ended up killed by their own MD.
Why? Because the docs felt they could prescribe heavy painkillers and keep their patient happy and not running off to another doc to get theirs.
Why are the docs not critical and stricter?
Because they have a product sheet that says how the product will fix the issue better then another product. Because it says there are less side effects and better results.
And because the FDA approved it.
Surely there is an issue if people who are working for the FDA to approve medicine.
quit their job for a higher paying job at the pharmaceutical companies
Would they get that job if they had first denied approval for a new product that will make the hiring company a lot of money?
The high paying job is like a prize for approving things.
One could argue that it's like a delayed bribe.