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So the Obacare bill has finally passed huh!
Send this link around to some of your liberal friends, IF you still have any, and ask them if they think it's time to RE-EVALUATE just how that Hope and Change is working out for all of us. This is an excerpt from the source noted below and remember this is the same Gang That Refuses To Shoot Straight that just passed this legislative nightmare we call ObaCare:
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"[ Public Health Emergency for Expired Antivirals
The government isn’t the only agency that will be using expired antivirals, however. On October 31,2009, on its News and Events website, the FDA outlined how companies, U.S. states and localities, and other organizations with Tamiflu and Relenza (GlaxoSmithKline’s version of Tamiflu) can recyle their flu antiviral leftovers. The recycling is possible for up to a year under an emergency declaration by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services.
The site explains that during this public health emergency (which I would assume refers to the swine flu) the FDA has issued emergency use authorizations for these expired, or soon-to-be expired, drugs.
Eighteen lots of Tamiflu Capsules and three lots of Relenza Inhalation Powder have been authorized by FDA for use beyond their expiration dates under this directive, the site says.
But that’s not all. The emergency declaration not only allows the use of expired antivirals, but also waives the storage requirements for Tamiflu!
What are they thinking? Why would they do this? Why would expiration dates even be suggested on a drug, if they were not important? And storage? If the way you store a drug isn’t vitally important, why would they have storage requirements in the first place?
It is interesting how the drug companies conveniently manipulate expiration dates. Nearly ten years ago the Wall Street Journal (long before it was purchased by Murdoch) ran an excellent expose on drug expirations which is still valid today.
Seems when it is to their benefit they make the expirations nice and short so people will purchase them more frequently, but when they get stuck with the “expired” drugs they claim they are safe to use. How can they possibly have it both ways?
Why Doesn’t the FDA Follow Its Own Guidelines?
Unfortunately, it’s shenanigans like this that cast doubt on true science and researchers who work hard to show that their data is substantive. When the very agency that is supposed to protect you changes its rules to fit whatever game it’s playing at the moment, it’s hard to believe anything that the agency puts out.
And that can be alarming, because one day the FDA may come up with some important rulings, possibly during a real pandemic of epidemic proportions, that people won’t pay attention to, after fiascos like this.
The FDA has policies and procedures aimed at reducing conflicts of interest in drug trials and reviews. But it also provides a slew of waivers that can allow scientists – or ghostwriters – to get away with creating studies that contain significant bias.
Many arguments could be posed for why researchers would want the FDA to overlook bias in their work. The obvious one is greed. Less obvious is a subconscious “placebo-type” effect that simply leads the researchers into coming to conclusions they don’t really see.
This effect could be due to what’s known in the scientific world as “target-based discovery”. That’s when a researcher sets out with a target in mind – say, you want to find a drug component that can reduce flu symptoms – and then comes up with trials that point straight to the target.
It doesn’t necessarily have to be an intended consequence, meaning a dishonest attempt to deceive, but, like a placebo effect, what happens is that human nature tends to find what the brain is looking for.
The need for speed could be another factor in how bias comes into play. Sometimes public pressure for a cure can hurry up drug research and production – and increase the possibility of tainted trials.
But no matter what the reason, there’s no excuse for it.
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Source: http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2009/12/24/Did-a...
Are you a vet like me?
I wondered last week, while at my local VAMC, why they suddenly made a PA announcement that flu vaccine shots were now available again after having exhausted supplies.
Then I read this and wondered no more. I just happen to be one who NEVER takes flu vaccines, but many do and need to be aware of the risks they take.
It's quite probable that the VA staff doesn't even know if they're using recycled expired material.
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"[ Public Health Emergency for Expired Antivirals
The government isn’t the only agency that will be using expired antivirals, however. On October 31,2009, on its News and Events website, the FDA outlined how companies, U.S. states and localities, and other organizations with Tamiflu and Relenza (GlaxoSmithKline’s version of Tamiflu) can recyle their flu antiviral leftovers. The recycling is possible for up to a year under an emergency declaration by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services.
The site explains that during this public health emergency (which I would assume refers to the swine flu) the FDA has issued emergency use authorizations for these expired, or soon-to-be expired, drugs.
Eighteen lots of Tamiflu Capsules and three lots of Relenza Inhalation Powder have been authorized by FDA for use beyond their expiration dates under this directive, the site says.
But that’s not all. The emergency declaration not only allows the use of expired antivirals, but also waives the storage requirements for Tamiflu!
What are they thinking? Why would they do this? Why would expiration dates even be suggested on a drug, if they were not important? And storage? If the way you store a drug isn’t vitally important, why would they have storage requirements in the first place?
It is interesting how the drug companies conveniently manipulate expiration dates. Nearly ten years ago the Wall Street Journal (long before it was purchased by Murdoch) ran an excellent expose on drug expirations which is still valid today.
Seems when it is to their benefit they make the expirations nice and short so people will purchase them more frequently, but when they get stuck with the “expired” drugs they claim they are safe to use. How can they possibly have it both ways?
Why Doesn’t the FDA Follow Its Own Guidelines?
Unfortunately, it’s shenanigans like this that cast doubt on true science and researchers who work hard to show that their data is substantive. When the very agency that is supposed to protect you changes its rules to fit whatever game it’s playing at the moment, it’s hard to believe anything that the agency puts out.
And that can be alarming, because one day the FDA may come up with some important rulings, possibly during a real pandemic of epidemic proportions, that people won’t pay attention to, after fiascos like this.
The FDA has policies and procedures aimed at reducing conflicts of interest in drug trials and reviews. But it also provides a slew of waivers that can allow scientists – or ghostwriters – to get away with creating studies that contain significant bias.
Many arguments could be posed for why researchers would want the FDA to overlook bias in their work. The obvious one is greed. Less obvious is a subconscious “placebo-type” effect that simply leads the researchers into coming to conclusions they don’t really see.
This effect could be due to what’s known in the scientific world as “target-based discovery”. That’s when a researcher sets out with a target in mind – say, you want to find a drug component that can reduce flu symptoms – and then comes up with trials that point straight to the target.
It doesn’t necessarily have to be an intended consequence, meaning a dishonest attempt to deceive, but, like a placebo effect, what happens is that human nature tends to find what the brain is looking for.
The need for speed could be another factor in how bias comes into play. Sometimes public pressure for a cure can hurry up drug research and production – and increase the possibility of tainted trials.
But no matter what the reason, there’s no excuse for it.
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Source: http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2009/12/24/Did-a...
Are you a vet like me?
I wondered last week, while at my local VAMC, why they suddenly made a PA announcement that flu vaccine shots were now available again after having exhausted supplies.
Then I read this and wondered no more. I just happen to be one who NEVER takes flu vaccines, but many do and need to be aware of the risks they take.
It's quite probable that the VA staff doesn't even know if they're using recycled expired material.
Tags: FDA, antivirals, ecycle, glaxosmithkline, leftovers, obama, pharma, tamiflu, vaccine
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