I hate the FDA for many, many reasons, including the fact (I am in alignment with Trump here) that they won't let "other countries" use THEIR studies on medicines. Prior to Lithium and no teeth, I found the perfect anti-depressant. It's called Stablon, and the French developed it. It works OPPOSITE to SSRIs, it actually down-regulates it somewhere. It is a novel, one of a kind anti depressant, and it's ONLY real side effect of note is that if you have asthma, it may also treat the condition. France, being France, was like, "Merde to you, FDA" and didn't launch it here. Now, it's off patent, and no one will touch it for the money required to complete FDA studies. I actually imported some for a while (not illegal, but if shipment is found, customs will turn it back) but it just got TOO expensive. FDA, you are not so speshul, and lots of countries do studies BETTER than you do. Plus, I think they didn't want to upset the SSRI makers, by showing that serotonin is not the BE all and END all of anti-depressants, SSRIs actually have some awful side effects and are really not so effective for many folks (not all). It would've been interesting to see....
But yeah, that is a pet peeve. There's nothing worse than finding a medication that works for you, that isn't available here and etc. Then, there's the darn "orphan drug" status. Riluzole is the only thing available to treat some type of very rare elderly illness, something like Lou Gehrig's disease or something. They did all these studies on how well it treated depression, but you had BETTER believe that the drug company did not want to lose its "orphan drug status" (stays on patent longer, and can charge an arm and a leg if it's the only treatment). Those studies were MIRACULOUS. People who'd tried everything failed it, and etc. But would the FDA "approve" it no, no they wouldn't. The researchers actually had to BUY riluzole at drug company prices (totally unheard of for drug testing) got awesome results.... Then, crickets.
So, I don't just hate the FDA for vaping issues. I have built up a huge wall of hate for them for a long, long time now. LOL. As a pretty educated person with illness, I have watched their madness in action for some time now.
I'm glad I panicked about vaping and am self-sufficient. Because, the FDA doesn't care about "health" and options, not the slightest bit, and I don't think they have for a very long time, if ever. "Trust no one and accept NO statement as truth," should really be their MOTTO.
Sorry for the rant, I will stop now.....
Anna
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The FDA can kiss my rear.
