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OzarkDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-12-06 02:22 PM Original message |
FDA seeks to improve access to experimental drugs |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-12-06 02:25 PM Response to Original message |
1. But if you want to smoke some pot for chemotherapy side effects you go to jail |
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Tight_rope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-12-06 02:28 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. My thoughts exactly...The FDA is just a bunch of hypocrisy! |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-12-06 04:19 PM Response to Reply #3 |
12. People in public health no longer take the FDA at face value |
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OzarkDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-12-06 02:47 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. Get someone to sponsor |
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flamingyouth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-12-06 04:12 PM Response to Reply #5 |
11. Yep |
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sweetheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-12-06 02:27 PM Response to Original message |
2. Street drugs aren't cheap enough |
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Lance_Boyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-12-06 02:29 PM Response to Original message |
4. This is a good thing, not a moneymaker for the drugcos. |
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OzarkDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-12-06 02:50 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. That's a big question, esp for Phase I trials |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-12-06 02:49 PM Response to Original message |
6. No, it's a way to give desperately ill people |
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OzarkDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-12-06 02:56 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. But |
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Lance_Boyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-12-06 03:25 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Often times clinical trial entry criteria are rather arbitrary, |
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OzarkDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-12-06 06:03 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. I see your point |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-12-06 06:48 PM Response to Reply #10 |
18. I've also seen trial criteria waived for some patients in the past |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-12-06 04:59 PM Response to Reply #8 |
13. So WHAT? |
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OzarkDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-12-06 06:06 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Sometimes hard for families to understand |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-12-06 06:43 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Anything that advances knowledge |
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Betsy Ross (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-12-06 03:12 PM Response to Original message |
9. Legal access does not make trial drugs accessible to most |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-12-06 06:44 PM Response to Reply #9 |
17. As long as the drugs are experimental |
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