The Irony of FDA Warnings
Anyone else notice the irony of FDA warnings these days?
I was looking at Google news this morning and noticed this and couldn’t help but laugh-out-loud. The irony of these two articles being next to each other, and them both being about FDA warnings… Priceless!
The FDA refuses to issue black box warnings on epilepsy medicine (they also use this same medicine for Migraine’s) despite conclusive evidence stating the medicine did in fact increase suicidal thoughts, but they will issue a warning about…. (drum roll please) Jalapenos!
Now I am not… down-playing the importance of the awareness of the salmonella outbreak in tomatoes right now, but seriously - here you have doctors recommending stronger warnings on these suicide inducing drugs, the FDA refuses to issue such an increase in warnings, but they will spend all day putting out memos and warning regarding which type of fruit or vegetable “may or may not” have been the salmonella culprit.
Insane. You have proof one causes increased suicidal thoughts, and you refuse a warning, but let the possibility of some peppers may or may not be a problem and you will be warned.
Just another day watching the wheels of the drug companies control organizations or agencies put in place to PROTECT us from this type of abuse.
I am only posting this because they not only use this medicine for epilepsy, this is the same medicine they use to treat Migraine’s - it usually does not work and has very negative side effects (including death, and yes some have in fact died) - and considering I promote the use of medicinal cannabis on this site, I feel that this goes along with the topic at hand.
How many doctors recommended suicidal warnings be black boxed?
In late January, the FDA announced it was considering a black box warning after an agency review of 199 studies found that patients taking the drugs had about twice the risk of suicidal behavior compared with patients taking a placebo.
A black-box warning, which typically appears at the top of drug labels, is in bold type and is surrounded by a black border to make it stand out. It typically appears at the top of drug labels.
199 studies, I mean - they didn’t even bother to do a study #200 they were so conclusive that they had enough evidence for the black box warnings… Not when the drug companies have such control over our protective agencies, evidence does not matter.
More than 10 million Americans took FDA-approved epilepsy drugs in 2007.
Who needs a warning when it’s only 10 million people on the stuff? I think the FDA should be ashamed and there should be more info put out regarding how these companies influence agency decision in the face of such blatant evidence.