They even got to the FDA? Fuck that…
this post was submitted on 05 Jun 2025
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Phenylephrine is back on the menu, boys!
That's the best case.
I'm thinking thalidomide.
I was thinking whatever those horse tranqs were back during COVID days.
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Not arguing against the substance of the article, but I can’t help but wonder if this is the best way to address this issue. Measles was eradicated from the US but is now back and has claimed lives purely due to vaccine skepticism. I just worry that yet another article criticizing the FDA for pushing drugs that aren’t safe/effective will do more harm than good at this point. Idk, I just sincerely question if now is the time to give americans more reasons not to trust medical professionals. (Again, not arguing with the substance of the article—very disappointing and disturbing that FDA is doing this—but just concerned about the time, manner, and place of this criticism.)
Both can be true.
It can be true that the FDA was corrupted/captured to some extent and needs more 'skeptial' and less-industry-friendly leadership. At the same time, skepticism in science is not the answer.
This is my dillema with MAGA. Many of the issues they tackle are spot on, even if people don't like to hear that. They're often right, even when the proposed solutions are wrong and damaging. I think this a lot when I hear RFK speak, nodding my head at the first assertion then grinding my teeth as he goes on.
This is such an important thing to note. The MAGA set aren't completely oblivious. It's the same issue with how they don't trust "mainstream media," the problem doesn't lie in accepting that media must be viewed with skepticism and critical thinking, the problem lies with the critical thinking ending at "I can't trust the mainstream media."
What the MAGAs are actually practicing is cynicism not skepticism. They have thrown the baby out with the bathwater. Because they have realized some sources aren't always entirely trustworthy, they stop trusting them entirely and instead listen to random jackholes on the internet. It's actually an abdication of critical thinking. Just flat out rejection instead of reading with a critical eye and skeptical mind.
They also don't apply the same attitude to those random sources they use instead. That is really the biggest problem with their approach. Literally going "you can't trust anyone any more" would be better than what they do.
Yeah that’s absolutely how they lure people in. Sensible issues to be concerned about, starts out normal, then about two links of thought in, the tinfoil hats come out and the solution is fucking nuts.
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American health insurance companies are famously miserly, and this seems like a great area to use penny pinching for good. Where the hell are the insurance CFOs who should be demanding efficacy proof instead of being swindled along with the masses?
They’re busy researching new and exciting ways of denying coverage.
They absolutely do this. A drug with a lack of efficacy data is a great way to get shortlisted to insurance denials
It’s one of the frustrating things bc people can then easily manipulate the issue. A drug that can be prescribed a doctor and filled by a pharmacy being denied by an insurance company is very easy to write about online. Then it’s a slam piece, “x insurance company denied me my meds”. Basically 0 people will have any interest in the nuance that the medication is bullshit or possibly even harmful. Too bad insurance companies made their bed by being absolutely horrible for decades, I guess.
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