Food And Drug Administration (FDA): Why is the FDA not worried about the pills sold on late night tv?
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA), is supposedly there to protect consumers against impurities in our food and false claims of medical miracles in our pharmaceuticals. Yet, today the FDA seems more concerned with prohibiting my access to cheaper prescription drugs through the internet. They seem to have no problem with someone on late night television and radio that is selling me a pill to make that certain part of my anatomy bigger. Another commercial offers a pill that will increase my memory, warding off Alzheimer's. The other day another commercial for yet a different pill with antioxidants that attach themselves to one particular molecule in my body was aired on radio. This is bullshit and it is not even good science. Yet, these people are able to make thousands of dollars on airwaves that are controlled by the federal government selling snake oil. These promises are often empty and more times than not, they leave consumers with large bills and no results. What if you have a terminal illness? Would the FDA allow a company to sell a pill that offers a cure in a single dose for cancer on late night television? If we question that, shouldn't we question them all? How is this different from the snake oil salesmen of the past that traveled in caravans during the 1840's? The methods have changed but the message remains the same.
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