Random stuff I find interesting and you may not.
Apparently consumers are too stupid to know that butter contains milk. Last month, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recalled almost 80,000 pounds of Costco’s popular store-brand butter due to a crucial labeling error. While the butter listed “cream” as an ingredient, the packaging lacked a critical allergen warning alerting consumers that butter contains … Read more
The abortion drug Mifepristone (Mifeprex) entered the U.S. market in 2000. For the past two decades, the drug’s official labeling stated some permutation of the following: Mifeprex…Administration must be under the supervision of a qualified physician –and– Mifeprex may be administered only in a clinic, medical office, or hospital, by or under the supervision of … Read more
The current U.S. pharmaceutical regulatory regime is paternalistic. It restricts autonomy by denying consumers the right to self‐medicate and sometimes denies desperate patients an opportunity to save their own lives. It places the judgment of perceived experts above the autonomy of the individual. It fails to appreciate, much less replicate, the dynamism and responsiveness of … Read more
What if I told you that a cheap, effective and painless method of stopping tooth decay had just been invented! You’d be pretty happy. What if I told you that a cheap, effective and painless method of stopping tooth decay was invented over 100 years ago and has been available in other countries for decades … Read more
President Trump’s recent comments that the antimalarial drugs chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine might turn around the coronavirus pandemic have stirred an uproar. The governors of New York and Nevada even issued executive orders that restrict doctors from using the drugs. The clamor reveals the misperception over the power that the Food and Drug Administration has over … Read more
From the proliferation of CBD stores and CBD-infused products, you’d think CBD is legal, either approved by the FDA or having found a happy little loophole in which the agency can’t touch it. But that’s not true, and the FDA sent a bunch of warning letters today [11/16/19] to companies selling CBD products. First, CBD … Read more