Aspirin and the FDA

by on April 12, 2005 at 7:05 am in Current Affairs, Law, Medicine | Permalink

If aspirin were invented today it might not be approved by the FDA.  Keep this in mind when thinking about Vioxx, Bextra and other pain-relief drugs that have recently been taken off the market.  This is not to say that the new pharmaceuticals are "safe," but rather that all pharmaceuticals involve tradeoffs.

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