Modern drugs are rigorously tested
Re: the letter on Sunday about proper testing of the Swine Flu drug:
No matter how much testing is done on drugs these days, there is always a risk and it is up to the medical staff to weigh that risk against the benefit of giving the drug.
With regards to Thalidomide, this drug was not developed to combat “morning sickness”, however due to its anti-emetic properties it was prescribed to combat this syndrome in pregnant women in the late 50s early 60s. Thalidomide, apparently, was developed as an antidote to Sarin nerve gas.
The amount of testing that new drugs undergo these days is far more advanced than what was done 50 years ago, and the regulatory bodies within the pharmaceutical industry also weigh up the risks of being sued before new drugs eventually reach the market.
These tests do involve laboratory animals and before any tree huggers and animal activists start complaining, why do they not volunteer to take the untested drugs themselves?
Searcaigh
Dubai
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COMMENTS
A.A.Ali, good point, The question is do you want to try the preventtion route, or take the chance of being the 1 in 1million?? BoogieMonsta, the FACTS are still that the H1N1 is safe. Just like the flu shot that has beeen around for decades. So, whatever your facts are, you can't get them just from GOOGLE/INTERNET!! How about you read from more credible sourses.
Posted by: jamay [24.Nov.09 7 : 02 PM]What Searcaigh overlooked was that a lot of these human trial are actually undertaken in 3rd world countries with scant protection available to the "laboratory animals".
Posted by: phoenix3 [24.Nov.09 11 : 22 AM]Funny enough I was talking to a friend about this Flu Vaccine and they sent me a news video clip from US showing one young girl who reacted to this vaccine - she was walking backwards. And all her normal functions have been disrupted but then again she was one in the one million. I think like everything else our bodies will determine the end results as we all react differently to same things. The question is whether you prefer prevention or cure and in some case cure is too late.
Posted by: A. A. Ali [24.Nov.09 10 : 31 AM]Searcaigh, do you homework about the specific H1N1 virus shot and then come back and tell me if it has been sufficiently tested ok.
Posted by: BoogieMonsta [24.Nov.09 10 : 02 AM]KEEP YOURSELF UPDATED
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