Looked into it. This isn’t what I thought it was. They aren’t looking to ban sudafed where the active ingredient is pseudoephedrine, which is the stuff that actually works that you have to scan your drivers license at the pharmacy counter to buy, it’s the over the counter kind where the active ingredient is phenylephrine which, the FDA unfortunately is right, literally doesn’t work for shit. My wife and I learned this a long time ago. If you can buy it without a drivers license honestly I couldn’t care less if they ban it because I honestly don’t know what it even does. But the good stuff that you need a drivers license to buy apparently isn’t going anywhere so we can probably put our pitchforks down on this particular issue at least.
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Question is, who actually trusts the FDA on anything, whether they say they are taking an ineffective product off the market or not? What facet of that agency isn't bought and paid for by some pharmaceutical interest?
I'm not even sure if there is a true constitutional interest for them to exist. Possibly under the interstate commerce clause, but still. I'd be less skeptical if they weren't engaged in allowing dangerous drugs to get through all the time and target things that actually would be 'safe and effective.'
Oh I’m with you. I just thought people might like to know that they’re not taking pseudoephedrine off the shelves. Just phenylephrine, which i can attest, really doesn’t do anything.
Liability and Claims?