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The FDA's Caution Is Hazardous To Our Health

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Open to Debate

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4.62.2K Ratings

🗓️ 14 May 2013

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

The Food and Drug Administration, the oldest comprehensive consumer protection agency in the U.S. federal government, is charged with protecting the public health. Under this mandate, it regulates drugs and medical devices for their safety and effectiveness. But is it a failing mandate? It’s long been argued that the FDA’s long and costly approval processes stifle innovation and keep life-changing treatments from the market. But the question remains: when it comes to public health, is it ever okay to sacrifice safety for speed? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:01.6

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Presentation calls in office 10 a.m. to 12 30 p.m.

0:11.0

Client meeting 2 p.m. to...

0:12.5

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0:15.6

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0:18.2

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0:31.0

So you open up a bottle of a prescription drug that your doctor told you you need to take to get better.

0:37.0

That little brown bottle, you've got the pill in your hand and you're about to swallow it.

0:42.0

When you hear a disturbingly familiar voice in your head and that voice says this,

0:49.0

you should not take this drug.

0:51.0

If you're not able to stand up or sit up right for 30 minutes,

0:53.0

have severe kidney disease, low blood calcium or allergic.

0:55.0

Call your doctor right away if you develop newer worsening heartburn,

0:57.0

difficult to pain for swallowing your chest pain.

0:59.0

Fear, bone, joint and or muscle side effects and studies were generally mild

1:02.0

and include stomach pain, indigestion, heartburn or nausea.

1:08.0

And what is that? That is FDA speak.

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