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Re: Do any of your doctors have an opinion?

Posted by notfred on April 24, 2007, at 23:15:37

In reply to Re: Do any of your doctors have an opinion? » notfred, posted by jealibeanz on April 24, 2007, at 21:08:06


>
> I think there has been a larger push to approve drugs for certain conditions in the recent past (i.e. cardiac disease, anti-virals especially regarding HIV and AIDS, and now avian flu).
>


AIDS drugs were fast tracked due to political pressure from groups such as ACTUP and the political powers that be **finally** getting that world wide the majority of HIV+ people are hetrosexual. Due to the fact there was less clinical research they were not used till patients had advanced AIDS. Now that the drugs have been researched for some time we know they are only effective early on, even before one has AIDS. . They are best used on HIV+ people who have not progressed to AIDS. People then have a good chance of living for decades.

So fast tracking is a gamble. Perhaps 100,000's
of people would be alive today had they gotten AZT, ddC, ect as soon as they came on the market.

In cardiac drugs the cardiac system is very well undrestood so making new drugs is easier and the instance of cardiac disease is very high. That makes these drugs very profitable.

There is some irony in that many decry the increase in diagnosis of mental illness yet this should motivate pharma to fund research and development in this area.


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