Miles:
> It's a bit more complicated than that: patients can't know
> what drug regimens are helpful or dangerous until those
> pesky scientists actually do research and that pesky FDA
> assesses that research in a rigorous way. Granted, the
> pharma influence is troubling, but overall far more lives
> have been saved by the existence of the FDA bureaucracy
> than have been lost. --Consider: if people really
> "took control" of their own drug regimens, many of them
> would be swayed by anecdotal evidence, charismatic
> charlatans, placebo effects, etc., and they would expose
> themselves to ineffective drugs or drugs that actually
> endanger their health.
The virus of anti-populism is spreading on lbo-talk. Welcome to the club.
Wojtek