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The FDA Is Approving Drugs Without Evidence They Work (jacobin.com)
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Over the last several decades, the Food and Drug Administration has allowed pharma companies to sell hundreds of drugs to patients without adequate evidence that they work and, in many cases, with clear signs that they pose a risk of serious harm.

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[–] AbidanYre@lemmy.world 29 points 2 days ago (2 children)

That's the best case.

I'm thinking thalidomide.

[–] tourist@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Maybe we can get LSD pregnancy medicine to market this time

[–] desktop_user@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 2 days ago

can we only test in on men too?

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I was thinking whatever those horse tranqs were back during COVID days.

[–] masterofn001@lemmy.ca 10 points 2 days ago

Elon took all the horse tranqs (ketamine).

The horse paste majic covid cure (trust me bro, my brainworm never lies), was Ivermectin.

[–] phdepressed@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Ivermectin (anti-parasitic) aka horse dewormer.

[–] wewbull@feddit.uk 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

...and human dewormer.

[–] bss03@infosec.pub 1 points 1 day ago

Nobel prize-winning anti-parasitic for humans, yes.

Several studies show no statistically significant effect on COVID-19 length or severity.