Drug Pushers Win Another Round
The CBC had this item on moves to stop the US Food & Drug Administration from banning a class of pain drugs: Keep arthritis drugs on market, U.S. regulator told.
Dr. Christopher Grubb told the FDA panel that COX-2 inhibitors need to be kept on the market despite potentially dangerous side effects because troops overseas would suffer without them.
“Consider our military in this particular drug decision,” Grubb said, adding that troops use COX-2 drugs because traditional pain relievers such as aspirin have been linked to excess bleeding.
Without them, the United States wouldn’t be able to have as many troops on the battlefield, he said.
“Coxhibs are essential in the global war on terrorism.”
Well, the FDA went along and will not ban the drugs at this time, but if the military would expand the regular forces and stop shipping old fogies like me to war zones, arthritis drugs wouldn’t be necessary for battlefield effectiveness.
Where’s the call for armor for walkers? Are they drafting combat geriatric medics? Do people understand how pathetic this makes the US military look?
