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BumRushDaShow

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3. "O.t.o h., who remembers a drug called Thalidomide."

Reply to 3Hotdogs (Reply #1)

Wed Feb 18, 2026, 08:57 AM

23 hrs ago

Thalidomide (a drug). L-tryptophan (a food supplement). The Dalkon Shield & certain tampons (those latter 2 examples are considered medical devices).

And on and on.

People want "instant" and long-term health effects are rarely "instant".

What many don't understand is that there are panels of outside experts - similar to those highlighted during the COVID pandemic, which for that case were CDC's ACIP and FDA's VRBPAC - participate in the review process for FDA-regulated products.

Trying to reinvent a wheel that has been dicked with over the decades, particularly for political reasons, will solve nothing.

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Mixed feelings- one one hand, we want new or improved drugs to reach our medicine cabinets. O.t.o h., who remembers 3Hotdogs Yesterday #1

"O.t.o h., who remembers a drug called Thalidomide." BumRushDaShow 23 hrs ago #3

Yes, Icanthinkformyself 23 hrs ago #2

IIRC, he's a doctor (MD) Jilly_in_VA 21 hrs ago #4