Wrong answer? How do you figure that? Isn't our government required by legislative acts to assure that all medications available for public consumption pass FDA certification? Because the drug was formulated in the USA and has passed FDA muster does not mean that it couldn't be called the same by a foreign company but not be the same.willie said:What do you think about Georges view on buying our originally developed in the USA drugs from Canada? IMO, for our own protection, was the wrong answer.
willie said:Sounds to me like no one is negotiating on our part and they (medicare for one) should get off their bureaucratic butt and get the originating country some benefits. George's answer "for our protection" was lame.
Yes, wrong answer. Get the FDA off their bureaucratic butt, negotiate with the manufacturers, do something besides status quo. I'm talking about name brand drugs not chinese pills. He was asked a question that is important enough that several states are ignoring the law. His answer shows that this is not very high on his list.Ken King said:Wrong answer? How do you figure that? Isn't our government required by legislative acts to assure that all medications available for public consumption pass FDA certification? Because the drug was formulated in the USA and has passed FDA muster does not mean that it couldn't be called the same by a foreign company but not be the same.
If allowed would you cede any responsibility from harm caused by counterfeit cheap knock-off drugs that could potentially enter the market?
Okay, I'll give you that it does take a while for the FDA to approve products under their control. But what is the alternative? Besides that wasn't the issue, was it? If this is simply as you see it, buying the exact same product from Canada, it would be no problem. I see it as being one of where Canada can sell drugs here that they produce there; in which case they should be inspected to our standard. Opening up drug trade could lead to foriegn companies purchasing products here,taking them back, and recreating them without any form of protection or control.willie said:Yes, wrong answer. Get the FDA off their bureaucratic butt, negotiate with the manufacturers, do something besides status quo. I'm talking about name brand drugs not chinese pills. He was asked a question that is important enough that several states are ignoring the law. His answer shows that this is not very high on his list.
We're in agreement....just when I was going to call you out to St. Mary's Lake My understanding is that it is the name brand manufactured and packaged in the USA. Generics made elswhere should not be allowed.Ken King said:Okay, I'll give you that it does take a while for the FDA to approve products under their control. But what is the alternative? Besides that wasn't the issue, was it? If this is simply as you see it, buying the exact same product from Canada, it would be no problem. I see it as being one of where Canada can sell drugs here that they produce there; in which case they should be inspected to our standard. Opening up drug trade could lead to foriegn companies purchasing products here,taking them back, and recreating them without any form of protection or control.
willie said:What do you think about Georges view on buying our originally developed in the USA drugs from Canada? IMO, for our own protection, was the wrong answer.
SamSpade said:I thought it was a good answer. I saw a news program the other day that investigated Canadian drug sites, and most of them weren't really in Canada AT ALL. They were from some place in West Africa or elsewhere, and they had a Canadian address or website - and that many of the drugs were either not what they purported to be, or they were watered down versions of the real thing - if you paid for 100 mg, maybe you'd get 10 mg. So it is in our best interest to have them checked out.[/QUOTE
That is correct and that is what is giving Canada drugs such a bad rap. Montgomery County, Medicare or any other large buyer will not be dealing (I hope) with anyone but the large reputable distributors. Our FDA is a dragass organization that needs a total overhaul.
willie said:That is correct and that is what is giving Canada drugs such a bad rap. Montgomery County, Medicare or any other large buyer will not be dealing (I hope) with anyone but the large reputable distributors. Our FDA is a dragass organization that needs a total overhaul.
You said the magic word about FDA...SLOW. If you have a fatal disease (Melenoma for example) and there are possible cures in the pipeline and being tested by NIH but only a very select few patients can be included in this test. The test concludes 2 years after your death, now wouldn't that just piss you off just a little? The FDA is too slow to an extreme.SamSpade said:Well then isn't that a good argument for what Bush said? FDA approval may be slow, but there's a lot in approving drugs for human consumption, there's a lot of sites to check, and there's way too much that can come over the border until it can be checked. The Kerry argument seems to be, oh the Republicans just want to be cozy to pharmaceuticals. Now THAT's a lame reply!
However, you did not answer SamSpades' question did you?willie said:You said the magic word about FDA...SLOW. If you have a fatal disease (Melenoma for example) and there are possible cures in the pipeline and being tested by NIH but only a very select few patients can be included in this test. The test concludes 2 years after your death, now wouldn't that just piss you off just a little? The FDA is too slow to an extreme.
We have to get back to the place we were. Where terrorists are not the focus of our lives, but they're a nuisance.
Penn said:However, you did not answer SamSpades' question did you?
The answer that George gave would seem to be a valid one, no? Given the information in the last 6 or 7 replies would tend to bear that out.
Have you been taking Canadian drugs?Tender Vittles said:just no listen to me and gi8ve me bad karma because i stell the truth. Bush lied, 1000 died. Kerry tell the turth.
Tender Vittles said:why you all just pick on democrats? such dittoheads wityhout realizing what good for america. Bush lied, 1000 died.