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SHRED

(28,136 posts) Thu Aug 6, 2015, 11:56 AM Aug 2015

FDA hand-in-hand with big pharma? [View all]

My wife went to order her thyroid medicine from the Canadian pharmacy she uses. Canada is the only country who has the desiccated thyroid medicine that works for her and at way less cost.
Anyway...she was told that they no longer accept Visa or MasterCard due to the FDA intimidation of these companies. They still accept American Express but who knows for how long and we don't have that card.
She sent them a check.

Now what's up with the FDA?
Would I be a conspiracy therorist to deduct that they are apparently working to keep customers in the high priced USA market?

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FDA hand-in-hand with big pharma? [View all] SHRED Aug 2015 OP

The FDA works via an act of congress. longship Aug 2015 #1

Big pharma! zappaman Aug 2015 #2

The revolving door between industry and government makes it highly plausible. GoneFishin Aug 2015 #3

watch the documentary "Burzynski" (link provided) Nevada Blue Aug 2015 #4

No, no one should watch that. Absolutely no one Godhumor Aug 2015 #7

seriously? Nevada Blue Aug 2015 #10

Seriously, and it is not just what I think of Burzynski Godhumor Aug 2015 #12

yes - have read scienceblog - also several other articles Nevada Blue Aug 2015 #13

And because "she was told" it was the FDA, then that is true jberryhill Aug 2015 #5

Hmm. Interesting. blue neen Aug 2015 #9

FDA is very wary of desiccated thyroid due to the inability to control the levels of T3 and T4 Godhumor Aug 2015 #6

Revolving door works for Wall Street. Octafish Aug 2015 #8

Desiccated thyroid is not recognized by the AMA as a treatment for hypothyroid (or anything) Recursion Aug 2015 #11