11 California Seniors Denied Access to Life-sustaining Drugs

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11 California Seniors Denied Access to Life-sustaining Drugs in FDA Seizure of Prescriptions at LAX

Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) February 25, 2005 -- Only a week after a panel appointed by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recommended allowing the sale of known potentially harmful pain-relieving drugs as an ‘acceptable risk’, the agency seized a shipment of life-sustaining drugs, including Lipitor, a cholesterol-lowering prescription, intended for delivery to 11 California senior citizens. The seizure took place at Los Angeles Airport.

The shipment came from a licensed pharmacy in another country. An FDA spokesperson said the reason for the seizure was that the drugs were ‘misbranded’ and ‘unapproved,’ although all Lipitor is manufactured at FDA-approved facilities outside the U.S. by Pfizer, Inc.

Pfizer has been a leader in moves to restrict the access of Americans to prescriptions from any source other than US pharmacies, where prices are up to 60 percent higher than other countries.

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In a prepared statement, a spokesperson for the seniors noted that it was ironic that while the FDA was willing to cite an ‘acceptable risk’ for such drugs as Celebrex (also manufactured by Pfizer) and Vioxx (Merck), it continues its attack upon American seniors with actions such as the California seizure of proven-safe and important drugs, a move than that can adversely affect the health and even the lives of the 11 seniors.

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http://www.prweb.com/releases/2005/2/prweb212429.htm

[LynnTheDem]

1. Money for big biz is #1in America. People's lives don't matter. As Jesus

always preached, "worship money".

[Robert Oak]

2. this one really spells it out

"free trade" except when it affects us, chant the corporations.

Welcome to the police state. We can ship your job overseas
but it's a crime to try to get drugs you can actually afford.

[Megahurtz]

3. Police State is right.

:(

[struggle4progress]

4. kick