Tainted Steroid Injections And Public Health
http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2012-10-10/tainted-steroid-injections-and-public-health
12 people have died and 121 in 10 states are sick with a rare form of fungal meningitis. The outbreak has been linked to tainted steroid injections used to treat back and neck pain. In all about 13,000 people in 23 states may have been exposed, and for many it’s now a waiting game to see if symptoms develop. An investigation is underway into how and why these contaminated medications were produced and distributed. Please join us to discuss drug manufacturing and public health
Guests
Denise Grady
reporter, New York Times
David Miller
executive vice president, International Academy of Compounding Pharmacists
Dr. Michael Carome
deputy director, health research group Public Citizen
Dr. John Dombrowski
medical director, Washington Pain Center
Jeffrey Gibbs
attorney in private practice, Hyman, Phelps and McNamara
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The Tea Partiers would, of course, tell us "We don't need no stinkin' regulations!". We should toughen up, collect our own pharmaceuticals in the woods, grind our own pills and inject ourselves with whatever we please....as long as it's not something they don't approve of.
@AdrienneWyker wrote:
"Can we expect more of these types of events in the case of a Romney presidency?"
The answer would seem to be NO for now and perhaps YES at some future date if that sounds better to the electorate; and he doesn't remember what he said previously on this topic, but he still stands behind what he said before.
Not all compounding pharmacies are the same:
http://www.efn.org/~hkrieger/j0302.jpg
from the series, "Junction City Junction"
http://www.efn.org/~hkrieger/junction.htm
Not Romney but actually the Obama administration recently supported covering a compounded drug for preterm births over the FDA approved one because the compounders make it cheaper. Forget the fact an FDA approved drug has to go through testing and comply with good manufacturing practices which all costs much more money than setting up shop in a pharmacy.....