From Nature: FDA regulation plays a major role in the functioning of our economy. Trump’s plans to deregulate the FDA will not only put patients at risk, but also waste valuable patient and taxpayer dollars.
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A medical system in which every visit to the doctor can mean you’re an uninformed subject in double-blind drug trial, and you’re paying for the privilege.
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The problem is the FDA has been approving drugs that create the symptoms of the diseases they’re meant to cure for decades. Like the neuroleptics, which create the negative symptoms of “schizophrenia,” via neuroleptic induced deficit syndrome, and the positive symptoms of “schizophrenia,” via anticholinergic toxidrome. So the FDA hasn’t been functioning properly for decades.
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All drugs have adverse effects. In order to decide whether the side effects are worth it you have to know if the drug has a good chance of helping you. For example, chemotherapy can cause death. Why would anyone take that risk for a drug that might provide no benefit? Deregulating the FDA makes us all guinea pigs just like those three women who went blind after (unregulated) stem cell treatment.
