Comments on: More FDA shenanigans http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/07/31/more-fda-shenanigans/ I am an astronomer, writer, and skeptic. I likes reality the way it is, and I aims to keep it that way. My real name is Phil Plait, and I run the Bad Astronomy blog. Mon, 09 Nov 2009 04:52:03 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Sue Mitchell http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/07/31/more-fda-shenanigans/comment-page-1/#comment-18133 Sue Mitchell Tue, 01 Aug 2006 16:29:38 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/07/31/more-fda-shenanigans/#comment-18133 An American friend was recently prescribed meds for her allergic rhinitis. One of the possible side-effects listed on the bottle was... ...rhinitis. ::facepalm:: -- An American friend was recently prescribed meds for her allergic rhinitis. One of the possible side-effects listed on the bottle was…

…rhinitis. ::facepalm::
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]]> By: bassmanpete http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/07/31/more-fda-shenanigans/comment-page-1/#comment-18134 bassmanpete Tue, 01 Aug 2006 11:39:12 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/07/31/more-fda-shenanigans/#comment-18134 Shawn S., I know from personal experience that SOME alt meds ARE better. Do you really think that pharmaceutical companies are any different from, for example, tobacco companies, when it comes to selling their products? Shawn S., I know from personal experience that SOME alt meds ARE better. Do you really think that pharmaceutical companies are any different from, for example, tobacco companies, when it comes to selling their products?

]]> By: Shawn S. http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/07/31/more-fda-shenanigans/comment-page-1/#comment-18135 Shawn S. Mon, 31 Jul 2006 23:54:18 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/07/31/more-fda-shenanigans/#comment-18135 Great, yet more reasons for people to think alt meds are better. :( Great, yet more reasons for people to think alt meds are better. :(

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