Posted by Chairman_MAO on June 20, 2005, at 15:42:06
In reply to Re: F****NG FDA » lotus, posted by KaraS on June 19, 2005, at 3:14:50
This is just like how the methadone companies lobbied to keep buprenorphine from being approved for opioid dependence, as it could be used as a take-home med with fewer restrictions. It also is a a safer drug with fewer side effects, etc. That lobby coupled with the vicious puritain "addicts must suffer" mentality resulted in buprenorphine being stalled as a treatment for god knows how many years.
Land of the free! Wheeee!
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