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May 22, 2007
Antiemetic suppositories deemed ineffective
The FDA is on a tear. They have apparently decided that there is no evidence for the effectiveness of trimethobenzamide suppositories. We have been using it for decades. Two million prescriptions a year are written for it. Before 1962, drugs only had to be proven safe, not effective.
How much money has been wasted? (At $3 a pop, maybe $60 million a year.)
How many more will get the knife?
How many that are "proven effective" really do not produce meaningful improvement in a patient's health?
poor efficacy | By Robert Maddox | 07:52 PM