what is the FDA responsible for?

The FDA, an agency within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, protects the public health by assuring the safety, effectiveness, and security of human and veterinary drugs, vaccines and other biological products for human use, and medical devices. The agency also is responsible for the safety and security of our nation’s food supply, cosmetics, dietary supplements, products that give off electronic radiation, and for regulating tobacco products.

What is the FDA doing to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic?

FDA staff are working around the clock to support development of medical countermeasures and are providing regulatory advice, guidance, and technical assistance to advance the development and availability of vaccines, therapies, diagnostic tests and other medical devices for use diagnosing, treating, and preventing this novel virus. The FDA continues to monitor the human and animal food supply and take swift action on fraudulent COVID-19 products.

When should you take a new drug approved by the FDA?

Advice to readers: Experienced, independent physicians recommend not to take a new drug approved by the FDA until it is out for 7 years, unless you have to, so that evidence can accumulate about its real harms and benefits. 10

Why can’t we trust the FDA?

New FDA policies are likely to increase the epidemic of harms. This will increase costs for insurers but increase revenues for providers. This evidence indicates why we can no longer trust the FDA to carry out its historic mission to protect the public from harmful and ineffective drugs.

Why does the FDA keep advocating for unproven Alzheimer’s drugs?

The main reason for advocating approvals of drugs for an unproven need with unproven benefits, these FDA officials explain, is that companies cannot find effective drugs for overt Alzheimer’s. Their drug-candidates have failed again and again in trials.

When can you prescribe your own treatment?

Whenever a patient suffers from a vague infirmity like fatigue, headache, irritability, decreased memory, low sex drive, or weight gain, you can simply prescribe your own, unique treatment. If any of the fleeting symptoms resolve themselves (as they are sure to do), you can take credit! That’s exactly what E. Dennis Wilson did back in 1990.