The Online Pharmacy Boom and the Food and Drug Administration

03.01.2010 | Author: Deepak Shrivastava | Posted in Health

The United States Federal Food and Drug Administration is one of the most ridiculous government agency ever created. The regulatory agency aims to protect Americans from harmful substances, regulate the so-called harmful substances, and makes sure that the people are well-protected. While the intentions may sound good, the agency created a generation of people dependent on it.

Doctors and medical practitioners have to follow the strict FDA guidelines when it comes to prescribing medicine, what medicine to prescribe given a condition and a set of symptoms, and pharmacists have to double check prescription medicines before issuing them to their customers. If the FDA approves the patented version of Finasteride as a cure against male pattern baldness, then doctors should follow.

Instead of doing an extensive research, the public would just check the FDA seal. Certain compounds while they are readily available cannot be used for treatment because the FDA thinks that these substances are harmful. Marijuana, for one, has suffered negative publicity issued by the government regulatory agency despite the fact that its medicinal uses have been proven.

The Online Pharmacy market is under heavy attack from the FDA, the big pharmaceutical industries, medical communities and the drug suppliers. The mainstream media is not even fair as it brands generic products as dangerous and harmful. While it is true that the very existence of the market is harmful for the huge industries, generic does not mean adulterated or fake. These medicines are produced by manufacturers without patent rights but such manufacturers follow the exact chemical composition of the patent versions.

If the chemical formula is 1-[4-ethoxy-3-(6,7-dihydro-1-methyl-7-oxo-3-propyl-1H-pyrazolo[4,3-d]pyrimidin-5-yl) phenylsulfonyl]-4-methylpiperazine citrate, then the generic manufacturers should also make the same. Thus, when you Buy Viagra Online, you are assured that the pills are the same as the ones created by Pfizer. One obvious flaw in the American drug regulatory agency is the lengthy approval and bureaucratic processes.

Small drug manufacturers could not enter the playing field because they several million dollars for their lengthy clinical trials and to meet the testing standards imposed by the regulatory agency. Only the big pharmaceutical industries can conduct and fund such tests.

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