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From the little research conducted thus far, two drugs—which use a synthetic version of the main active ingredient in marijuana—have been approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and are currently on the U.S. market. Yet there are hundreds of other compounds in botanical, or smoked, marijuana; their effects have never been fully explored. Until they are, the government’s assertion that marijuana does not have a legitimate medical use rests on faulty conclusions...
...often the FDA airs its dirty laundry in public, but when it does, boy, watch out! Appearing before a Senate committee last week, Dr. David Graham, an FDA safety officer, testified that there are five drugs on the market that he had serious concerns about--and then, in a rare display of FDA indiscretion, he actually named them. Other agency officials quickly took issue with the assessment, and the next day the FDA released a statement declaring that all five drugs are quite "safe and effective." But anyone on one of the medications is bound to be confused. What...
ACCUTANE This drug works wonders for severe acne when all else fails. Doctors have long known, however, that Accutane (generic name: isotretinoin) can cause birth defects in pregnant women. Indeed, the drug comes with a black-box warning, the strongest available to the FDA, to that effect. But each year several women still become pregnant while...
BEXTRA Like the other COX-2 pain relievers, Pfizer's Bextra doesn't work any better than Advil but may be easier on the stomach. Reports suggest Bextra may sometimes cause blood-pressure problems; Pfizer is working with the FDA to get to the bottom of the matter...
...lens, which treats nearsightedness too severe for laser surgery to fix. The lens is implanted between the cornea and the iris through a 6-mm incision. If there are complications (infection, cataracts), it can be removed. A competing implantable lens, the Visian ICL, developed by Staar Surgical, still awaits FDA approval...