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[-] chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago

You really want Doug Ford to decide what and who can be eligible for what treatments, only to have it overturned by the next premier?

No, the total opposite. I think the government regulation of medicine should be limited to ensuring a drug’s safety, but not efficacy. This was the regime we had decades ago that gave us some of the most useful medications we still have, such as NSAIDs, antibiotics, and many vaccines.

Let me, an individual, decide (along with my doctor) which drugs I should or shouldn’t be taking.

[-] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago

but not efficacy

that's how you get snake oil

[-] jerkface@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 days ago
[-] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

you make an adulterous and valid point. godsdamn curing ourselves by poisoning ourselves to death.

[-] jerkface@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 days ago

Actually, I was referring to how efficacy is not part of the evaluation criteria for chemo drugs.

https://nutritionfacts.org/video/how-effective-is-chemotherapy/

[-] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

Oh that's a better point. Thanks dude. Any opportunity to learn.

[-] chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

Plenty of that out there already, see the supplements category.

What removal of efficacy requirements does in reality is open the door to a lot more off label use.

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