The FDA is considering on bending their rules just a bit allowing non official use of drugs. What that means is that some drugs that are use for specific things like regulating blood pressure could also be use to help other things i.e. lowering cholesterol. FDA is considering allowing pharmaceutical makers to provide doctors with medical journal studies of unapproved uses for drugs, a move critics say would undermine long-standing restrictions on marketing medicines for "off-label" purposes.
Opposing this is Rep Henry A. Waxman. He wrote “"would open the door to abusive marketing practices that will jeopardize safety, undermine public health, and lead to an increase in unapproved uses of powerful drugs," which means that Drug companies wouldn’t research the drugs side affect as much and wouldn’t need the formal FDA approval for that specific study. Example, if a drug helps with depression and FDA approved for that, but also could help with cancer but not FDA approved to help cancer. Doctors could prescribe that medication for cancer but the medication could be flawed since not enough research went into the drug for helping cancer. He believes Drug companies would push Doctors on sales of the product for money.
“To be, or Not to be,” If we go with the Drug companies many known rare diseases could help those that are sick at a much lower cost. But then again how much are we willing to risk on getting better? Either way it’s a fight between money and health. But who’s the real bad guy I wonder? Who’s really trying to help America’s Health? Is it the politician’s who care, or is it the powerful drug companies? Does it even matter as long as we get better? There are many options you can go with, but it all comes down to what you decide.