The US Government is going to confiscate your meds sent from overseas! Fall is in the US, but as you were enjoying your summer, it happened in a flash: last July, President Obama signed into law the FDA Safety and Innovation Act (S. 3187). And that Act includes a section that might negatively affect your life…
Good or interesting news is kinda slack right now. But last week, the ombudsman of the FDA's Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER), came out with their 2009 report that I found interesting. The Ombudsman are those who receive and impartially look at any communications from patients to the FDA about medications. On the…
In case you are interested, the following represents Phase 3 of the FDA Transparency Initiative, which could end up benefiting thyroid patients as we deal with the upcoming clinical trials for natural desiccated thyroid. The links at the bottom give more understanding, as well. For Immediate Release: March 12, 2010 FDA Task Force Seeks Public…
(This post garnered a lot of attention, up to FIFTY comments just a few hours after it went up. People are very interested in sharing their experiences in coping with the shortages! See below and add your own.) This year will go down in history as shockingly miserable for enlightened thyroid patients on natural desiccated…
As a thyroid patient who was profoundly harmed by the use of Synthroid and Levoxyl in the treatment of my hypothyroidism, and as an activist who sees this same harmful truth with potentially millions of other patients, I find this recent news interesting. But you gotta wonder if they will be wearing noise reduction headsets…