In a few words, a Laval-based pharmaceutical, unhappy with the decision of the US' Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to not approve a new drug used as a treatment against Alzheimer, will now market its drug... as food.
Woah.
Months ago, I've blogged this: Sometimes, I want to scream. You should see the mailbox of my parents (photo on the left). Weeks after weeks, it's an avalanche of miracle cures, for various ailments, from Diabetes to... of course Alzheimer.(Of course, not mentioning "spiritual help", all offering trips to various places. From bucolic Berkshires in a Massachusetts retreat to the Joshuah trees in California, to the French Alps and a meet with the shamans living in the mountains in Peru. It would have been neat if they weren't so heavily into... money. Visa and MasterCard, our new spiritual gurus. :) ).
All these guys follow the same pattern: "They" don't want you to know. "They" don't want you to have access to that miracle cure.
Who are "they" ? Of course, the US' FDA is one such bad villain.
Yesterday, I was floored to see that a locally known pharmaceutical. -with a *good* reputation -, is using the very same argument as these bad guys.
What to think of all that? I don't know...
Sure, a lot can be said about the US' FDA, or here Health Canada / Santé Canada. Somehow, they have been batting well above .500 , so they aren't all _that_ bad.
Rather, in the light of various lawsuits going on against some big pharmaceuticals for some very popular drugs, I think that "they" have let drugs they shouldn't have. So the approval process of a new drug doesn't seem such a formidable hurdle, at first glance.
So, when the FDA turns down a drug on a basis that it's ineffective (which is the case here)... It _really_ has to be ineffective, otherwise they would have approved that drug. That's what I'm thinking.
Bottom line?
It's no party time, having to take care of someone who is Alzheimer. It's a daily pain to see a beloved person slowly fading away, and Alzheimer is one ugly disease, because it affects the very identity of that person.
Have you noticed that it's always against people who are vulnerable... that there are people around, telling you exactly what you want to hear? Even impossible dreams?
So, I'm thinking of... decency? How obscene it is, to fill us with false promises of a better world, in exchange of big lumps of money?
By all means, spare us of all this bullsh*t, good grief. But there isn't a law against that, sadly...
Cheers,
-E
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