"F.D.A. Backtracks And Returns Drug To Market"

[Rachel]

The FDA posted this statement today regarding midodrine:

http://www.fda.gov/Drugs/DrugSafety/ucm225444.htm

[Noreen]

The FDA posted this statement today regarding midodrine:

http://www.fda.gov/Drugs/DrugSafety/ucm225444.htm

That is a very well prepared statement.

In my last letter to the FDA and elected officials, I focused heavily on the cost to the American taxpayer for all the dialysis patients, the patients that would have to go into a nursing home paid for by Medicare and the fact that the gov't was paying for the studies run by the VA.

Of course, it was late and I was mad so I also mentioned that the decision to choose midodrine as the first drug to pull was suspect since the retired director of the FDA Clinical Division is Medical Director for the company putting out the next drug in the pipeline.

I actually think the elected officials listened and communicated with the FDA.