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This is the reason I have a big problem with just about every new pharmaceutical advancement that comes along. They don't test them well enough...
Stuff like Lasik eye surgery and Viagra are so common nowadays, but no one has any idea what the long term side effects could be because there isn't anyone around that has been on Viagra for 30 years or had laser eye surgery done a long time ago.
Just look at Vioxx. That was being handed out like candy for the last 10 years and just now they realize that it might have some bad side effects. For all the money shelled out for perscriptions and pharmaceuticals and minor medical procedures, you would think the companies would take the time to make sure they've got it right. But they don't. It's all about money.
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