Re: May I ask some questions?
From: Anonymo (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu Jan 9 22:21:51 2003
Does Europe have an agency equivalent to the FDA? One reason for this
might be that the FDA has to evaluate all new drugs (the ones that are
considered drugs -- they do not consider "herbs" drugs, so these do not
get evaluated at all) before they are approved for use in the U.S.
The FDA can be kind of slow at this (whether they are effective is
another question) because they are totally underfunded and understaffed,
so this can cause a lag in medications being available.
At Thu, 9 Jan 2003, Kimberly wrote:
>
>I have a question, that's not really related directly to the interchange
>below. Do you all think that Europe is ahead of the US in medical terms?
>The reason I ask is because it seems like in the course of me getting
>treatment for a pit tumor, all the "new" meds here have ALWAYS been approved
>and used in Europe for 10 years before I could have the prescribed in the
>US. I've noticed randomly through the years with some prescriptions, in
>particular, that they're available in Europe before here. Any thoughts?
>
>>>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Kristy" <anonymous@obgyn.net>
>To: "Multiple recipients of list ENDO" <anonymous@obgyn.net>
>Sent: Thursday, January 09, 2003 2:07 AM
>Subject: Re: May I ask some questions?
>
>> Anon,
>>
>> I do read articles from the journals which is why I asked. And
>> I'm talking about within the last year. Not something from 3 or
>> 5 years ago.
>>
>> Also the reason I know that the ultrasounds I had didn't show
>> deep disease is b/c they both came back normal.
>>
>> My dr knows exactly what to look for and the tech that did each
>> of these sonos was very good at what they do.
>>
>> Most of those articles are in European Journals which doesn't
>> help me much. I would like to see it in American journals pls.
>> Preferably JAMA and The Green Journal.
>>
>> Several of the articles on your list of references (which I
>> thank you for) are 3 years old and over. That doesn't help me
>> much.
>>
>> Thanks again for your help. It is really appreciated.
>>
>> =====
>> Kristy :)
>>
>> http://www.geocities.com/sokokl/kristyspersonalpage.html
>>
>> For women who are interested in additional support
>
>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Endo_Vulvodynia_PCOS/
>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zoladexforendometriosis/
>>
>> I am a Medical Secretary who does a lot of learning from reading on the
>Net, books, my dr(s), as well as sharing my own personal experiences.
>>
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