I hate the medical profession

[Happy Monkey]

Originally Posted by Nirvana

Vioxx?

A failure of the system doesn't make the lack of any system into a virtue.

Vioxx was removed from the market after fraud was discovered in its clinical trials, and after further studies found more risk.

Would it have been better if they had put it on the market without clinical trials? And never did any further studies to assess risk after the fact?

Isn't that the problem?

Yes; that's why you should err on the side of the treatments that are required to do the testing despite the cost. Occasional failures in testing are better than never testing and ignoring any testing that does occur.

BTW I do not own alternatives they are not "mine" I prefer a mix of the available information.

I was unclear; the "your" in that sentence was intended to be from the perspective of the alternative medication provider.