[Lani]

PS There is something called "post-marketing research" that drug companies are required to carry out once they get FDA approval for their drug. As far as I can see there don't seem to be a lot of penalties carried out if it is not vigorously pursued. This requirement is in place so that, as the drug is used in many more people than received it during the clinical trials, they become aware of problems they didn't see in the larger study, especially if it is found in subgroups of patients not widely represented in the trials.

It took EONs before they found out black people did not respond to antihypertensive drugs the same as non-black people.

This part of the FDA requirement depends on doctors to let the drug companies or FDA know and for the drug companies to compile the figures and make them known.

Do any of your doctors send your complaints on?

I am asking this rather naively, as I really don't know how this works in reality. That was the reason I started that now long thread. Please remember to add to it--it might prove usefull for someone WHO IS LOOKING
someday.

THanks