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Takket

(23,509 posts) Sun Jan 18, 2026, 11:14 AM Sunday

Chair of FDA doesn't think prescriptions should be required for medicine [View all]

Makary: "Why are medications prescription only? If you think about it, if a medication is safe, doesn't require laboratory test monitoring & can't be used in some nefarious way, why do we require a prescription? Most of the world does not do that. There's something magical about price transparency."
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2026-01-18T15:12:26.412Z

We are being driven off a cliff by the dumbest people on Earth.

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Chair of FDA doesn't think prescriptions should be required for medicine [View all] Takket Sunday OP

It is worse then dumb, they are killing people. lostincalifornia Sunday #1

Because drugs are never used in nefarious ways. milestogo Sunday #2

And he's an MD!!!! NM. Grins Sunday #3

More illogical and magical thinking. Sure, people will always do the right thing on their own. dutch777 Sunday #4

Let's put the Coca back in Coca-Cola. NT mahatmakanejeeves Sunday #5

It's In There Now ProfessorGAC Sunday #21

Fuck. Aristus Sunday #6

Yup..MRSA on steroids Rowdyag Sunday #11

Well ..... Mossfern Sunday #14

NEXT: Trump issues executive order to close all medical schools. dalton99a Sunday #7

No issues with a whole host of safe medications JCMach1 Sunday #8

yeah, asthma inhalers is a big pet peeve of mine. mopinko Sunday #17

Any medication can be used incorrectly. AllyCat Sunday #9

Good grief - does the idiocy have no bottom? Disaffected Sunday #10

Short Answer: No NotHardly Sunday #12

And the quacks would be ecstatic. Disaffected Sunday #15

Thin the herd HAB911 Sunday #13

Great! Give me my opiods!!! Coventina Sunday #16

Sure, I'll just go in and get some oxy. iemanja Sunday #18

A prescription if nothing else is a record. haele Sunday #19

It works well Greg_In_SF Sunday #20