FDA Approved Hundreds of Drugs Without Evidence They Work. Many Are Dangerous.

FDA Approved Hundreds of Drugs Without Evidence They Work. Many Are Dangerous.

Patients serve as the unwitting guinea pigs — with very real consequences.

Why knowing which hemophilia treatments don’t work is valuable

I groggily sat up in the hospital bed, sipped some water, and stared into the distance. Suddenly, a nurse pointed at my gown and shouted, “You’re bleeding!” But I’d taken so many painkillers that I barely reacted. This was 2003, when I had laparoscopic surgery to treat endometriosis. Doctors had approached me as a carrier of hemophilia, rather than a hemophilia patient, and the plan didn’t work. I don’t remember how the bleeding stopped, but I d…