Pat Oliphant for February 25, 2005
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F.D.A. Advisory Panel: These pain-killers of ours are highly effective - it's just that they can cause heart attacks, is all...And if we're forced off the market, it would sink us on the stock exchange. There are side effects with every medication. Quite right - we musn't have an adverse effect on commerce. I see no real correlation with heart attacks anyway (when prescribed with caution, of course). What the hell, nurse, give him the pill. Nurse: Pain-killer time. Open. Patient: Is this safe. Really...? Punk: Would the FDA lie to you?