Official Takes Risks Warning on Pet Drug

I didn't say OT because Wyeth's fight to keep it's share of the
estrogen market is mentioned as a parallel example to this animal drug
story.

This is a very good weekend read imo -- and scary.

http://www.cumberlink.com/articles/2.../d8ol79og0.txt

>Official Takes Risks Warning on Pet Drug

>By JEFF DONN
>
>Last updated: Saturday, April 21, 2007
>
>BETHESDA, Md. - The first hints of trouble came with vague warnings from
>the outer reaches of the bureaucracy. She was "pushing too hard." She was
>"alarmist."
>
>But it was something else _ a clumsy bid to call her off the scent of the dangerous
>veterinary drug she was tracking _ that really galled her. Maybe that was her last
>possible moment to keep soundless and safe.
>
>"When enough dogs die, this product will take care of itself," a colleague said.
>
>Her reply tumbled out like a boulder that, once rolling, will no longer stop. Victoria
>Hampshire heard herself say: "I don't know what I'm doing here then."
>
>What she was doing _ trying to do, at least _ was her job: She kept count of side
>effects from animal drugs for the Food and Drug Administration. She made tallies,
>analyzed numbers, and alerted supervisors when something seemed amiss


Kathryn

kathryn wrote:
> I didn't say OT because Wyeth's fight to keep it's share of the
> estrogen market is mentioned as a parallel example to this animal drug
> story.
>
> This is a very good weekend read imo -- and scary.
>
> http://www.cumberlink.com/articles/2.../d8ol79og0.txt
>
>> Official Takes Risks Warning on Pet Drug
>
>> By JEFF DONN
>>
>> Last updated: Saturday, April 21, 2007
>>
>> BETHESDA, Md. - The first hints of trouble came with vague warnings from
>> the outer reaches of the bureaucracy. She was "pushing too hard." She was
>> "alarmist."
>>
>> But it was something else _ a clumsy bid to call her off the scent of the dangerous
>> veterinary drug she was tracking _ that really galled her. Maybe that was her last
>> possible moment to keep soundless and safe.
>>
>> "When enough dogs die, this product will take care of itself," a colleague said.
>>
>> Her reply tumbled out like a boulder that, once rolling, will no longer stop. Victoria
>> Hampshire heard herself say: "I don't know what I'm doing here then."
>>
>> What she was doing _ trying to do, at least _ was her job: She kept count of side
>> effects from animal drugs for the Food and Drug Administration. She made tallies,
>> analyzed numbers, and alerted supervisors when something seemed amiss
>
>
> Kathryn



Damn damn damn! In 2003 or 2004 (can't pinpoint it) my dad took
his dog to the vet. She got a heartworm injection. I don't know
what drug. She died on the back seat on the way home. She's not
even counted in the stats. My dad just sucked it up and buried her.
My mother told me "If it had been me i'd have turned the car right
back around and confronted them. But i have to let him do it his way."

Wyeth. Lord God, can we stop the killing without shutting them down?

--
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kathryn wrote:
> I didn't say OT because Wyeth's fight to keep it's share of the
> estrogen market is mentioned as a parallel example to this animal drug
> story.
>
> This is a very good weekend read imo -- and scary.
>
> http://www.cumberlink.com/articles/2.../d8ol79og0.txt
>
>> Official Takes Risks Warning on Pet Drug

Wow. We need more Victoria Hampshires. No wonder the FDA seems
to be bumbling through this pet food contamination debacle -
everyone there must have one eye on his or her ass.

FurPaw

--
My family values don't involve depleted uranium.

To reply, unleash the dog.

On Apr 21, 6:17 pm, nickelshrink <nickelshr...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> kathryn wrote:
> > I didn't say OT because Wyeth's fight to keep it's share of the
> > estrogen market is mentioned as a parallel example to this animal drug
> > story.
>
> > This is a very good weekend read imo -- and scary.
>
> >http://www.cumberlink.com/articles/2.../d8ol79og0.txt
>
> >> Official Takes Risks Warning on Pet Drug
>
> >> By JEFF DONN
>
> >> Last updated: Saturday, April 21, 2007
>
> >> BETHESDA, Md. - The first hints of trouble came with vague warnings from
> >> the outer reaches of the bureaucracy. She was "pushing too hard." She was
> >> "alarmist."
>
> >> But it was something else _ a clumsy bid to call her off the scent of the dangerous
> >> veterinary drug she was tracking _ that really galled her. Maybe that was her last
> >> possible moment to keep soundless and safe.
>
> >> "When enough dogs die, this product will take care of itself," a colleague said.
>
> >> Her reply tumbled out like a boulder that, once rolling, will no longer stop. Victoria
> >> Hampshire heard herself say: "I don't know what I'm doing here then."
>
> >> What she was doing _ trying to do, at least _ was her job: She kept count of side
> >> effects from animal drugs for the Food and Drug Administration. She made tallies,
> >> analyzed numbers, and alerted supervisors when something seemed amiss
>
> > Kathryn
>
> Damn damn damn! In 2003 or 2004 (can't pinpoint it) my dad took
> his dog to the vet. She got a heartworm injection. I don't know
> what drug. She died on the back seat on the way home. She's not
> even counted in the stats. My dad just sucked it up and buried her.
> My mother told me "If it had been me i'd have turned the car right
> back around and confronted them. But i have to let him do it his way."
>
> Wyeth. Lord God, can we stop the killing without shutting them down?

Why, pray tell, would you worry about shutting Wyeth down?

Would you be willing to sacrifice a breast, an ovary, or your life so
that their stock price might tick up a fraction of a point?

Are there enough lampposts in DC to bear the weight of the wholly
owned FDA bureaucrats?

Harpo

FurPaw <furrealpawdog@gmail.com> wrote in
news:Osydnc9V5JBaIrfbnZ2dnUVZ_rzinZ2d@comcast.com:

> Wow. We need more Victoria Hampshires. No wonder the FDA seems
> to be bumbling through this pet food contamination debacle -
> everyone there must have one eye on his or her ass.
>

Don't forget that the pet food companies put most of the vets in the US
through vet school. No way those vets aren't biased toward them.

Chak

--
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