Would you like to turn over control of your health and viability – possibly your very longevity – to an understaffed, underfunded government bureaucracy?
Doesn’t appeal to you, does it?
The FDA (U.S. Food & Drug Administration), which if you think about it for a little while, has extraordinary power over your personal well-being – may gain even more dominance over your destiny. The battle for world domination of your body will occur this fall in the august chambers of the U.S. Supreme Court.
The foundation of the legal fight is the Vermont Supreme Court decision in Levine v. Wyeth.
Diana Levine, a professional musician, was treated, in April 2000, for a severe migraine headache and nausea. Staff at the Vermont Health Center injected her with Phenergan, a nausea medication. They used her arm to administer the injection and the outcome was very disastrous: she lost her right arm below the elbow, and left the hospital an amputee.
Levine sued Wyeth, which sells Phenergan, on the basis that the warning label on Phenergan – although it complied with FDA requirements – was inadequate. Levine won a...