Zantac’s maker kept quiet about cancer risks for 40 years
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Zantac’s maker kept quiet about cancer risks for 40 years
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Re: Zantac’s maker kept quiet about cancer risks for 40 years
#2Of course they did. People wouldn't buy their shit if they'd said it'd give you cancer.
Oh wait. Maybe they would. everything gives you cancer now, doesn't it?
Re: Zantac’s maker kept quiet about cancer risks for 40 years
#3what's crazy to me is how terrible of a track record big pharma has in being even moderately uncorrupted, and yet when it comes to vaccines, sprinkle in a bit of fear and suddenly we're supposed to trust their studies and superbowl commercials.
Re: Zantac’s maker kept quiet about cancer risks for 40 years
#4Of course they did. People wouldn't buy their shit if they'd said it'd give you cancer. Oh wait. Maybe they would. everything gives you cancer now, doesn't it?
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Re: Zantac’s maker kept quiet about cancer risks for 40 years
#5Interesting counterpoint is that a judge recently lambasted the entire body of scientific evidence linking ranitidine (Zantac) to cancer and tossed all the cases.
https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/judge-dismisses-ranitidi...
If they could find a way to ensure the impurity didn’t exist, I would certainly buy ranitidine again. I found it was the most effective antacid for me.
Re: Zantac’s maker kept quiet about cancer risks for 40 years
#6what's crazy to me is how terrible of a track record big pharma has in being even moderately uncorrupted, and yet when it comes to vaccines, sprinkle in a bit of fear and suddenly we're supposed to trust their studies and superbowl commercials.
Except we aren't just trusting the pharma companies. In the case of COVID vaccines, it is one of the most broadly studied things on the planet at this point.
If we had this much money and this many eyes on studying and testing Zantac, I have no doubt they wouldn't have been able to keep the cancer risks secret.
Re: Zantac’s maker kept quiet about cancer risks for 40 years
#7what's crazy to me is how terrible of a track record big pharma has in being even moderately uncorrupted, and yet when it comes to vaccines, sprinkle in a bit of fear and suddenly we're supposed to trust their studies and superbowl commercials.
Except we aren't just trusting the pharma companies. In the case of COVID vaccines, it is one of the most broadly studied things on the planet at this point. If we had this much money and this many eyes on studying and testing Zantac, I have no doubt they wouldn't have been able to keep the cancer risks secret.
What risks have all those studies found in COVID vaccines?
Re: Zantac’s maker kept quiet about cancer risks for 40 years
#8Interesting counterpoint is that a judge recently lambasted the entire body of scientific evidence linking ranitidine (Zantac) to cancer and tossed all the cases. https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/judge-dismisses-ranitidi... If they could find a way to ensure the impurity didn’t exist, I would certainly buy ranitidine again. I found it was the most effective antacid for me.
Judges: people who are famously experts in pharmacology
Re: Zantac’s maker kept quiet about cancer risks for 40 years
#9Earlier quoted context omitted.
Except we aren't just trusting the pharma companies. In the case of COVID vaccines, it is one of the most broadly studied things on the planet at this point. If we had this much money and this many eyes on studying and testing Zantac, I have no doubt they wouldn't have been able to keep the cancer risks secret.
What risks have all those studies found in COVID vaccines?
Extremely low instances of complications. The same complications exist in far higher rates with COVID itself.
Re: Zantac’s maker kept quiet about cancer risks for 40 years
#10what's crazy to me is how terrible of a track record big pharma has in being even moderately uncorrupted, and yet when it comes to vaccines, sprinkle in a bit of fear and suddenly we're supposed to trust their studies and superbowl commercials.
Except we aren't just trusting the pharma companies. In the case of COVID vaccines, it is one of the most broadly studied things on the planet at this point. If we had this much money and this many eyes on studying and testing Zantac, I have no doubt they wouldn't have been able to keep the cancer risks secret.
Exactly. COVID vaccines are the most studied medical treatment in the world. No one is asking you to blindly trust anyone, but if you are going to question something, be aware of the amount of work being done to either prove or disprove claims.