After transhumanism, here comes transanimalism.
I understand one may really like its dog/cat/... but, why not just accept time passes ?
(I've lost a goldfish and I was not happy, proper burial helped a lot)
Anti-aging drug for dogs moves closer to gaining FDA approval
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Re: Anti-aging drug for dogs moves closer to gaining FDA approval
#32After transhumanism, here comes transanimalism. I understand one may really like its dog/cat/... but, why not just accept time passes ? (I've lost a goldfish and I was not happy, proper burial helped a lot)
Time passes far too fast for dogs. Many do not even make it to 10.
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#33Do we really need to be using up government resources doing drug approvals for dogs? It takes so long to get human drugs approved. Let's use the resources there and let the market sort out what works for animals.
Well, as COVID proved, whatever drugs get made for animals will one day be consumed by idiots. Why argue against approving veterinary drugs, when you could argue for greater resources to be committed?
It seems you were subject to disinformation. Ivermectin is approved for human use and widely prescribed by doctors.
Re: Anti-aging drug for dogs moves closer to gaining FDA approval
#34After transhumanism, here comes transanimalism. I understand one may really like its dog/cat/... but, why not just accept time passes ? (I've lost a goldfish and I was not happy, proper burial helped a lot)
Comparing a family dog to a goldfish is such utter nonsense that you have to be a troll.
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I'm not sure what your comment is doing on Hacker News.
Re: Anti-aging drug for dogs moves closer to gaining FDA approval
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#37Earlier quoted context omitted.
How would you let the market sort out what works in terms of life-extension drugs? How would you measure that without well-structured trials? People love their dogs and are willing to spend large amounts of money on them - how do you prevent people from selling them snake oil? On top of that, we're talking about the first-ever drug approved solely for the purpose of life extension - yes it's in dogs, but it's a topic…
I propose treating all animal medication as supplements. Safety (including safety when consumed as food for livestock medications) is required but not efficacy. And given the fact that people have the legal authority to euthanize their pets on demand, it seems pretty silly that we are spending millions of dollars in taxpayer money ensuring they don't get fed snake oil.
That doesn't really follow. I have the legal authority to pay a junk yard to smash my car into a tiny cube, but that doesn't mean I shouldn't be protected from auto body shops selling me fake repairs and non-functional parts.
Re: Anti-aging drug for dogs moves closer to gaining FDA approval
#38Earlier quoted context omitted.
Well, as COVID proved, whatever drugs get made for animals will one day be consumed by idiots. Why argue against approving veterinary drugs, when you could argue for greater resources to be committed?
That stuff was already approved for human use since 1980 and has safety data for a billion plus doses. Nobel Prize awarded for it too.
It didn't have many studies on the dose schedules being reccommended.
Re: Anti-aging drug for dogs moves closer to gaining FDA approval
#39Earlier quoted context omitted.
How would you let the market sort out what works in terms of life-extension drugs? How would you measure that without well-structured trials? People love their dogs and are willing to spend large amounts of money on them - how do you prevent people from selling them snake oil? On top of that, we're talking about the first-ever drug approved solely for the purpose of life extension - yes it's in dogs, but it's a topic…
I propose treating all animal medication as supplements. Safety (including safety when consumed as food for livestock medications) is required but not efficacy. And given the fact that people have the legal authority to euthanize their pets on demand, it seems pretty silly that we are spending millions of dollars in taxpayer money ensuring they don't get fed snake oil.
The people benefiting from from these millions are tax payers just like you. You may have differing priorities but that in no way gives you the right to decide what public money is spent on. You're expressing a very self-centered view. Try to step outside your own needs for a moment and understand that everyone has their own rich lives, desires, and needs and that they are all just as valid as yours are.
Re: Anti-aging drug for dogs moves closer to gaining FDA approval
#40So the goal is to make big dogs live longer... by reducing the hormone that makes them big? Couldn't we just adopt healthier, proportional, longer lived dogs? Or do people just really want to see how miserable a 15 year old Great Dane would be?
Until you’ve owned a Great Dane and see how much joy they bring you and your family, I don’t think you could understand why there is a desire to help their longevity.