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Antivirals and immunologics are the most expensive drugs in the United States

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Antivirals and immunologics are the most expensive drugs in the United States.  Unfortunately, the people who need these drugs the most belong to demographics that cannot access or afford these medicines. Watch the movie, Dallas Buyer's Club starring Matthew McConaughey. This movie tells a story about how one man created a group to help people access medication that was not readily available or FDA approved. 

 

As a public health professional, we are supposed to support the FDA, CDC and other health-related government agencies which can make our career morally complicated.

 

QUESTIONS:

1. Explain in great detail why you think what the Dallas Buyer's Club did was right or wrong.

2. Do you think it's OK for terminally ill people to take non-FDA approved medications?  Why or Why not?  

3. Why do you think the FDA has such tight restrictions on experimental medications? 

4. Do you think these rules should change? Why?