X-Message-Number: 19224
From: "John de Rivaz" <>
Subject: FDA Rejects Medication That Attacks Cold Viruses  
Date: Fri, 7 Jun 2002 12:11:39 +0100

From Infobeat:
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FDA Rejects Medication That Attacks Cold Viruses:

The quest for a cure to the common cold suffered a setback Wednesday when
the Food and Drug Administration refused to approve what would have been the
first prescription medication for the 1 billion cases of sniffles that
Americans suffer each year. The drug, Pleconaril, brand-name Picovir,
directly attacks the viruses that cause colds as opposed to over-the-counter
drugs that just treat symptoms. The FDA said the drug's potential side
effects - most notably, cutting the effectiveness of birth control pills -
make it unacceptable to treat what is mostly a nuisance illness rather than
a serious medical condition.
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What they have missed, or preferred not to mention to the US electorate, is
the fact that colds **do** kill some elderly people. If a virus killing drug
was used by the public in general, surely the spread of viruses would be
reduced and therefore less older people contaminated with them.



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