The Food and Drug Administration has an enormous responsibility to protect consumers.
It reviews new drugs and has the authority to pull drugs that could harm people from the market .
But the FDA might not be living up to the standards necessary to protect consumers.
According to a study by the Government Accountability Office, an investigative branch of Congress, the FDA is sometimes not quick enough in responding to safety issues in drugs on the market.
The study also claims the FDA lacks an effective process for making decisions about and providing management oversight of safety issues for drugs on the market.
The report was requested by Congress after the FDA was criticized for not acting more quickly on the drug Vioxx, which has been shown to increase the rate of strokes and heart attacks after long-term use.
The report also states Congress needs to give the FDA the authority to make drug companies conduct studies of drugs on the market when additional data is needed.
The relationship between people and the medications they take is such an important and intricate one that the FDA needs to be involved with.
The FDA is under pressure from drug companies that want to release their drugs, which could benefit people and make a lot of money.
The FDA is also under the public's pressure to get drugs that could help people out on the market.
In that rush, drugs can make it into stores and people's medicine cabinets quickly.
That's why it's important for the FDA to act as quickly as it can to investigate serious drug complications.
It needs to carefully monitor the effects of drugs it's approving for the market.
It should also have the authority to make drug companies conduct studies on drugs on the market if there have been reports of dangerous side effects.
Drug companies have the responsibility to make sure the drugs they are making and selling are as safe as possible.
It's the FDA's job to monitor these companies and make sure the drugs we're bringing home aren't lethal.
As consumers, we should all be making careful decisions about what drugs we put in our bodies.
But the FDA needs to make sure it's making sure these drugs are safe in the first place.
