> For a drug to be approved by the Food and Drug Administration, it must prove itself better than a placebo, or fake drug.
False, the FDA doesn't actually have any requirement to prove that a treatment is better than placebo. Many trials don't even include a placebo arm, they only compare themselves against existing drugs that were grandfathered into the system without any efficacy testing. Or they compare themselves to inert placebos rather than active ones, even if they are psychoactive drugs. Or they only compare themselves against placebos for a few weeks, even if they are meant to be used for long periods of time.
This is how we have drugs like antidepressants and ADHD drugs on the market even the though research shows they are actually worse than taking no drug at all.
False, the FDA doesn't actually have any requirement to prove that a treatment is better than placebo. Many trials don't even include a placebo arm, they only compare themselves against existing drugs that were grandfathered into the system without any efficacy testing. Or they compare themselves to inert placebos rather than active ones, even if they are psychoactive drugs. Or they only compare themselves against placebos for a few weeks, even if they are meant to be used for long periods of time.
This is how we have drugs like antidepressants and ADHD drugs on the market even the though research shows they are actually worse than taking no drug at all.