[conservatism_IS_compassion]

The use of Viagra in babies highlights the problem that of giving drugs approved for adults to children. Very few drugs are tested on babies and children because it is not cost-effective for the pharmaceutical companies and parents are often reluctant to put their children in clinical trials for an untested treatment.

It also highlights the fact that lack of FDA approval doesn't prove that a therapy does not work--and that

"Desperate ills are by desperate measures cured, or not at all."

And that throws the liberal "zero risk" conceit into a cocked hat.

[Steve Eisenberg]

that throws the liberal "zero risk" conceit into a cocked hat

I am glad to see here the idea the "zero risk" is a liberal concept, since I some other threads I had seen FR'ers taking when seemed to me extremely risk-adverse positions. Although medicine should be "evidence based" as much as possible, a doctor could not stay in business if he only did what was exhaustively proven.

How about this one? People are not willing to be, to some extent, experimental subjects, hardly deserve to benefit from the sacrifices of past human experimental subjects.

[Steve Eisenberg]

The grammar of my last post was so hideous that I will try again.

that throws the liberal "zero risk" conceit into a cocked hat

I'm glad to see here the idea that "zero risk" is a liberal concept. Although medicine should be evidence-based as much as possible, a doctor could not stay in business if he only said and did what was exhaustively proven to work.

How about this one? People unwilling to be, to some extent, experimental subjects, hardly deserve to benefit from the sacrifices of past human experimental subjects.

[Kermit]

Basically, you can't test drugs on babies or children, just imagine the lawsuits.