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This is part of the cover up. The FDA is for all intents and purposes a subsidiary to the pharmaceutical companies and the pharmaceutical companies do not want records kept of how many people die and are disabled by the disease. The drug in question is Lamictal, one of a number of drugs that cause this toxic allergy, and the disease is Stevens Johnson Syndrome and in severe cases Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis. The drug companies say it is very rare, statistics are not kept and then the drug companies say they are not culpable for any damage because all doctors should know how to identify and treat it. Often the cause of death will be listed as sepsis or pneumonia not the root disease. The diagnosis is missed by doctors initially virtually 100 percent of the time. The NY Times did an article about diagnosis but did not mention that the drug companies are fighting tooth and claw to keep the true symptoms of the illness off the warning labels for fear that consumers might be dissuaded from taking these dangerous drugs.

Let's be honest here, congressmen are generally in the pocket of the drug companies. There are 3 pharma lobbyists for each congressman and the largesse they throw around makes congress a non-factor regarding dangerous medications.