"NPR had a story last night on this issue." I heard it, too. Where would we be without NPR? Imagine if our only news sources were commercial (sorry to digress).

"It is clear that the FDA, first and foremost, wants to protect big pharma block-busters. It's a total, shameful hoax perpetrated by the Federal-Pharmaceutical consortium and they should be ashamed." I couldn't agree more, fellow curmudgeon. We do have a choice in November. I know Kerry won't institute all of the consumer protections Ralph Nader would, but what we have now is the most big-business-friendly administration in history! Between scratching big pharma's back and pandering to the right-wing "War on Drugs" types, OP/IOP users like us are in the crosshairs. Meanwhile, funding for public health plummets. Sorry, I don't mean to make this thread so political, but this really gets me angry.

Sabine