When the FDA, AMA, or FTC says a medical treatment or drug is effective and safe, or ineffective and dangerous, aren't they usually correct in their statements?

No. These organizations have repeatedly said that thousands of drugs are safe and effective. Later, these drugs, like Vioxx, need to be pulled off the market because so many people are dying or developing major medical conditions. The FDA's history of emphatically claiming a drug is safe, then pulling it off the market because it becomes proven to be unsafe, is full of thousands of such cases. Whistle- blowers who work for the FDA claim that the FDA's statements of safety and effectiveness of surgical procedures can never be trusted. Conversely, when the FDA says that something is not effective and unsafe, they are often proven in court to be lying or making such statements without any substantiation or documentation. There are hundreds of examples where courts have proven that the FDA and various medical boards make statements claiming that certain natural products and procedures are dangerous when there is absolutely no substantiation. Statements made by the AMA, FDA, FTC, and ...  more