In a few decades, the government goes from protecting you from a fake drug that could kill you to keeping you from helpful drugs because they might make you want to exercise less. Because you're too stupid to make your own decisions.
Let this be the government's character note.
Update: More on that thought here.
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Maybe I read it wrong, but the author seems to be saying it's the doctors and Big Pharma that are causing all the problems. FDA is just the instrument.
No, I think you just didn't read the whole article.
The statin hearings were rife with contempt for consumers. The committee discussion veered from a study of the risks and benefits of Mevacor to the question of whether Americans were responsible enough to follow directions. A number of doctors fretted that over-the-counter statins would turn even more Americans into trans-fat-scarfing, exercise-eschewing gluttons. Frank Davidoff, a member of the advisory committee, echoed many of the other panelists when he predicted, "There may very, very well be people in the general public who begin to use over-the-counter statins who, in fact, would feel that this was a magic pill and they wouldn’t have to continue to diet and exercise."