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Micheal Nash, Ph. D.'s avatar

Everyone familiar with the Rely tampon study probably knew at least one female on that study who had a bad reaction (I did) and was “removed from the study”. This went on until they killed the wife of a c.d.c. muckety muck and toxic shock syndrome was allowed to be discovered. I do not see how any study can be labeled blind, much less ethical, when conducted by the maker of the product tested. Venality too slippery a slope to be ignored in matters this important.

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Ned B.'s avatar

I remember the marketing jingle for Rely tampons: "Remember, They Named It Rely."

Yeah, right, I remember that the tampons gave women toxic shock syndrome... reliably.

It makes me wonder how "Safe and Effective" will be remembered in a decade or two.

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