RE: Any Vegetarians/Vegans here?
January 7, 2014 at 2:58 am
(This post was last modified: January 7, 2014 at 3:03 am by pineapplebunnybounce.)
Thalidomide wasn't tested on rabbits. I'm in the business, I know what I'm talking about when I talk about animal testing.
Every single drug on the market right now has been tested on animals. If you want to talk about similarities we have transgenic mice, if you want to talk about variety we've got that, too. Without animals you can kiss good bye to drug development. I know that's the position some people take, but don't pretend like you can have drug development without animal testing. That is absurd. You cannot feed a drug to a human and then split his brain to see what effects it had. You cannot fast forward 10 years to see how he reacts to chronic administration. You cannot overdose him to figure out what's the limit. It's an impossibility even if you overlook the ethical problems because animals have shorter lifespan and reproduce so much quicker. I don't agree with testing on primates, my mind isn't made up on cats and dogs, but the rest of it is pretty much fair game.
Every single drug on the market right now has been tested on animals. If you want to talk about similarities we have transgenic mice, if you want to talk about variety we've got that, too. Without animals you can kiss good bye to drug development. I know that's the position some people take, but don't pretend like you can have drug development without animal testing. That is absurd. You cannot feed a drug to a human and then split his brain to see what effects it had. You cannot fast forward 10 years to see how he reacts to chronic administration. You cannot overdose him to figure out what's the limit. It's an impossibility even if you overlook the ethical problems because animals have shorter lifespan and reproduce so much quicker. I don't agree with testing on primates, my mind isn't made up on cats and dogs, but the rest of it is pretty much fair game.
