Even FDA Acknowledges That Compounding Pharmacies Can Serve A Useful Purpose

A recent article stated: 

Georgia is the second state to have openly admitted to the Associated Press using compounded pharmacies; South Carolina said it used that method for an execution in October. But other states have not been transparent about where they obtained their drugs for executions. Compounded pharmacies do not currently require oversight by the FDA, which regulates drug manufacturers and not pharmacies. This means that the FDA does not verify the drugs’ safety or effectiveness, leaving a major regulatory gap that has compromised consumer safety. Even the FDA acknowledges that pharmacy compounding can serve a useful purpose for those patients with special needs, but states are using it in this instance to skirt mere refusal to dispense existing drugs, and some have questioned whether prescription of the drugs on this basis violates medical ethics.

In turning to compounded pharmacies, Georgia appears to have escaped the legal and logistical obstacles that have held up executions in other states, and is poised to execute Warren Lee Hill Monday as scheduled. Neither the boycott of drug companies who have maintained moral opposition in spite of their overwhelming profit motive, nor the widespread calls for Georgia tofollow U.S. Supreme Court precedent and spare a mentally incompetent man from the death penalty have thwarted the state’s commitment to put people to death.

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