Writes Mirand Sharma MD FAAEM: Ira, I’m sorry to hear about the death of your brother from pancreatic cancer, in I Am Thirsty But I Cannot Drink. I have lost 2 relatives to that disease as well. Although depakote may have contributed to your brother’s passing, another definitive  major contributor was the violence of the state. Although drugs like depakote may have some clinical value, we as ordinary people and consumers will never know what alternatives are available due to the authoritarian nature of the FDA. If we truly had a free and non-coercive society, the market place would have already … Continue reading The Fascist FDA