Byron Dorgan: “I know--and I believe it was Dr. Graham from the FDA who testified--that somewhere around 50,000 to 75,000 Americans…”

“I know--and I believe it was Dr. Graham from the FDA who testified--that somewhere around 50,000 to 75,000 Americans died of heart attacks as a result of that drug. Not only was that not the case, but it turns out that it posed a very substantial risk to tens of thousands of people, in the FDA's own testimony, who died. You turn on the television in the morning while you are brushing your teeth--if you have a little television in your bathroom--and you are minding your own business, when a commercial comes on and says: You know what you ought to be doing? You ought to go to your doctor and ask him if the purple pill would be right for you. You don't know what the purple pill is, but there is a lot of advertising saying you are somehow unworthy if you don't go to the doctor to see if the purple pill isn't right for you because life would be a lot better if you were taking the purple pill. That is the way this advertising goes. You can only get these drugs by a doctor's prescription.”