Right to Try

Описание: Episode 45 - Right to Try


This week on Prosthetic Gods, Nir and J discuss patient autonomy and the "right to try". The debate surrounding medical autonomy is intensifying as desperate patients use federal "Right-to-Try" laws and amateur biohackers bypass traditional regulations to create and access unapproved treatments. A booming gray market has emerged for unproven, compounded peptide shots, and RFK’s FDA wants to protect that access. These trends highlight a profound ethical tension between a patient's fundamental right to medical self-determination and the state's paternalistic duty to protect the clinical trial regime - which gives us the data necessary for informed consent - and to guard citizens from harm. Ultimately, regulators and bioethicists argue that without rigorous oversight, vulnerable individuals may fall victim to "snake oil" because true informed consent is impossible when a treatment's risks and efficacy remain largely unknown

Show Notes:


“No Evidence for Trump’s Right to Try Claim” Eugene Kiely (https://www.factcheck.org/2026/06/no-...)





“Right–to-Try Does Not Undermine Clinical Trials” Niklas Anzinger (https://www.pharmexec.com/view/right-...)





“Survey: Americans Overwhelmingly Back the Right to Try for Individualized Treatments” Goldwater Institute (https://www.goldwaterinstitute.org/su...)





“Final wish denied as Colorado ALS patient's access to experimental drug stalls”  Brian Maass, Colin McIntyre (https://www.cbsnews.com/colorado/news...)





“Peptides, Patient Autonomy, and the Limits of Medical Freedom” Chuck Dinerstein (https://www.acsh.org/news/2026/06/25/...)





“Survey Shows Peptide Misinformation, Misuse Rising in US” Ashish Rana (https://www.hcplive.com/view/survey-s...)





“What's behind the push to make peptide therapies more readily available” Will Stone (https://www.npr.org/2026/07/08/nx-s1-...)





 



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Credits:


Hosted by James Hughes and Nir Eisikovits

Music & Production by Jake Burley