* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * the fda had always been a complex overlay of multiple agendas.but lately , the daily traffic was getting to be more than david manning could manage.he had not been in charge of final approvals until recently , but he was certainly paying the price for his predecessors leniency.there had been numerous complaints coming in daily about valipene.these problems were not just being reported about that one medication.the problems seemed to extend to any medication with the same underlying compound.these drugs had been on the market for forty years.the problem now was that people no longer took pills for an entire lifetime without question.with the more advanced communication system of the internet , people had access to more information and felt more autonomous in their own treatment .