Re: Sometimes the truth does come out!

[Guest guest]

as Shane Ellison has said, they use ghost writers to write up the

results so that the negative results look positive then they pay a

doctor or doctors to put their names to it as if they were involved

with the study to make the study look even better. Its a pretty sick

habit that harms those who take those drugs.

phine

- In Lipitor , " Carlisle "

<nancarl@...> wrote:

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> From http://news./s/nm/20080117/hl_nm/drugs_studies_dc_2

> <http://news./s/nm/20080117/hl_nm/drugs_studies_dc_2> posted

> today, the story is that drug companies sort of neglect in many

> instances to report on unfavorable outcomes of their clinical trials.

> This particular story concerns antidepressants, but do we think they

> behave any differently when it comes to reporting on their biggest

> money-makers? And haven't we all heard that Lipitor is the biggest of

> the big? No doubt some of its competitors aren't far behind.

>

> Here's a little snippet from the story, " For example, of the seven

> negative studies done on GlaxoKline's Paxil, five were never

> published. The researchers found three studies for GSK's Wellbutrin SR,

> but the two negative ones never reached print.

>

> " There were five studies for Pfizer's Zoloft, but the three showing the

> drug to be ineffective were not published. A fourth study, ruled

> questionable by the FDA, was written and published to make it appear

> that the drug worked. "

>

[Guest guest]

Had to take Hubby to hospital Thursday night, had not been

feeling well. Took 3 nitro's, it eased some, called our insurance

nurse, said to call 911 or go to the hospital now.. so off I took

him. was in over night of course. all blood work was good. showed

no heart attack. had 3 different drs in the ER keep asking why

he was not on the all the heart meds, I kept and hubby to, try to

explain to them that he could not take them all, he would have side

effects. the last dork came in, had a attitude anyway. he started in

on hubby I turned around and said well aren't you cocky. he wanted

to know what I meant. I said we have explained ourselves 3 times why

and here you are questioning us about a statin again, we are not taking

one. the stress test showed the damage done with the first big HA. said

everything else looked good. Thursday night Hubby said that was the best

he has felt since the heart attack and by pass. still feeling good today, has

not had any tums at all and never took his protonix either... not sure if

the nitro helped whatever it was or what... I will request all his records as

I usually do when he is in the hospital or has test ran...

Just had to let you all know..

JudyinMO

Re: Sometimes the truth does come out!

as Shane Ellison has said, they use ghost writers to write up theresults so that the negative results look positive then they pay adoctor or doctors to put their names to it as if they were involvedwith the study to make the study look even better. Its a pretty sickhabit that harms those who take those drugs.phine- In Lipitor , " Carlisle"<nancarl@...> wrote:>> > From http://news./s/nm/20080117/hl_nm/drugs_studies_dc_2> <http://news./s/nm/20080117/hl_nm/drugs_studies_dc_2> posted> today, the story is that drug companies sort of neglect in many> instances to report on unfavorable outcomes of their clinical trials.> This particular story concerns antidepressants, but do we think they> behave any differently when it comes to reporting on their biggest> money-makers? And haven't we all heard that Lipitor is the biggest of> the big? No doubt some of its competitors aren't far behind.> > Here's a little snippet from the story, "For example, of the seven> negative studies done on GlaxoKline's Paxil, five were never> published. The researchers found three studies for GSK's Wellbutrin SR,> but the two negative ones never reached print.> > "There were five studies for Pfizer's Zoloft, but the three showing the> drug to be ineffective were not published. A fourth study, ruled> questionable by the FDA, was written and published to make it appear> that the drug worked.">