Re: NEWS - Top pain scientist fabricated data in studies, hospital says

[Guest guest]

I know that Bextra was a big help to me early in my RA journey, before

the disease was fully controlled. I really hated it when they withdrew

it. I switched to Celebrex, but it wasn't as helpful for me. Then my

insurance company decided to put it on their top tier, meaning that I

would have had to pay $50 a month. I switched to arthritis-strength

acetominophen, and it's enough, since Enbrel is working so well.

What an awful thing for a scientist to do! He must have been paid by

the drug companies.

Sue

On Mar 11, 2009, at 2:52 PM, wrote:

> Top Pain Scientist Fabricated Data in Studies, Hospital Says

>

>

> The hospital has asked the medical journals to retract the 21 studies,

> some of which reported favorable results from the use of painkillers

> like Pfizer Inc.'s Bextra and Merck & Co.'s Vioxx -- both since

> withdrawn -- as well as Pfizer's Celebrex and Lyrica.

[Guest guest]

It's amazing how much damage one person can do, Sue. What the heck

could the " extenuating circumstances " be? How many people were hurt

because of this fraud?

Not an MD

On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 3:39 PM, marysue <marysue@...> wrote:

> I know that Bextra was a big help to me early in my RA journey, before

> the disease was fully controlled. I really hated it when they withdrew

> it. I switched to Celebrex, but it wasn't as helpful for me. Then my

> insurance company decided to put it on their top tier, meaning that I

> would have had to pay $50 a month. I switched to arthritis-strength

> acetominophen, and it's enough, since Enbrel is working so well.

>

> What an awful thing for a scientist to do! He must have been paid by

> the drug companies.

>

> Sue

[Guest guest]

Yeah, . Just look how much damage Madoff did. They should put him

under the jail.

Sue

On Mar 12, 2009, at 10:33 AM, wrote:

> It's amazing how much damage one person can do, Sue. What the heck

> could the " extenuating circumstances " be? How many people were hurt

> because of this fraud?

>