Re: Rewards for healtcare providers

[Guest guest]

At 1:35 PM +0000 8/10/01, marym@... wrote:

>How familiar are you with the rewards that pharmaceutical companies

>propvide to physicians and surgeons (and sometimes other medical

>professionals)who undertake promotion of the latest products of that

>co?

>

>They underwrite the research for their products and have used their

>power to impact editorial decisions in medical journals. Because of

>this, editors at the world's most prominent medical journals, alarmed

>that drug companies are exercising too much control over research

>results, have agreed to adopt a uniform policy that reserves the

>right to refuse to publish drug company-sponsored studies unless the

>researchers involved are guaranteed scientific independence.

And that, fellow travelers, is why we all believe that Celebrex

causes fewer ulcers than NSAIDs like aspirin, ibuprofen and naproxen

sodium: the drug company that makes Celebrex insisted that clinical

study data be cut off at 6 months of trials. Within 6 months,

Celebrex came out better than the NSAIDs. But, after one year, the

rate of ulceration was equal!!! So, all this hooplah you see about

Celebrex on TV is worthless if you plan to take it long-term.

--Steve

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[Guest guest]

At 1:35 PM +0000 8/10/01, marym@... wrote:

>How familiar are you with the rewards that pharmaceutical companies

>propvide to physicians and surgeons (and sometimes other medical

>professionals)who undertake promotion of the latest products of that

>co?

>

>They underwrite the research for their products and have used their

>power to impact editorial decisions in medical journals. Because of

>this, editors at the world's most prominent medical journals, alarmed

>that drug companies are exercising too much control over research

>results, have agreed to adopt a uniform policy that reserves the

>right to refuse to publish drug company-sponsored studies unless the

>researchers involved are guaranteed scientific independence.

And that, fellow travelers, is why we all believe that Celebrex

causes fewer ulcers than NSAIDs like aspirin, ibuprofen and naproxen

sodium: the drug company that makes Celebrex insisted that clinical

study data be cut off at 6 months of trials. Within 6 months,

Celebrex came out better than the NSAIDs. But, after one year, the

rate of ulceration was equal!!! So, all this hooplah you see about

Celebrex on TV is worthless if you plan to take it long-term.

--Steve

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