Adverse effects of drugs are "neglected, restricted, distorted and silenced"

Adverse effects of drugs are “neglected, restricted, distorted and silenced”

When someone takes a medicine, it is generally in the hope that it will do some good. However, whether it does or doesn

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  1. Terry says:

    Ah, yes, ”conflicts of interest and marketing.” Or, to put it another way, profits first, patients second.

    October 30, 2009 @ 1:01 pm

  2. Mrs M Given says:

    I can substantiate this report due to the research I undertook for my dissertation at UEL for the medical herbalism degree.
    This is partly why the government is try to ban us and the 2011 EU directive on the supply of plant medicine.

    Please write to both the government and your MP objecting to the refusal of the government to implement self regulation of medical herbalists, chinese herbalists and acupuncturists and attend the demo on Nov 2 at Westminster.
    for further info contact Pam Bull at CPP address as above

    October 30, 2009 @ 8:45 pm

  3. Dr Briffa on Athletic Ancients « Stuff And Nonsense says:

    [...] links to are (a) himself and (b) the Telegraph – who are reporting on an unpublished study); adverse effects of drugs, which is cached at: http://backupurl.com/akxnid. Possibly related posts: (automatically [...]

    November 2, 2009 @ 1:54 am

  4. Jamie says:

    This post has left me wondering how much of the concept here can be applied to the food industry? From some of the recent debates I have seen, having seen the documentary Food Inc, & various other bits of reading, I can

    November 2, 2009 @ 3:42 am

  5. The Healthy Skeptic · More on statin side effects says:

    [...] If you’re wondering why you haven’t heard more about the danger of statin drugs, check out another great post Dr. Briffa wrote a couple of weeks ago called Adverse effects of drugs are “neglected, restricted, distorted or silenced”. [...]

    November 12, 2009 @ 9:37 pm

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