Re: FDA, User Fees, Adverse Effects, and Safety
From: Don Kirkman (donkirk_at_covad.net)
Date: 03/27/05
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Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2005 14:50:41 -0800
It seems to me I heard somewhere that listener wrote in article
<Xns9626A7E5EF67listenernospamnet@38.144.126.105>:
>Don Kirkman <donkirk@covad.net> wrote in
>news:s6vd41pnosindg31uqrhpe79tnqrkb4ouu@4ax.com:
>> My point in this particular message was that one person specifically
>> mentioned statins, which Sharon had NOT done in her OP (which I
>> applauded). I was trying to make that point very clear before the
>> thread went off track, but apparently I failed.
>>From the original post "FDA, User Fees, Adverse Effects, and Safety":
>"What is the scope of the impact of prescription drug adverse effects? Is
>only the patient at risk? Clearly not. For example, the schoolhouse
>murder-suicide shootings last week indicate that the harm from drug
>side-effects can literally come to anyone within gunshot range. According
>to the news reports coming in, the disturbed student was taking Prozac, a
>drug linked with suicide and violence in youth last January.
>Why is this significant? For those who missed the headlines last January
>(or for those who are experiencing failing memory due to statin meds), a
>couple of references:"
>And later in the same post:
>"In the case I am closest to, statin adverse effects..."
I was more detailed in my original post, in which I noted that Sharon
had not linked statins to the Red Lake case but that she had used
"statin(s)" in referring to her own experiences.
For the record, I believe it was a doctor who threw in the bit about
statins to which I responded:
>Message-ID: <4245ADCB.8F6053D2@heartmdphd.com>
>Jeff wrote:
>> What does this have to do with cardiology?
>Adverse effects of statins.
The relevant part of my response was:
"Was the shooter on statins?* If so, why, at his age? If so, why has
that not been reported? And in the absence of reports how can we know?
"* Or, as some might say, "who said anything about statins?".
"FWIW, and in the interests of honesty, truth, and full disclosure
Sharon Hope did not associate statins with this case of violence. Her
only references to statins were in relation to her own experience, which
is appropriate."
-- Don "I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with senses, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use. --Galileo Galilei
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