Re: Statins and muscle damage

In article <1151008321.447314.186810@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
ritpg@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

listener wrote:
jason@xxxxxxxxxx (Jason Johnson) wrote in news:jason-3105060843050001@66-
52-22-49.lsan.pw-dia.impulse.net:
Hello,

I copied this sentence from the Hippocratic Oath:
"...I will keep [my patients] from harm..."

Doctor X prescribes statins to a patient.
During the following year, Doctor X does NOT conduct
any blood tests or urine tests to screen for signs
of Rhabdomyolysis which can cause kidney failure. It is
known that statins can cause Rhabdomyolysis.
The patient develops Rhabdomyolysis and loses the use
of his kidneys and has joint pain and muscle pain
for the rest of his life.
Please answer the following questions:

Did Doctor X keep his patient from harm?

Did Doctor X violate the Hippocratic Oath?

Do you believe that doctors that prescribe statins
should or should not screen them for signs of
Rhabdomyolysis?

Before you respond, I suggest that you read this two
page article related to Rhabdomyolysis:

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/m


"Doctor X"? "Hippocratic Oath"?

What is this, a test? Jason, try joining the real world.

Your link is broken.

L.

My daughter graduated from Medical school a couple of years ago and it
was very worrisome to me to find out that most med. schools don't
administer the Hippcratic Oath any more. In fact I couldn't find one
although my daughter's class did take a very watered down version.
Why? Because everyone knows that the original oath is violated on a
regular basis and that such behavior is not just condoned by the AMA,
it's recommended. If people knew what was going on between their docs
and the pharmaceutical companies, they'd be shocked. Some day this
time will be known as the data age - certainly not the information age.
All the facts are out there but people are so overwhelmed by data,
they can't see the forest for the trees. And their lives literally
depend on the integrity of organizations who are controlled by the
profit motive. Granted, we have wonderful medicines and procedures
that have largely extended our life expectency. But I believe we have
entered a new era, one far less altruistic than the one that created
the basis for the good things we have.

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Hello,
Thanks for your excellent post. I was not aware that doctors no longer
have to take the real Hippcratic Oath. Doctors in one of the states can
now legally kill people that want to be killed. Abortion doctors in all of
the states kill unborn babies on a daily basis. It's not shocking to me
that doctors no longer take the real Hippcratic Oath. I seem to recall
that one line of the original oath is related to not causing any harm to
their patients. Of course, when they kill unborn babies or kill people
that request it--they are causing MAJOR harm to their patients. "Beam me
up Scotty--there is no intelligent life down year."
Thanks again for your post.
Jason
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