Re: Effect of Rosiglitazone on the Risk of Myocardial Infarction and Death from Cardiovascular Causes

In article <1180016201.137033.126960@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
MarilynMann <mannm@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

The Lancet has an editorial on its website discussing the
controversy: http://multimedia.thelancet.com/pdf/rosiglitazone_editorial.pdf.
The unsigned editorial suggests that "the FDA, physicians, and
patients can reasonably await the results of RECORD, a phase III trial
designed specifically to study cardiovascular outcomes."

Asked to comment, Journal Watch Cardiology Editor-in-Chief Harlan M.
Krumholz wrote: "Why would you wait when Avandia has never been shown
to avert events or save lives? And now that there is evidence of
potential harm - and there are alternative meds - it seems to me that
the pressure is on the company to show that it is safe and effective."

Marilyn

Just an observation.

But it seems medicine as a business has eclipsed medicine as an art. I
find more info first in the Wall Street Journal than any where else
besides SMC :)).

So the question becomes what is of import return on investment or the
health of the people. I guess this is a call for a more socialized
human centered approach for fixing our ill's. Cause and remedies and
preventive issues need clarity need a champion.

Bill who wonders if Avandia user's will ever see "Why would you wait
when Avandia has never been shown to avert events or save lives? "

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