OK, after reading this article: What's It Going to Take to Lock Up Drug Company Execs?
I'm worried. I take gabapentin and maybe I'm just getting a placebo effect? While it works so far, maybe after reading this its not gonna work? I donno but I am worried.
If anyone has a New England Journal of Medicine subscrition can read the original here. If any of you do, can you cut and paste it please?
Brad
"In a recently unsealed 318-page analysis of research sponsored by Parke-Davis, epidemiologist Kay Dickersin concluded that available documents demonstrate 'a remarkable assemblage of evidence of reporting biases that amount to outright deception of the biomedical community, and suppression of scientific truth concerning the effectiveness of Neurontin for migraine, bipolar disorders, and pain.' For example, publication was delayed for a report on a multi-center, placebo-controlled study that found no effect of Neurontin on the primary outcome measure for neuropathic pain because 'we [Parke-Davis employees] should take care not to publish anything that damages neurontin's marketing success.'"
If anyone has a New England Journal of Medicine subscrition can read the original here. If any of you do, can you cut and paste it please?
Brad
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