tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post8759186351705668124..comments2024-03-28T01:27:23.408-04:00Comments on Health Care Renewal: Variations on a Theme of SleazeRoy M. Poses MDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00497209843184497847noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-57508941799949714982009-01-24T04:40:00.000-05:002009-01-24T04:40:00.000-05:00nice postnice postAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-17652995870036082922008-01-27T15:22:00.000-05:002008-01-27T15:22:00.000-05:00An Australian Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist said...An Australian Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist said "You said: "In children and adolescents treated with AAP drugs for 6 months the risk is an alarming 6% (Wonodi I et al Movement Disorders 2007; 22: 1777)." <BR/><BR/>The situation is worse. The number of kids studied was 118 and 11 had TD. That is 9.3% not 6%".<BR/><BR/>The number you cite includes kids exposed to first generation antipsychotic Bernard Carrollhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16203083806436919715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-82123121451108744562008-01-27T06:57:00.000-05:002008-01-27T06:57:00.000-05:00You said: "In children and adolescents treated wi...You said: "In children and adolescents treated with AAP drugs for 6 months the risk is an alarming 6% (Wonodi I et al Movement Disorders 2007; 22: 1777)." <BR/><BR/>The situation is worse. The number of kids studied was 118 and 11 had TD. That is 9.3% not 6%.<BR/><BR/>Only 19% of those 118 children had ever had psychotic symptoms. Furthermore it may be that some of those psychotic symptoms may Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-51114115776695518552008-01-26T16:30:00.000-05:002008-01-26T16:30:00.000-05:00I wholeheartedly agree (and thank you for your kin...I wholeheartedly agree (and thank you for your kind comments) that the Senate -- and especially Sen. Grassly -- has been its usual toothless wonders. Grassley blusters and then goes away when the popular press loses interest. I have come to firmly believe that any solution has to come from within -- including a consensus among big pharma -- which must be as ready for a change as anyone at this Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-6992032795239175242008-01-25T17:57:00.000-05:002008-01-25T17:57:00.000-05:00The post from Mr La Rossa is spot-on correct and c...The post from Mr La Rossa is spot-on correct and courageous. I have read it three times and this person gets understands the background and the issues completely. My own personal hope was the probe by the Senate Finance Committee was going to do more to uncover some of the intellectual corruption in all of this but Grassley and Baucus failed miserably. I am in phrma and from what I saw Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-76222539090204834852008-01-24T05:38:00.000-05:002008-01-24T05:38:00.000-05:00http://www.topix.net/drug/zyprexaI posted your bol...http://www.topix.net/drug/zyprexa<BR/><BR/>I posted your bold blog up at Topix Zyprexa forum where I am editor<BR/><BR/>ThanksDanny Haszardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09633280207715554376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-61524270018443838842008-01-23T21:50:00.000-05:002008-01-23T21:50:00.000-05:00As the founder and publisher of a number of psychi...As the founder and publisher of a number of psychiatric journals since 1994, and an avid reader of Danny Carlat's blog, I read with great interest your deconstruction of the current, twisted relationships between publications, the ACCME, MedEd companies, and the experts they hire on behalf of their pharma clients. As you imply, this has had the most deleterious result imaginable, because the "CMEAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-5861555095695691962008-01-23T10:17:00.000-05:002008-01-23T10:17:00.000-05:00PBS's Frontline recently did a piece on The Medica...PBS's Frontline recently did a piece on The Medicated Child. They flashed across the matrix showing Dr. Chang's conflicts, but in that short shot I saw he has relationship with the majority of major drug companies. The material below is taken from that report and is available on line.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Kiki Chang, M.D., is the director of the Pediatric Bipolar Disorders Program at Lucile Packard Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-53265584842474192172008-01-22T23:39:00.000-05:002008-01-22T23:39:00.000-05:00Please please keep up the great work on this topic...Please please keep up the great work on this topic. The PhRMA company's have been and continue to direct their so-called independent grant money to find CME's that will push off-label uses, only they have gotten smarter and smarter. Many of us had hoped that the Grassley and Baucus probe would force a change but the Senate Finance Committee's Report was very disappointing. They missed Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-73557337405039355402008-01-22T21:14:00.000-05:002008-01-22T21:14:00.000-05:00Nemeroff sounds like a piece of work.Nemeroff sounds like a piece of work.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16193362190826548025noreply@blogger.com