tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post4185490475349511951..comments2024-03-28T01:27:23.408-04:00Comments on Health Care Renewal: Failing to Report Adverse Effects of TreatmentsRoy M. Poses MDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00497209843184497847noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-10748595619411238652009-11-01T07:04:34.112-05:002009-11-01T07:04:34.112-05:00In looking at my local PBS preview for the month o...In looking at my local PBS preview for the month of November I see that they are going to broadcast a repeat of The Medicated Child. I would recommend this program and pay special attention to the actions of the doctors prescribing these medications.<br /><br />Financial conflicts abound.<br /><br />This is truly one of the most frightening documentaries I have ever seen,<br /><br />Steve LucasAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-81570428530575957822009-10-30T14:21:30.111-04:002009-10-30T14:21:30.111-04:00Reporting of adverse events in clinical trials is...Reporting of adverse events in clinical trials is problematic enough, as you describe. And, <b>the problem is worse in meta-analyses.</b> Here, multiple clinical trials are bundled for an omnibus estimation of efficacy. Only efficacy. Here is a stark recent example – a meta-analysis of atypical antipsychotic drug use for augmentation of antidepressant drugs in treatment resistant depression.<br Bernard Carrollhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16203083806436919715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-26693103294452846612009-10-29T10:52:02.629-04:002009-10-29T10:52:02.629-04:00A timely post. Looking tat the Oct. 28, 2009 WSJ w...A timely post. Looking tat the Oct. 28, 2009 WSJ we find a discussion of antipsychotics and weight gain in the article Antipsychotics Cause Weight Gain in Kids. The whole article is troubling from the inclusion of children as young as 4 in the study, to the 19 pound weight gain in 11 weeks reported in one drug, and the recommendation that children be checked after three months. According to my Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-23651658953097776302009-10-28T21:16:36.784-04:002009-10-28T21:16:36.784-04:00These lessons apply to studies of health IT as wel...These lessons apply to studies of health IT as well as.<br /><br />-- SSInformaticsMDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03994321680366572701noreply@blogger.com