Saturday, February 11, 2012

Medical News Story Alters Truth About Drug Safety

This website (and others) recently trumpeted a Reuters news story "New drug seen helpful in elderly type 2 diabetics ... according to a report in the journal Diabetes Care."Reading the "news story", which was allegedly written by a physician, it seems more likely that it was a pre...
Anonymous
joanne
1/31/08 11:54am

Wow, it is amazing what ends up being printed.  If it was an article put in by the drug company, the publishers shouldn't have let that fly! 

As a dietitian, I worked with a dr. for a few years who (for this reason) wouldn't use any drugs until it had been around for 5 years.  That kept me from recommendeing Byetta (which has been on the market only about that long).  But, there are many drugs he never prescribed and then those drugs ended up off the market.  So, maybe this is a good rule of thumb.  It is good that you are looking at your sources though.  You are on top of things!