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Here's a semi-random blog post with a handful of examples[1]. Generally speaking European countries are much quicker to approve most drugs and tend to have bet
by Symmetry 10y ago
Here's a semi-random blog post with a handful of examples[1]. Generally speaking European countries are much quicker to approve most drugs and tend to have better health outcomes on average even though you can point to individual disasters like Thalidomide. But on the other hand beta blockers were available in Europe about a decade before they were in the US and would have saved about 10,000 lives a year during that time.
[1]http://www.advicegoddess.com/archives/2017/01/11/the_fda_protect.html http://www.advicegoddess.com/archives/2017/01/11/the_fda_pro...
- maxerickson 10y agoThe article discusses beta-blockers. The overall picture of beta-blockers is complex. For example, some beta-blockers have been shown clearly to reduce the chance of a stroke or heart attack in patients with heart failure. But the latest review of beta-blockers from the Cochrane Collaboration—an independent, international group of researchers that attempts to synthesize the best available research—reported that they “are not recommended as first line treatment for hypertension as compared to placebo due to their modest effect on stroke and no significant reduction in mortality or coronary heart disease.”
- Symmetry 10y agoWell, that'll teach me to post in Hacker News without reading all parts of an article.
- karlkatzke 10y agoAre you taking into account the recent studies of the effectiveness of beta blockers, which the OP article discusses? "the latest review of beta-blockers ... reported that they 'are not recommended as first line treatment for hypertension as compared to placebo due to their modest effect on stroke and no significant reduction in mortality or coronary heart disease.'"