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I agree with you mostly, but if we can establish with enough certainty that the benefits of something like this are far greater than the costs, it seems unwise
by drcode 7y ago
I agree with you mostly, but if we can establish with enough certainty that the benefits of something like this are far greater than the costs, it seems unwise to let "perfect" treatment be the enemy of "good" treatment.
- Madmallard 7y agoI don't know if our research is good enough at all to adequately make the risk versus benefit distinction in risk factor but not imminent danger related medicinal decision making. I don't think the integrity of the system and the rate of technological advancement are allowing it to happen. Companies conduct dozens of trials with new drugs and toss out ones that don't surpass placebo and publish the one study that by chance did. I'm sure the thing that happened with Vioxx is happening more covertly on a much larger scale now. Most smart people are just avoiding doctors unless something obviously bad pops up. It's kind of tragic.
- drcode 7y agoYeah, unfortunately those are all good points...
- Madmallard 7y agohttps://youtu.be/qP07oyFTRXc?t=345 https://youtu.be/qP07oyFTRXc?t=345 Here's an excerpt from a video about double speak and it brings up statins. It actually infuriates me that doctors try to bully people into medications that don't actually provide them a net benefit because the doctors themselves have been duped.