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> Just wish there weren’t so many false “studies” promoting benefits of medications that have none What’s an example of such a study?
by paulcole 1y ago
> Just wish there weren’t so many false “studies” promoting benefits of medications that have none
What’s an example of such a study?
- BobbyTables2 1y agoHow about “Phenylephrine”? It’s nearly 100 years old and widely used after Pseudoephedrine was more restricted so people couldn’t make meth as easily. Yet, studies not conducted by pharmaceutical manufacturers find it mostly ineffective. Of course, the drug companies publish studies showing it to be effective… Have you ever taken each (not together)? I’ve never heard someone say Phenylephrine did anything for them. Anecdotally, it’s utterly useless for me… I suspect drug companies didn’t want restriction of Pseudoephedrine to decrease sales, so they pushed crap forward to maintain revenue. (Yes, it still isn’t all that hard to get Pseudoephedrine, but one can’t just pick it off the shelf — a significant mental barrier)