> Larry wrote: > Other examples include recent withdrawals of heart medications from > the market. The meta-analyses done on the studies involved showed that > generics were as effective and had fewer side effects. It may have > resulted in the saving of several thousand lives. >
Has meta-analysis been done on statins do you know? Because they aren't clinically proven effective for heart disease and can have some nasty side effects including killing. Yet doctors prescribe them like M&Ms. Then there's depression medication which, if you look at the data, shows that only the very worst cases - 1% - need any medication but again doctors prescribe them like M&Ms. So what I'm wondering is if you could identify "pop-medicine" via treatments that have not had meta-analysis done. The bottom line is that true evidence-based doctors like Dr. Weil at treated like kooks, while mainstream pop-docs get all the glory. In other words, if doctors are prescribing non-proven treatments maybe someone SHOULD be getting between you and your doctor. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:303629 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
