cherry-picking the evidence: is there a difference between what i do and what big pharma does?
CHERRY PICKING THE EVIDENCE: IS IT OK TO CHERRY-PICK SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH? The Cambridge Dictionary describes cherry-picking thusly: To pick only the best people or things from a group, so that only people or things that are less good remain. Example; The new schools were accused of cherry-picking the best students in the area. In basketball, […]
why aren’t the side effects of drugs reported more often?
Why are Drug Side Effects (Adverse Events) So Grossly Under-Reported? “It is estimated that between 5% and 10% of adverse drug reactions are reported. Thus, the main limitation of the passive method of analysis of drug safety is under-reporting, which decreases the sensitivity for detecting adverse events, making it difficult to estimate the frequency of […]
drug reactions and under-reporting
DRUG REACTIONS AND UNDER-REPORTING “Off-label prescribing is widespread in Canada and the United States. For 160 drugs commonly prescribed to U.S. adults and children, 21 percent were for off-label indications… In this case, 73 percent had little to no scientific backing and once again psychoactive drugs such as gabapentin had the highest level of off-label […]