I have heard it said that Health Canada is necessary to protect people from u...

Jefferey Cave - 2016-11-25 06:08:15-0500 - Updated: 2016-11-25 06:16:47-0500

I have heard it said that Health Canada is necessary to protect people from unsafe pharmaceuticals.

but a ~33% transparency rate?

That equates to little more than luck.

(For my US acquaintances: the FDA is doing a significantly better job at ~50%)

'We've been deceived': Results of many clinical trials never published

Mike Barton - 2016-11-25 07:21:41-0500

That is not good considering the abysmal record of the FDA.

Mike Barton - 2016-11-25 07:32:21-0500

There is an outfit that started up that was registering people doing research. The difference is that when they register they can not deviate from the research and if they find something along the way they then need to register a new project. Science has taken a real hit in recent years and all because of politics.

Mike Barton - 2016-11-25 07:38:24-0500

There is an anti-cholesterol drug that has an NNT of 100 which means that 99% of people taking it are doing so for no good reason.
NNT= number needed to treat. Trying to find that number about a drug is a little like a nightmare.

Jefferey Cave - 2016-11-25 13:36:00-0500

+Mike Barton 100% NNT / 66% hidden results.

I'm really not sure which of those statistics is more disturbing to me. Certainly neither give me a warm fuzzy feeling.