Wakefield lessons: Economist, Spiked on-line [plenty to take issue with there], and Evan Harris with the real questions that need addressing in the BMJ. | Orlistat weight-loss drug and liver disease FDA. | Simvastatin 80mg, the evidence NPC. | Mixed results on decriminalising dispensing errors PJ | Advanced Short Course in Pharmacoepidemiology at the LSHTM on 26 – 28 July 2010, some great speakers including Mike Rawlins from NICE.
Have a great weekend!
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From memory the dose-response curve for simvastatin is almost flat at 40mg doses. There wasn’t any information at the time for 80mg and probably still isn’t a lot. So best guess is that 80mg does very little more, not enough to make it worth the side-effects.
wasn’t any information at the time for 80mg and probably still isn’t a
I do not like Mike Rawlins at all ((
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