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Tag Archives: pharmaceutical
GP Sceptics podcast 13: Nurses’ conflicts-of-interest
It turns out pharmaceutical and device companies court nurses as well as doctors. Podcast guest Quinn Grundy is on the case. Continue reading
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Tagged conflict of interest, GP, nurses, pharmaceutical, podcast, sceptic, skeptic
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Vitamins: mostly harmless, mostly profitable
I’m beginning to suspect a connection between mostly harmless and mostly useless. Continue reading
Posted in medical writing
Tagged complementary medicine, GP, marketing, pharmaceutical, sceptic, vitamins
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Tamiflu: an expensive lesson in panic stockpiling
The removal of Tamiflu from the WHO “core medicines” list is an uncomfortable reminder of the $4 billion we spent stockpiling it during the 2009 swine flu. What on earth were we thinking? Continue reading
Posted in medical writing
Tagged EBM, evidence, healthcare, Medical Observer, pharmaceutical, population health, Tamiflu, transparency
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Four Corners Big Vitamins exposé: cuts both ways
One ABC report examines ‘Big Vitamins’ marketing techniques, as another exposes Big Pharma. Same coin. Both sides need exposing. Continue reading
Posted in medical writing
Tagged #FOAMed, advertising, marketing, Medical Observer, pharmaceutical, pharmacy, transparency, vitamins
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Why ‘medicine for the rich’ is sometimes inevitable
High-cost pharmaceuticals imported by the rich? Sorry, that’s life. Continue reading
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Tagged cost, doctor, importation, Medical Observer, pharmaceutical
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With Obamacare gone, how will Trumpcare affect US health?
The richest health industry in the world woke this morning with a feeling of ‘what just happened?’ Continue reading
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Tagged health, healthcare, Medical Observer, pharmaceutical, President, Trump, USA
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Pharma targeting nurses for ‘education’
Big Pharma shifts focus onto nurses. It’s marketing money well spent. Continue reading
Posted in medical writing, Naked Doctor
Tagged Medical Observer, nurses, pharmaceutical, transparency
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Deprescribing: a fancy word for ceasing?
What’s old is new again. Hipster beards are so in, they’re out, and where we used to simply cease medications—we now deprescribe them. Continue reading
Posted in medical writing, Naked Doctor
Tagged #FOAM4GP, deprescribing, Medical Observer, overtreatment, pharmaceutical
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Paracetamol and pregnancy: what’s the fuss?
Today’s health news is all about whether taking paracetamol (Panadol, Tylenol) while pregnant may cause ADHD. What did yesterday’s study actually show? Continue reading
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Tagged evidence, Medical Observer, paracetamol, pharmaceutical, pregnancy
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Pharmacy business model: consumers at risk
Q. “Are patients confused when non-evidence based therapies are sold alongside prescription medicines?”
A. “Yes.” Continue reading
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Tagged conflict of interest, evidence, Medical Observer, pharmaceutical, pharmacy
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