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Biased research, aggressive sales, harmful drugs

The Health Policy Exchange

Unfortunately, recent case studies have illustrated that FDA approval does not necessarily provide assurances of effectiveness and safety. Very quickly, the market included nearly all dialysis patients, not just the roughly 16 percent who required blood transfusions. The size of average doses would more than triple.

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Bisphosphonates for Osteoporosis: Podcast with James Deardorff and Sei Lee

GeriPal

I tell this story because these issues don’t typically register as more than a nuisance for clinicians, who frequently don’t understand why their older patient with osteoporosis is not taking a bisphosphonate. But our patients are walking with their feet, and adherence to bisphosphonates for osteoporosis is poor and decreases with time.

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