Unfortunately, this is why you do studies. Because of exactly what they end the article with:
Unfortunately, this is why you do studies. Because of exactly what they end the article with:
“But we should always keep in mind that by not conducting this study, there would have been a risk as well. Doctors might have prescribed this drug for years off-label, assuming it was safe and effective.”
There were good reasons to conduct the studies, and seemingly no reason to expect such dangerous outcomes. Stopping the trial was the right thing to do.
http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/07/trials-viagra-help-poorly-growing-fetuses-are-halted-after-infant-deaths
http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/07/trials-viagra-help-poorly-growing-fetuses-are-halted-after-infant-deaths
“But we should always keep in mind that by not conducting this study, there would have been a risk as well. Doctors might have prescribed this drug for years off-label, assuming it was safe and effective.”
There were good reasons to conduct the studies, and seemingly no reason to expect such dangerous outcomes. Stopping the trial was the right thing to do.
http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/07/trials-viagra-help-poorly-growing-fetuses-are-halted-after-infant-deaths
http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/07/trials-viagra-help-poorly-growing-fetuses-are-halted-after-infant-deaths
You’ll find better google results if you’re looking on AMC than on AUMC, the article got that initialism wrong.
ReplyDeleteFor obvious reasons, this was big in local news.