X-Message-Number: 24185
From: "Basie" <>
Subject: Debate Over a Drug
Date: Fri, 4 Jun 2004 01:20:43 -0400

I have no evidence but I believe there were such studies done with statins
that were never published.

Basie


Two Studies, Two Results, and a Debate Over a Drug
By BARRY MEIER NYT
Published: June 3, 2004

The two drug trials were known within SmithKline Beecham as Study 329 and
Study 377.
Study 329 suggested that the company's popular drug Paxil might help
depressed adolescents. Study 377, completed not long afterward, indicated
that Paxil provided no more benefit than a sugar pill in treating depressed
young people.
But only the favorable study was widely publicized by Paxil's maker. The
company chose not to discuss publicly the trial with negative results, and
those findings came to light only when an outside researcher on the study
team decided to disclose them at a medical conference.

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