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Medications

What is the best treatment, doctor?

by Stephen on 2009/12/11

Whilst there are times when we have straightforward answers to this question there are also times when we do not know the best treatment. However in most cases the best way of answering this question is with a clinical trial – particularly a trial in which a patient is allocated to a particular treatment completely [...]

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Statins are not evil

by Stephen on 2009/11/16

One of the classes of drugs that all doctors are sure have saved many lives are the statins, used for lowering cholesterol. Drugs with names like lovastatin, pravastatin, Crestor and Lipitor have been shown to be effective treatment for patients with coronary disease, and have shown over many trials lasting many years a substantial benefit [...]

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