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-thanks a lot for your advise -i cannot post my comment because i have a new e-mail (the previous one company disappear) so i need an invitation -no problem having PubMed publications, because i have many -un saludo -juan gérvas El 22/05/2014 14:23, Jacob Puliyel escribió: > Dear Juan > May I suggest you post this also on PubMed Commons (and say these are > comments you have made on the rapid responses section of the eBMJ.) > This has better impact as it is very well cross-linked to the article > in questio,n and all the articles you refer to. > Jacob Puliyel > Head of Pediatrics > St Stephens Hospital > Delhi 110054 > > > > > On Thu, May 22, 2014 at 5:25 PM, Juan Gérvas <[log in to unmask] > <mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote: > > -see ADVERSE EFFECTS OF STATIN AS WEAPONS AGAINST BRITISH MEDICAL > JOURNAL > http://www.bmj.com/content/348/bmj.g3306?tab=responses > > El 21/05/2014 16:20, Juan Gérvas escribió: >> -thanks Lejla >> -indeed the BMJ has being a rock helping physicians to work well >> -but about statins side effects now we have many "Doctor >> Cholesterol" >> -they say/writte that "statins have no side effects" or "give >> statins to all over-40" or "they should be made available for >> sale over the counter and without the need for a prescription" or >> "statins have been around for 25 years, so we know the long-term >> results", etc. >> -most scientifics answer with questions around clinical trials >> and theway they hide adverse events >> -but no one even remember hundreds of people that have died >> because rhabdomyolisis a little more than ten years ago, with >> cerivastatin (having no single death during the clinical trials) >> http://www.healthyskepticism.org/global/news/int/hsint2002-06 >> -in general, the statins mortality risk from fatal rhabdomyolysis >> is approximately 0.3 per 100,000 person-years >> http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0002914905021508 so >> we can expect in the UK (when 12 millions under statins treatment >> http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/10632047/Statins-12-million-Brits-will-be-advised-to-take-cholesterol-lowering-drug.html >> ) 36 deaths per year >> -Dr Cholesterol set the agenda "statins have no side effects" and >> "no debate about the lack of effectiveness of statins in primary >> prevention" >> -behind the agenda, no doubt, is the objetive to weak BMJ >> position and its editor role >> -un saludo >> -juan gérvas >> >> El 21/05/2014 15:38, Lejla Halilovic escribió: >>> Great and timely article on every front, Juan: appropriate and >>> informed patient treatments, journal independence, clinical data >>> transparency, balanced and fair scientific debates. >>> >>> Patients around the world and we all stand a lot to lose if BMJ >>> succumbs to these unreasonable (and might I add /unknightly/) >>> pressures. >>> >>> Recently, Swedish Medical Association joined AllTrials, which is >>> promising. Physicians around the globe need to understand these >>> important transparency debates. >>> >>> BMJ's motto is: /Helping doctors make better decisions./ It >>> seems we all now need to/help BMJ help doctors make better >>> decisions. >>> / >>> I encourage all on this list, especially physicians, to join the >>> debate and voice their opinions in form of rapid responses to >>> BMJ's recent editorial >>> <http://www.bmj.com/content/348/bmj.g3306>. Read responses >>> published thus far here >>> <http://www.bmj.com/content/348/bmj.g3306?tab=responses>. >>> >>> Sincerely, >>> >>> Lejla >>> >>> >>> >>> On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 6:42 AM, Juan Gérvas <[log in to unmask] >>> <mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote: >>> >>> Adverse effects of statin as weapons against British Medical >>> Journal. >>> SUMMARY >>> It appears that the adverse effects of statins are being >>> used as a smokescreen to avoid the debate over its lack of >>> effect in primary prevention. The ultimate intention is >>> likely to change the line of independence of the British >>> Medical Journal, to change its editor and to promote >>> industrial interests. >>> (attached, with references and in >>> http://www.nogracias.eu/2014/05/21/adverse-effects-statin-weapons-british-medical-journal/ >>> >>> >>> >>> --- >>> Este mensaje no contiene virus ni malware porque la >>> protección de avast! Antivirus está activa. >>> http://www.avast.com >>> >>> >> > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > <http://www.avast.com/> > > Este mensaje no contiene virus ni malware porque la protección de > avast! Antivirus <http://www.avast.com/> está activa. > > > --- Este mensaje no contiene virus ni malware porque la protección de avast! Antivirus está activa. http://www.avast.com