Nissen's Nonsense

I have decided to pull together the best of the blog commentary on Nissen's Avandia study:

From the Angry Pharmacist

http://www.theangrypharmacist.com/archives/2007/05/avandia_oh_why.html

From Respectful Insolence..

http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2007/05/well_well_well_what_have_we_here_about_t_1.php

Kevin MD (who cites Medpage who cites but does not attribute my comparison of the WHI to Avandia risk)

http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/05/avandia-and-heart-attacks.html

Dr. Kevin links to Nissen -- one day after making his Avandia > 9-11 tragedy with this ask and answer with Newsweek:

"Is there a case for prescribing Avandia? Are there some patients for whom the benefits outweigh the risks?

Again, I don’t think I want to go there. It’s important for me as a physician-scientist to put the data out there in a very neutral fashion, and not cast judgment about what people ought to do. We’re going to let everybody read our paper and make up their own minds. Obviously the FDA read our paper because they just issued a safety alert."

What a creep.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18789572/site/newsweek/