Posted by Jost on May 19, 2006, at 22:12:48
In reply to Re: link to article on lunesta and cancer » Larry Hoover, posted by saturn on May 19, 2006, at 17:17:47
I agree with Larry, totally, about that article--the scientific method is basically nil-- really all the article says is:
gee the drug company's write-up mentions mutagenesis or carcinogenesis, and in this small group of immuno-compromised people, who had a tiny amount of lunesta, some had cancer--so, in view of the write-up, and these cancers, maybe someone should study this. They could just have left out their data, and just said the write-upmade them nervous.
My reaction is more to the supposed (I'm not sure it's more than purely precautionary) emphasis or greater-than-usual notation of mutagenesis, etc. The write-up may mean nothing, though.
Jost
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