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Saturday, December 13, 2003

THE DRUGS DON'T WORK: And for once it's not us saying it, it's Glaxo

In an extraordinary admission, a senior executive with UK drug giant GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has 'confessed' that the vast majority of prescription drugs don't work.

Dr Allen Roses, worldwide vice-president of genetics at GSK, has told a conference that over 90 per cent of all drugs work for only between 30 per cent and 50 per cent of patients.�

At the very bottom of the efficacy table are the cancer drugs, which work on only 25 per cent of patients.�These are closely followed by Alzheimer's drugs that work on just 30 per cent of people.�Drugs for rheumatoid arthritis, migraine, incontinence, hepatitis C, and diabetes work on only half the patients, at best.�The most effective drugs are the analgesics, which work for to 80 per cent of those who take them.

posted by Juergen 4:20 PM

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