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April 24, 2006

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lag2

(apologies if this was covered in WSJ) but the New England Journal has been kind enough to publish several studies, most recently, this one, on the lack of benefit (and sometimes detriment) of the addition of clopidogrel, i.e., plavix, to a cardiovascular prevention regimen.
http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/354/16/1706

thanks for the good reminder of the susceptibility of physicians- and patients- to medical techonology/pharmaceutical marketing.

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