tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12625691.post1833771033628483727..comments2024-02-29T01:43:23.900-05:00Comments on Women's Bioethics Blog: Which comes first, the drug or the disease?Linda MacDonald Glennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02378544626277000243noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12625691.post-52055356927861829142008-01-19T13:38:00.000-05:002008-01-19T13:38:00.000-05:00Yes--great point about how research funding works....Yes--great point about how research funding works. It's one of the reasons I choke every time I hear someone say that science is value-neutral. Deciding which questions are worth pursuing--in a universe of infinite possible questions and limited resources--is a morally freighted act.Sue Trinidadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04607124236112450990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12625691.post-38703457867568814602008-01-15T15:48:00.000-05:002008-01-15T15:48:00.000-05:00I have found that FM is often an indication of und...I have found that FM is often an indication of undiagnosed celiac disease. More rarely, it responds well to a diet with higher protein and reduced carbohydrates (about 80g per day).<BR/><BR/>One of the most difficult issues of working in nutrition, is getting money to do the research to prove ideas like this is very difficult - because it doesn't lead on to pills and potions that can be sold!Helenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04525075475120503055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12625691.post-58473714798562424262008-01-15T01:50:00.000-05:002008-01-15T01:50:00.000-05:00As a chronic pain sufferer (CRPS/RSD and neuropath...As a chronic pain sufferer (CRPS/RSD and neuropathy, here), I've been watching the Lyrica progress with curiousity. A few years back, I was part of the gabapentin/neurontin group, where my doc ended up prescribing it to me off-label (it's an anti-seizure medication). A few years later, and after I had rotated to other medication, I learned that neurontin wasn't actually approved for use to treat my specific kind of nerve pain, and moreover, that studies indicated it didn't help. The only positive study? Paid for by the pharma company promoting it.<BR/><BR/>It was a lesson I needed to learn, but has left me rather bitter towards anything that's not strictly proven to deal with the sort of neuropathic pain I cope with. (And given that CRPS/RSD is probably the most misdiagnosed and misunderstood of the chronic pain syndromes, there really isn't much out there proven to help.)<BR/><BR/>Anyhow, on the one hand I'm hoping Lyrica might be shown to be useful in multiple chronic pain syndromes - but on the other hand, my experience with gabapentin has left me very wary of drug company propaganda on this sort of thing.Kelly Hillshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15027400439081662699noreply@blogger.com