Medical Research Faked, Millions Affected

Oh, great.  Another example of phony medical research putting countless patients at risk.

This time around, it was an anesthesiologist (I always have to check my spelling when I type that), who spread the word to many, many orthopedic surgeons that he had discovered a new and better drug routine to give to patients after surgery.  Hey guys, he said, use these new expensive drugs, and you can reduce the amount of morphine you need to use.

Too bad he made it all up.

Oh, and not just once.  Over the course of 12 years, it looks like the guy got “creative” with his papers 21 times.  This appears to have led to billions of dollars of sales of the drugs he recommended… which, by the way, was manufactured by the drug company who paid him for his research.

Science for sale.  It makes me sick.  Source article link posted below.

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=a-medical-madoff-anesthestesiologist-faked-data