{"id":31591,"date":"2014-05-19T13:06:33","date_gmt":"2014-05-19T12:06:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bmj\/?p=31591"},"modified":"2014-05-20T14:10:19","modified_gmt":"2014-05-20T13:10:19","slug":"the-bmj-today-statins-and-the-bmj","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bmj\/2014\/05\/19\/the-bmj-today-statins-and-the-bmj\/","title":{"rendered":"The BMJ Today: Statins and The BMJ"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Deborah Even those whose daily diet does not include the pages of the national press could not have missed the furore over The BMJ\u2019<\/em>s very public correction<\/a> of an error in two articles\u00a0this week.<\/p>\n

In an Analysis article<\/a>, John Abramson and colleagues questioned the merits of extending the routine use of statins to people at low risk of cardiovascular disease. In their conclusion and in a summary box they stated that side effects of statins occur in 18-20% of people. In another<\/a>, Aseem Malhotra repeated this statistic.<\/p>\n

Both articles have been corrected, and those who are interested in the prepublication history can view it<\/a> on bmj.com. They may also like to wait for the results of an independent panel whose terms have now been confirmed and are available <\/a>on bmj.com.<\/p>\n

The panel will be chaired by Iona Heath, former chair of the Royal College of General Practitioners and of The BMJ<\/em>\u2019s ethics committee, and will have six other members from the UK and US. \u00a0To ensure full accountability and transparency, all submissions to the panel and all documents used by the panel will be placed in the public domain on bmj.com<\/a>, either at the time of submission or as part of the panel’s final report. Panel members and all those submitting information to the panel will also make full declarations of their interests.<\/p>\n

The reactions to The BMJ<\/em>\u2019s initial statement and correction have been a mixed bag, with one doctor <\/a>charging that journals benefit from scandals saying that \u201cdoctors are left with picking up the pieces of distressed patients and breakdown of therapeutic relationships.\u201d<\/p>\n

Another<\/a> questions The BMJ<\/em>\u2019s editorial decision to \u201chave a go at a number of conditions and treatments, including ADHD and the treatment thereof.\u201d<\/p>\n

One group <\/a>of London based primary care doctors, who will be at the forefront of dispensing statins to those at low risk, want more information. \u201cMany general practitioners will be familiar with patients who report that they have experienced side effects after starting statins. These side effects are often severe enough for patients to stop taking statins,\u201d they wrote.<\/p>\n

Another respondent<\/a> suggested that \u201cmany far worse errors exist in the published medical literature without hide nor hair of a correction, let alone an editorial retraction.\u201d<\/p>\n

Those who have had their fill of statins might like to check out a research paper<\/a> published recently. \u00a0A research paper from a group of US academics, which looks at the publication status of trial results of vaccine trials and time from completion to publication in peer reviewed journals. It concludes that while most vaccine trials are published eventually or the results posted in ClinicalTrials.gov, delays to publication of several years are common.\u00a0\u201cActions should focus on the timely dissemination of data from vaccine trials to the public,\u201d they say.<\/p>\n

Deborah Cohen<\/strong>\u00a0is investigations editor for The\u00a0BMJ<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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