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Old 28-09-2011, 19:44   #30
Margaret Pilkington
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Re: Sneaky cut-backs in the Health Service...

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Originally Posted by lindsay ormerod View Post
I have been told that lots of meds aren't tested on women because the pain threshold and the the effects of the meds vary depending on where the lady in question is during "the month", if you get my meaning!
Makes sense to me .
That is true Lindsay....but the researchers are realising that this has been a wrong approach.
Women react differently to men with many drugs because they are different.
Just because something works well for a man doesn't always mean it will have the same effects on a woman.
I have been left the NHS for 9years.......I went to a seminar run by Astra Zeneca........ooh, it must be nearly 15 years ago now, and the researchers were aware of that fact as long ago as that. I don't know if much is being done about this.....but surely it should be.
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