Posted by Lou Pilder on December 1, 2006, at 7:16:29
In reply to Lou's response to aspects gg's post-, posted by Lou Pilder on December 1, 2006, at 5:53:34
> friends,
> It is written here,[...they would be mistaken...] This is a response to,[...there could be IMO members to think that the forum is to get medical advice because the owner is a doctor...].
> Regardless of any statements to the contrary in the FAQ, it is in my post what is IMO the >potential< for some others here {to think} that they could get medical advice.
> The owner here offers guest >experts< on various |medical| topics. In the following case, a doctor, (Kramer), is given a forum to have members pose questions that are of medical importance to them , the member >seeking answers< from the expert. These answers could be written to not be accepted as fact in the FAQ, but regardless of that, the member is receiving an answer from a guest >expert<.
> In the following, a member asks about the use of benzodiazepines for longer,I guess, than the PDR states. The guest expert posts the following which says that if the member needs a longer acting drug than Ambien (and Sonata), that they are not for that member and that [...benzos are wonderful,>safe<,and effective drugs...].
> Now is there not the potential for some readers to give great credibility to the guest expert's statements about benzodiazepines?
> Lou
> http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/20020327/msgs/101368.htmlFriends,
In response further to gg's statement,[...they would be mistaken...], let us look at another offered statement from a guest expert provided by DR. Hsiung to the members her. Dr. Kramer answers questions from members seeking medical answers from him as an offered expert.. In the following, a member poses a question about Ambien to Dr. kramer. Dr. Kramer replies,[...there is >no< data that shows that long term use is a problem...]
But let us look at the facts drom {controlled clinical trials} from >sanofi aventis<.
The list of {problems}include >tolerance< and >dependence< and >withdrawal< and >changes in behavior and thinking<. These are not [...long-term problems |from data|?
Yet the doctor states that there is nodata that shows that long term use is a problem.
I ask;
Is there not the potential for some members to consider the statement by the guest expert to be fact and accept the statement if they do not do research on their own outside of after reading Dr. Kramer's statement that [...>there is {no} data< that shows that long term use is a problem...]?
Lou
PS1:here is the link to Dr. Kramer's statemnt
http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/20020327/msgs/101376.html
pS2:here is the link to the data that shows the long term effects of Ambien from sanofi aventis
http://www.ambiencr.com/default.aspx?s=about&c=side_effects
poster:Lou Pilder
thread:706108
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/admin/20061018/msgs/709265.html