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Rheumatology Advance Access originally published online on May 22, 2006
Rheumatology 2006 45(8):935-936; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kel145
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© The Author 2006. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the British Society for Rheumatology. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please email: journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org

EDITORIAL

A patient-centred approach to drug regulation

D. J. Walker and R. J. Moots1

Freeman Hospital, Newcastle NE7 7DN and 1 Department of Rheumatology, University of Liverpool, University Hospital Aintree, Longmoor Lane, Liverpool L9 7AL, UK

Correspondence to: Dr Walker. E-mail: david.walker@nuth.nhs.uk

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It would be naïve, indeed, to expect to be able to inhibit a biological system that exists because it has increased its chances of survival to procreation age and not expect to pay a biological price for it. Drugs, whose effects are mediated by such inhibition, will therefore inevitably have the potential for causing side effects, and the ‘perfect’ fully safe yet effective drug is yet to be produced. It is, therefore, of paramount importance to balance drug efficacy with safety—but of late it appears that patients' needs do not occupy the forefront of this important process, as they should.

The recent withdrawal of drugs such as rofecoxib [1], valdecoxib [2] and coproxamol [3], which were widely used to treat pain in arthritis, have led to many serious repercussions in the delivery of care to patients with arthritis. Many patients have been left in . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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