http://archive2.mrc.org/taxonomy/term/12424/all en http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/ny-times-and-nbc-flip-flop-cancer-drugs <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> By</div> <a href="/author/rachel-waters">Rachel Waters</a> </div> </div> </div> <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The ’80s song “I Want a New Drug” might as well be the soundtrack for The New York Times and NBC. Both media have dramatically changed the tune on two prescription drugs they once hailed as “breakthroughs” and “promising new treatments.” </p><p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; On July 12, the news outlets reversed their 1998 positions on cancer drugs raloxifene and tamoxifen. Eight years ago the drugs were lauded, but now these are “dangerous drugs,” according to one cancer patient who won’t even take them.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/ny-times-and-nbc-flip-flop-cancer-drugs" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Articles MRC Business Health breast cancer doctor drug medical Medicine NBC NewYorkTimes prescription raloxifene tamoxifen Thu, 13 Jul 2006 21:17:09 +0000 admin 25130 at http://archive2.mrc.org