John Abramson

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John David Abramson is an American physician and the author of the book Overdosed America: The Broken Promise of American Medicine . He has worked as a family doctor in Appalachia and in Hamilton, Massachusetts, and has served as chairman of the department of family practice at Lahey Clinic. He was a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Fellow and is on the clinical faculty of Harvard Medical School, where he teaches primary care and public health policy. [1]

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Education

He graduated from Harvard College. In 1974, he received a BMS from Dartmouth Medical School followed by his MD from Brown Medical School. [2]

Career

In October 2013, Abramson was the lead author of an article published in The BMJ titled, "Should people at low risk of cardiovascular disease take a statin?" The authors claimed that a study had shown that a substantial percentage of statin drug users had experienced side effects. In May 2014, the journal published a "correction" that declared: "The conclusion and summary box of this Analysis article by Abramson and colleagues stated that side effects of statins occur in about 18-20% of patients. The authors withdraw this statement." [3] [4] On November 13, 2013, The New York Times published a commentary by Abramson and Rita F. Redberg which echoed the subsequently retracted BMJ claim that "18 percent or more of this group [of statin users] would experience side effects, including muscle pain or weakness, decreased cognitive function, increased risk of diabetes (especially for women), cataracts or sexual dysfunction." [5]

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References

  1. ↑ Abramson, John (2022). Sickening: How Big Pharma Broke American Health Care and How We Can Repair It. HarperCollins. pp. xx–xxi. ISBN   9781328957818.
  2. ↑ "Abamson" (PDF). www.hcp.med.harvard.edu.
  3. ↑ John D Abramson, Harriet G Rosenberg, Nicholas Jewell, James M Wright (October 22, 2013). "Should people at low risk of cardiovascular disease take a statin?". The BMS. BMJ Publishing Group, Ltd. Retrieved 16 September 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  4. ↑ "(Corrections) Should people at low risk of cardiovascular disease take a statin?". BMJ.org. BMJ Publishing Group, Ltd. May 15, 2014. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
  5. ↑ John D. Abramson, Rita F. Redberg (November 13, 2013). "Don't give more patients statins". The New York Times. Retrieved 16 September 2024.


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