Everyone familiar with the Rely tampon study probably knew at least one female on that study who had a bad reaction (I did) and was “removed from the study”. This went on until they killed the wife of a c.d.c. muckety muck and toxic shock syndrome was allowed to be discovered. I do not see how any study can be labeled blind, much less et…
Everyone familiar with the Rely tampon study probably knew at least one female on that study who had a bad reaction (I did) and was “removed from the study”. This went on until they killed the wife of a c.d.c. muckety muck and toxic shock syndrome was allowed to be discovered. I do not see how any study can be labeled blind, much less ethical, when conducted by the maker of the product tested. Venality too slippery a slope to be ignored in matters this important.
Everyone familiar with the Rely tampon study probably knew at least one female on that study who had a bad reaction (I did) and was “removed from the study”. This went on until they killed the wife of a c.d.c. muckety muck and toxic shock syndrome was allowed to be discovered. I do not see how any study can be labeled blind, much less ethical, when conducted by the maker of the product tested. Venality too slippery a slope to be ignored in matters this important.
I remember the marketing jingle for Rely tampons: "Remember, They Named It Rely."
Yeah, right, I remember that the tampons gave women toxic shock syndrome... reliably.
It makes me wonder how "Safe and Effective" will be remembered in a decade or two.