In a previous post I stated that I had a philosophical difference with Healthy Skepticism, an organisation dedicated to combating misleading drug promotions. Dr Peter Mansfield, the founder of Healthy Skepticism, posted a comment in which he stated that no philosophical differences existed.
I am afraid that I must respectfully differ with Dr. Mansfield. I do have a philosophical difference or, at any rate, a difference of opinion, with Healthy Skepticism. Rather than argue in the abstract I shall use a “case study” to illustrate our differences. To be specific I shall analyse the much hyped JUPITER study on the use of the cholesterol lowering drug, Rosuvastatin. AstraZeneca markets Rosuvastatin as “Crestor.”