FINNEY AND DRUGS
EXCERPT: FROM INTERVIEW
51:16: Closure of interview, with several themes:
- Did the systems really ‘detect’ new events, or were they mainly instrumental in providing data once a suspicion had arisen?
- How did Finney’s original mathematical and statistical career help him in devising his “monitor”?
- What was the significance of the thalidomide tragedy: why did it prove to be the turning point that led governments to set up systems for the study and detection of adverse events?
See
THE DESIGN AND LOGIC OF A MONITOR FOR DRUG USE (FINNEY, 1965 pdf)
THE PRECEDING MATERIAL IS PRIMARILY INTENDED FOR DISCUSSION, AND I STILL NEED TO DELIBERATE HOW I WOULD INTERPETE IT.
MANY DANGEROUS NEW ANTI-PSYCHOTIC AND MOOD-STABILISING DRUGS CAME ONTO THE MARKET DURING THE 1960s AND 70s. SODIUM VAPROATE FOR EPILEPTICS HAS BEEN REGARDED AS THE NEW THALIDOMIDE, AND CLONAZIPINE FOR ANXIETY IS EXTREMELY HARMFUL WITH LONG -LINGERING EFFECTS. WHY DIDN'T FINNEY'S MONITOR PROTECT US, AS IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE DESIGNED TO?
THE PRECEDING MATERIAL IS PRIMARILY INTENDED FOR DISCUSSION, AND I STILL NEED TO DELIBERATE HOW I WOULD INTERPETE IT.
MANY DANGEROUS NEW ANTI-PSYCHOTIC AND MOOD-STABILISING DRUGS CAME ONTO THE MARKET DURING THE 1960s AND 70s. SODIUM VAPROATE FOR EPILEPTICS HAS BEEN REGARDED AS THE NEW THALIDOMIDE, AND CLONAZIPINE FOR ANXIETY IS EXTREMELY HARMFUL WITH LONG -LINGERING EFFECTS. WHY DIDN'T FINNEY'S MONITOR PROTECT US, AS IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE DESIGNED TO?
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