Medical Research Studies.

Yesterday I read about a study into steroid inhalers which said that when you use them regularly you run the risk of increasing your chance of getting cancer by twenty to thirty per cent.At the bottom of the article it said that this study was done with a very small sample of patients and needed much more research before any conclussion could be made from the findings.
Several months ago I read of another study about another type of inhaler that said that could give you a increased chance of having an heart attack or stroke and that again said that the study was done with a small sample of patients and needed much more research.In fact a far larger study was released soon after which actually showed that these findings were totally wrong.
These sort of findings frighten people and could lead to people stopping taking medication that is vital to them and therefore could mean there conditions becoming worse. I understand there is a vital need for continous research into the medications we use but I think the researchers should not release there findings until sufficient research as been done to give conclussive findings one way or another about medications.To do otherwise is totally irresponsible.

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