Evidence-Based Medicine Matters

Jenny Henderson

It definitely matters to me that the safety and/or effectiveness of medicines is based on evidence.

It would not matter to me if I was seriously ill and a doctor wished to try a medicine on me in the hope that it helped. This has happened to me with tablets from the USA not licensed in England, but seemed to be the only thing that might help my condition. They worked!

As a person with multiple sclerosis, it appears that the medical profession regard any health problem to be related to the MS and as such, surgery is never considered. However, I am living proof that life can be made more tolerable by using surgery to overcome problems, particularly relating to the bladder and bowel.