Why some drugs don’t work.

[VelvetSky]

Hi, I saw an article last week about it being a man’s world, sorry all you men out there. There was an article about why some drugs don’t work for women as all the tests were carried out on men. It went onto say that we have about 50 drugs for heart failure, some just aren’t safe for half the population. One, used to break up blood clots can cause significant bleeding problems in women. This drug wasn’t named though, I’m interested to know about this, anyone got any information which it could be?

It also said that piano key boards are made to the width of a man’s hand. Must be why I never got to be a concert pianist with my little hands!!

[Phil-52]

Hi VelvetSky

I can't help you on the drugs question but I can ease your mind over the piano issue. As a Man with big hands I can "play all the right notes but not necessary in the right order"

[VelvetSky in reply to Phil-52]

Hi Phil, thanks for the reply. Are you sure your name isn’t Eric?

I was just intrigued by the article I read. For instance the Nice report on Ivabradine comments on the narrow field of the trial on it, apparently middle aged, overweight white males, very little testing on women or the elderly so I was wondering about other heart medication.

[Phil-52 in reply to VelvetSky]

I guess it all depends on the sample of patients that specific drug gets used on. If the side effects are more pronounced in thinner women I would think it is generally avoided. unless the benefits out weigh the cons of course.

[LaceyLady]

There have been a lot of articles in the press not too recently about lot of drugs only being tested on men! Who hoo, they’ve realised that women have different constitutions and body make up 😳 They’ve even tested drugs specifically for women on men! They have found that women don’t present heart attacks in the same way that men do, with this in mind, are the drugs women take for heart issues working???