It isn't just psychiatry

[compsports]

In my sleep deprived and brain fog state, I read this medical journal article about how wonderful corti steroids are for nasal congestion and how they can greatly improve sleep. This caught my interest because I feel that nasal congestion is a big factor in my insomnia no matter what the root cause is.

 

Then at the end of the article in which the author discloses the conflict of interest, it mentions he has worked with several drug companies.

 

Is there any research left in which authors don't have conflict of interest?

 

Of course, stopping nasal sprays is definitely not comparable to stopping psych meds. But this galls me.

 

Here is the link:

 

http://www.thepcrj.org/journ/vol17/17_1_7_18.pdf

[Barbarannamated]

CS,

I think there's an undeniable selection bias. Docs who have conflicts are most likely the ones who have incentive to write journal articles. And time to write since they aren't seeing patients (for the most part).