Study of Two Cholesterol Drugs Finds One Halts Heart Disease By GINA KOLATA
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After 18 months, the atorvastatin patients had no change in the plaque in their arteries. But plaque increased by 2.7 percent in pravastatin
See thread "MEDIAN?" above regarding the 2.7%. It may very well not be what it appears to be.
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patients. The study did not assess patient outcomes like heart attacks and deaths, which would have required 8,000 patients and taken five or more years.
4S inferred much with only 4444 patients! 8,000 patients may be a minimum for publicly funded studies, not for pharmaceutical industry funded studies.
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In the end, though they certainly could afford the studies and certainly had the time to prove otherwise, "LIPITOR has not been shown to decrease heart disease or heart attacks." See:
Thanks for the additional info. It will be interesting to watch this as it develops.
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Study of Two Cholesterol Drugs Finds One Halts Heart Disease By GINA KOLATA
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After 18 months, the atorvastatin patients had no change in the plaque in their arteries. But plaque increased by 2.7 percent in pravastatin
See thread "MEDIAN?" above regarding the 2.7%. It may very well not be what it appears to be.
Quoted message said:
patients. The study did not assess patient outcomes like heart attacks and deaths, which would have required 8,000 patients and taken five or more years.
4S inferred much with only 4444 patients! 8,000 patients may be a minimum for publicly funded studies, not for pharmaceutical industry funded studies.
Quoted message said:
<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< snipped www.nyt.com
In the end, though they certainly could afford the studies and certainly had the time to prove otherwise, "LIPITOR has not been shown to decrease heart disease or heart attacks." See:
