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<blockquote data-quote="Oldvatr" data-source="post: 1021121" data-attributes="member: 196898"><p>I am sorry, Doug. You seem to put all your faith in a trial that does a double blind onitself, in that of the participants selected for LLA were also blindly randomised to receive very different hypertension therapy at the same time. The endpoint was how many suffered non-fatal CVD events. Now it is recognised that hypertension is associated with CVD events, and lowering BP is a way of reducing CVD risk in its own right. So which med or placebo is actually causing the measured results? The report does not mention this cross contamination or how it was minimised in the result. To claim 36% risk reduction solely from the statin is in my opinion a con, which is costing us taxpayers a small fortune, and causing untold pain on an unsuspecting public.. The results of ASCOT as published do not support their conclusion. Full Stop. Also where is the evidence that the monitoring continued for 6 years after the 5 years of the trial - is there an update report? And again who funded the extra monitoring, which would be extremely expensive.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Oldvatr, post: 1021121, member: 196898"] I am sorry, Doug. You seem to put all your faith in a trial that does a double blind onitself, in that of the participants selected for LLA were also blindly randomised to receive very different hypertension therapy at the same time. The endpoint was how many suffered non-fatal CVD events. Now it is recognised that hypertension is associated with CVD events, and lowering BP is a way of reducing CVD risk in its own right. So which med or placebo is actually causing the measured results? The report does not mention this cross contamination or how it was minimised in the result. To claim 36% risk reduction solely from the statin is in my opinion a con, which is costing us taxpayers a small fortune, and causing untold pain on an unsuspecting public.. The results of ASCOT as published do not support their conclusion. Full Stop. Also where is the evidence that the monitoring continued for 6 years after the 5 years of the trial - is there an update report? And again who funded the extra monitoring, which would be extremely expensive. [/QUOTE]
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