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<blockquote data-quote="Dillinger" data-source="post: 233807" data-attributes="member: 13582"><p>Hello HpprKM,</p><p></p><p>This is quite spooky - I haven't posted anything on this site for a long time but just checked in to see what was going on and had a look at this thread and as I was reading it you re-posted an earlier post by me..!</p><p></p><p>I don't think it pays to be 'professionally cynical' and I hope I don't come across like that; our doctors and health care people are trying their best to help us, but sometimes the anecdotal evidence (as well as the studies in the case of statins) goes against what they are saying.</p><p></p><p>Also keep in mind that drug companies are in this business for pure profit motives; they don't really care whether you have side effects (unless it hurts their bottom line). In the news recently I've read that GlaxoSmithKline has preliminarily agreed to a $3 billion settlement over the sales and marketing practices of several of its drugs, including the diabetes drug Avandia. As part of that it was alleged that GSK spent 11 years covering up trial data that showed Avandia was a risky drug for the heart; the company not only hid negative study data, but also manipulated study data to fit their agenda. So how do you think they might behave in relation to the much more valuable statin market?</p><p></p><p>I don't want to go on and on about statins; many on here take them without problem or worry but it's just something I don't want to do.</p><p></p><p>I think in particular that link from my earlier post to the pdf which details absolute/relative risk is very informative. In particular how it highlights that the statement 'statins will reduce your risk of heart disease by 50%' is actually a statement about the relative risk with the absolute risk going from (about) 4% to 2%. </p><p></p><p>Best</p><p></p><p>Dillinger</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dillinger, post: 233807, member: 13582"] Hello HpprKM, This is quite spooky - I haven't posted anything on this site for a long time but just checked in to see what was going on and had a look at this thread and as I was reading it you re-posted an earlier post by me..! I don't think it pays to be 'professionally cynical' and I hope I don't come across like that; our doctors and health care people are trying their best to help us, but sometimes the anecdotal evidence (as well as the studies in the case of statins) goes against what they are saying. Also keep in mind that drug companies are in this business for pure profit motives; they don't really care whether you have side effects (unless it hurts their bottom line). In the news recently I've read that GlaxoSmithKline has preliminarily agreed to a $3 billion settlement over the sales and marketing practices of several of its drugs, including the diabetes drug Avandia. As part of that it was alleged that GSK spent 11 years covering up trial data that showed Avandia was a risky drug for the heart; the company not only hid negative study data, but also manipulated study data to fit their agenda. So how do you think they might behave in relation to the much more valuable statin market? I don't want to go on and on about statins; many on here take them without problem or worry but it's just something I don't want to do. I think in particular that link from my earlier post to the pdf which details absolute/relative risk is very informative. In particular how it highlights that the statement 'statins will reduce your risk of heart disease by 50%' is actually a statement about the relative risk with the absolute risk going from (about) 4% to 2%. Best Dillinger [/QUOTE]
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