Sunday, March 14, 2010

Question

"What if you put 250 people in a room and told them they would each pay $1,000 a year for a drug they would have to take every day, that many would get diarrhea and muscle pain, and that 249 would have no benefit? But one person would not have a heart attack or stroke. And that they could do just as well by exercising? How many would take that?"

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March 14 (Bloomberg) -- Adding Abbott Laboratories’ cholesterol drug TriCor to an older, cheaper cholesterol pill failed to cut the risk of heart attacks, strokes and cardiac deaths in diabetics, a study found.

There was no significant reduction in heart events among patients taking the generic drug simvastatin and TriCor compared with those taking simvastatin alone, according to results released today at the American College of Cardiology meeting in Atlanta. The study looked at Type 2 diabetics who were at an increased risk for heart disease.

Bloomberg

1 comment:

M. Scle said...

Those who have osteo-arthritis and rheumatoid arthritis should carefully take note that: "Inflamed joint areas of the body should not be massaged with those suffering from problems in their joints". However, when the inflammation is manageable and or subsided, massage is possible to the surrounding muscles to help loosen up the joint and relieve its stress. Massage to the muscles and ligaments in the non-inflammatory area can break up the adhesion's and increase joint mobility and flexibility to improve your ability of normal range motion and movement.