qq; you probably noticed Kiwi didn’t mention that particular side effect with Bee-Bop Acid? ;D) Now did he? Was it because it would have made his point “MOOT?”
Folks, don’t fall for fake data, presented by a phony doctor. It’s hard for me to believe people actually take Nissen seriously.
gg. From memory thats a relative risk measurement ...say 2% placebo and 3% with BA....not an absolute risk measurement which would be a 1% increase . Its the same argument I have with those who dont want to take Vascepa because of the increase of A Fib in the V arm of R-IT ...its a small absolute increase in AE risk vs a large increase in CV risk reduction.
So what will happen is MD's will screen for those with a history of gout . A bigger issue might be the increase in Creatine and Liver enzymes seen in some ....so for the first yr they will probably do several lipid panel follow ups
I think the big thing here tho is the 37% risk reduction in Primary prevention . There were I believe oaround 3,000-4,000 primary prevention patients in this trial and it ran long enough ...so I'd like to see the P values on that group . And of course what would be the result of a combo BA / Vascepa trial . Which will probably never happen Kiwi