Quote:
|
Small countries like Demark or Iceland are great for studying medical conditions. Because the population is genetically similar as opposed to the vast melting pot of the United States, it is easier to conduct a controlled study. A famous Danish study of neuropathy as a side effect to statin use concluded that an individual who is a long-term user of statin drugs has anywhere from 4 to 14 times greater risk of developing peripheral neuropathy than a person who does not take statin drugs. Typically, long-term use of statins is defined as 2 years or more but neuropathy can occur even after just a few days of use in a susceptible individual.
|
Ummm... That would suggest to me that
Danes have a 4-14 times greater risk (that seems a wide variance to me), but not much about people of other ethic origins, especially mongrels like myself (with no Danish whatsoever). I think I'd rather see numbers on that vast melting pot.
Doesn't mean I'm arguing for statins; I just have a problem with the guy's premise.
Doc