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10-27-2006, 01:02 AM | #1 | ||
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And one was on a placebo!
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?p...I&refer=europe I wonder if the odds are consistent with incidence of MS in the general obese diabetic population or if it was much higher in this trial, if the 2 on the drug actually developed MS because of the drug. |
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10-27-2006, 12:41 PM | #2 | ||
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1047 patients didn't develop MS, which is probably hiding in the body long before the diet pill was popped into their mouths.
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10-27-2006, 05:19 PM | #3 | ||
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So in a population or 1050 patients, 3 developed MS, or 1 in 350. Doesn't that seem far higher than the normal incidence of MS which is 1 in 700? This is double that incidence rate. Maybe populations of obese diabetics have a higher incidence of MS than the regular population, but I'm sure we would have seen some statistics saying that either being overweight or diabetic were risk factors. I don't know that I've read that. I'm wondering if there's something in this pill that might be a clue to what triggers development of MS. One can hope, can't they? |
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10-27-2006, 06:55 PM | #4 | ||
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My bet is that is is a coinsidence that two people were diagnosed with MS. Time will tell though.
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10-27-2006, 11:53 PM | #5 | |||
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It is weird, though, and does raise some questions.
Thanks for posting Pantos.
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10-30-2006, 01:05 AM | #6 | ||
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Only two people on the drug were dx'd with MS. I think it's just coincidental.
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