Wednesday, March 10, 2004
Yesterday, there was much hay made of Lipitor's statisitically significant better results than Pravachol.
The measurement of Serious events following treatment with Pravachol was 26.4%. it was 24.3% with Lipitor. A 16%! improvement.
But Lipitor had a 3.3% occurence of liver enzymes that are precursors to liver problems. Pravachol only had a 1.1%. A 66% reduction.
Stats translated into percentages sure make things more dramatic.
The measurement of Serious events following treatment with Pravachol was 26.4%. it was 24.3% with Lipitor. A 16%! improvement.
But Lipitor had a 3.3% occurence of liver enzymes that are precursors to liver problems. Pravachol only had a 1.1%. A 66% reduction.
Stats translated into percentages sure make things more dramatic.
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