statin injured: rare, medium rare, and well done
From: zee (outrider_at_despammed.com)
Date: 03/29/05
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Date: 29 Mar 2005 10:05:44 -0800
Posted to my health policy advocacy list serve by academics in the
medical field (one who was injured by statins) who are working to
repair the damage, both personally and professionally. Zee
"I am fascinated by the number of times that MDs have told me that my
statin-related problems are "rare." And not "rare" in the good sense of
"what a jewel you are (name removed) and how precious your life is to
us" but
rare in the sense of "you are so outside our statistical
expectations...how could we know...stop making us feel uncomfortable by
your presence...". Anyone have any ideas about what is "rare" when ADRs
seem to be running at about 1% of actual incidents?"
Answer:
http://www.who-umc.org/defs.html
"...internationally agreed upon definitions of what "experts" are
saying when they use these terms."
Answer:
According to CIOMS (COUNCIL FOR INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS OF MEDICAL
SCIENCES) definitions, here's what common, uncommon, rare and very rare
mean:
Common (frequent): greater than or equal to 1 in 100
and less than 1 in 10 (between 1% and 10%)
Uncommon (infrequent): greater than or equal to 1 in
1,000, but less than 1
in 100 (between 0.1% and 1%)
Rare: greater than or equal to 1 in 10,000 and less
than 1 in 1,000 (between
0.01% and 0.1%)
Very rare: less than 1 in 10,000 (less than
0.01%), including isolated
reports
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