[Ethrane]

“That’s statistically significant but not clinically significant,” said Dr. Steven W. Seiden, a cardiologist in Rockville Centre, N.Y., who is one of many practicing cardiologists closely following the issue. At $3.50 a pill, the cost of prescribing Crestor to 500 people for a year would be $638,000 to prevent one heart attack.

Now, I am a physician, and I understand EXACTLY what the 'numbers crunchers' are saying.

All these numbers aside however, the one thing that bothers ME is that I really don't care what the numbers say, if someone wants to decide that THEY want to bear that cost to lower their risk by whatever amount the medicine provides.

The 'numbers needed to treat' and 'cost to save a life' stuff matters ONLY to those paying that cost; of course, if it's the government paying, they will use this type of data to restrict access...and that is plain wrong.

[Weirdad]

Well said.