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Re: WHI & HRTFrom: Arthur Freeland (arthurfree@aol.com)Wed Jul 10 11:57:09 2002
I had the good fortune to have a prepared Wyeth rep in the office yesterday (ironically doing heel osteoporosis screening for us). They have a nice fact sheet with the Relative Risks developed from the study. Colon cancer and fracture risk are decreased significantly and breast cancer increased (but we KNEW that!). The disappointment to me is that this study (large and prolonged) is supporting the increase risk of MI and stroke, which may swamp any benefit, even with the lack of increased mortality from breast cancer. Furthermore, I hate to feel like I have to give credit for doing the right thing (but so many times pharmaceutical companies have not). Wyeth does deserve some credit, they: 1)DID THE STUDY, and 2)did not try to squelch the results. It is the press that has sensationalized this, data is just data and now we know more than we did last month. (Or at least I will when the JAMA gets to the mailbox) It will be interesting to see how the estrogen only arm turns out.
-- Arthur Freeland Kirksville Missouri
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