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To: IRWIN JAMES FRANKEL who wrote (10205)9/9/2009 2:40:34 PM
From: scaram(o)uche  Respond to of 10345
 
>> since she is about to start my wife on the drug through a compounding pharmacy <<

nice.... thanks for the update.... good news!



To: IRWIN JAMES FRANKEL who wrote (10205)9/9/2009 5:31:41 PM
From: DewDiligence_on_SI1 Recommendation  Respond to of 10345
 
>1 in 1,200 may overstate the risk. That formulation of the risk totally ignores the risk of untreated or inadequately treated MS.<

???

The stated figure in the WSJ article is the cumulative 3-year risk of PML, specifically. The risk of under-treatment of the underlying disease is relevant, of course, but it does not change the PML arithmetic at all.