Question

A patient has been prescribed a new medicine by their physician. The medicine is accompanied by a leaflet describing potential adverse effects associated with taking it. Most of these potentially adverse effects are trivial, but the leaflet states that three patients in every 10,000 who take the medicine suffer a severe reaction requiring urgent medical attention. Which of the following statements is true?

Accepted Answer

Statistical probabilities mean very little in themselves when dealing with decisions that could have serious consequences, such as whether to take this medicine.

Answer

The patient should ignore the risk because there is only a 0.03% risk of a severe adverse reaction.

Answer

Statistically, the medicine is safe.

Answer

The patient should not be concerned because only those few patients who are susceptible to this reaction are at risk.

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