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America’s Most Popular Drug Has a Puzzling Side Effect. We Finally Know Why
- pinewurst 3y agohttps://archive.ph/JDxSn https://archive.ph/JDxSn
- radicaldreamer 3y agoThere’s another scary statin side effect: unexplained anger. There are many cases of seniors becoming unusually cruel on statins.
- michaelhoney 3y agoHaven’t we seen an uptick in gun & other violence from MAGA boomers? Could this be part of the story?
- talldatethrow 3y agoHalf the murders in the US are done by black males, basically 600% more than you'd expect if looking at per capita basis, and you want to look into why maga boomers have an uptick in violence (which I somehow doubt is even true)??
- viciousvoxel 3y agoThis is classic MAGA whataboutism and just comes off as terribly ignorant.
- washadjeffmad 3y agoWith the influx of explorers from other platforms, it might be nice if new usernames stayed green for longer.
- talldatethrow 3y agoWhat is it ignorant of?
- _2z1p 3y agoDo they all yell "This is MAGA country" first to identify themselves as MAGA boomers? https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2019/01/29/empire-star-jussie-smollett-assaulted-possible-homophobic-attack/2709986002/ https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2019/01/29/empire...
- psychphysic 3y agoI suspect that kind of thing is more common than we realise, but less tied to statins. People report similar effects with SSRI antidepressants, the contraceptive pill, some antibiotics, some disease modifying drugs, some antiseizure. It's probably just true that some people react to some drugs with behavioural disturbances. For some reason statins is where people talk about it most. Perhaps because statins are very common and people don't expect a behavioural change, compare that to antidepressants where people quickly stop.
- psychphysic 3y agoIs it possible to just edit the title to make it clear it's taking about stains? There is quite a bit of controversy about statins. I believe in double blind studies it's not clear that more report muscle pain than placebo. (The rhabdomyolysis is clearly a possible side effect but distinct from just pain and weakness).[0] The absolute harm difference of 1% translates to a NNH of 100. One person is worse off due to being on a station vs placebo for every 100 prescribed. This NNH is much higher(better) that previously reported. But are any better off? Ummmm, that's not too clear either it's proven on people with very very high cholesterol over 12 or so not your typical steak for breakfast eater who sits around 6. Translated into extended quality of life it's probably not much.[1] Your looking at about 1.3% lower risk of death over 5 years mostly in the unhealthiest, exclude those with very high cholesterol and suddenly it doesn't seem so worth it esp if you factor in diabetes and being disincentivized to be healthy. [0] https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-54951648 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-54951648 [1] https://thennt.com/nnt/statins-for-heart-disease-prevention-with-known-heart-disease/ https://thennt.com/nnt/statins-for-heart-disease-prevention-...
- ttfkam 3y agoAmerica's most popular drug is caffeine. Second place is alcohol. Third is either aspirin or ibuprofen. They must mean popular prescription drug.