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>no-brainer Many experts including cardiologists maintain that the current mainstream protocols for statin drugs do more harm than good.

• const_cast 1y ago
  Some* experts, and frankly I really doubt their perspective because it's all a risk management thing. It's not that statins are good for you, it's that heart disease is the number 1 killer in the US and surgery is very risky. If we're able to better control cholesterol and hypertension without invasive methods that's very good. Also GLP-1s lower cholesterol too. So it's possibly statins will be going out a bit out of fashion in the future.
  • hollerith 1y ago
    The statin skeptics all have protocols to address heart disease. It's not like they are advocating doing nothing about the risk.
    • const_cast 1y ago
      They do to an extent, but the things they recommend are also recommended by cardiologists who prescribe statins. I mean, lifestyle and diet is going to be the first words out of a cardiologist's mouth when you see them and you have high cholesterol. The reality, I think, is that that is just not a very effective treatment plan for a lot of people.