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Any cardiologist will tell you statins have saved millions of lives. And that they also have side effects that make them not an option for a significant chunk o
by dreamcompiler 1y ago
Any cardiologist will tell you statins have saved millions of lives. And that they also have side effects that make them not an option for a significant chunk of the population.
Statins are not evil and they're not a scam, but we definitely need to replace them with something better.
- breadwinner 1y agoSure statins may have saved lives, but the question is how. Is it by controlling LDL, or by reducing inflammation? This story says it is the latter: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2008-04-15/heart-disease-not-about-cholesterol-businessweek-business-news-stock-market-and-financial-advice https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2008-04-15/heart-dis...
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- cthalupa 1y agoMost of this is reputation is based on early generation statins. The side effect profile is incredibly slimmed down on statins like rosuvastatin.