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What the BMJ has to say on this very topic of statins: https://www.bmj.com/campaign/statins-open-data https://www.bmj.com/campaign/statins-open-data So no set
by guerby 11mo ago
What the BMJ has to say on this very topic of statins:
https://www.bmj.com/campaign/statins-open-data https://www.bmj.com/campaign/statins-open-data
So no settled science here.
Unless you consider the BMJ a trash journal of course.
- davikr 11mo agonote: > individuals at low risk of cardiovascular disease
- guerby 11mo agoYes, you're right. I pointed to this BMJ reference because in the article there is the following: "To help drive down our ApoB, we have statins which do miracles for lipid management. Some people believe that everyone should be on a statin so long as they don’t have adverse side effects." Most statins prescribed today are not for secondary prevention. A lot of doctors prescribe a statin immediately on seeing just one measure of "high" LDL without looking at any other parameter or context.
- davikr 11mo agoYeah, for each level of cardiovascular risk (in America, probably calculated with PREVENT) there is a target LDL which should guide whether you should start or not a statin.