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This is all true. If you take a statin and it causes no issues, you're... maybe (30%, yay!) better off for it. If a statin makes you feel miserable, I think an

This is all true. If you take a statin and it causes no issues, you're... maybe (30%, yay!) better off for it. If a statin makes you feel miserable, I think any doctor would sympathize with a calculated decision to stop them. There are many types of statins to try though, so hopefully one would work without side effects.

marcosdumay 11mo ago
> There are many types of statins to try though Most with efficacy determined by the proxy variable of LDL-C levels, and with even more questionable results in actual lifetime improvement. I too really wanted not to be that skeptical about medicinal research. But if I had high cholesterol and a doctor recommended newer statins to me, I don't think I would take them.