Bob Eager wrote:
On Thu, 6 Mar 2008 20:12:12 UTC, "The Medway Handyman"
wrote:

I reckon statins are the biggest con trick in medical history. The
drugs companies must be laughing all the way to the bank. Little if
any evidence that they do any good. I discussed this with my quack
when he wanted to put me on them.

They work on me. They made a fairly dramatic difference to my
cholesterol levels.

Unfortunately the side effects were too severe to continue with them.

Exactly the point Bob. Apart from the waste of resource & the side effects
there is no clear evidence that high/bad cholesterol levels cause CV
attacks. So why blanket precribe them.


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