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So the Royal Navy has decided to name its next submarine HMS Achilles instead of HMS Agincourt, and the stench of outrage, fag smoke and statins on the Daily Express letters page is overwhelming…

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Cholesterol is another lie, March 2,25

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What to know about the recall of atorvastatin pills for lowering cholesterol

If you take cholesterol-lowering drugs called statins, you may have noticed a flurry of news coverage since late October about an extensive recall of thousands of bottles of atorvastatin, the generic version of Lipitor.

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Hi there!

I just came across your post about the pharma led guidelines (I am a family nurse practitioner) and I was wondering if I could get your sources for the statin info. I’ve been trying to convince my father to stop taking his as I don’t believe it has any benefit to him and as you were saying pharma is enforcing medical guidelines that put more people on medications unnecessarily. But he is a science/evidence guy and I am trying to build up some sources before bringing it up again. Your help would be so appreciated!

Take care and have a merry Christmas!

The info in the post is from a book called Sickening, by John Abramson, MD MSc. He is a statistician and did the math himself, though he does not mention which specific studies he took the data from.

I would direct you to a website site called thennt.com that does a very good job at breaking down the math and studies surrounding statins however, and they do cite sources.

Statins for Primary Prevention for People at Low Risk: https://thennt.com/nnt/statins-persons-low-risk-cardiovascular-disease/

Statins for Primary Prevention for People at Higher Risk Without Prior Heart Disease: https://thennt.com/nnt/statins-for-heart-disease-prevention-without-prior-heart-disease-2/

Statins for Secondary Prevention in People With Heart Disease: https://thennt.com/nnt/statins-for-heart-disease-prevention-with-known-heart-disease/

From these breakdowns, if your father is taking a statin because he already had a heart attack or stroke, the evidence suggests that the drug is worth continuing to take, however, if he has not had a heart attack or stroke, no matter his risk level, the risks of statin therapy (diabetes, myopathy, rhabdomyolysis) outweigh the benefits.

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The Great Cholesterol Scam and The Dangers of Statins

Exploring the Actual Causes and Treatments of Heart Disease

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RIP. Japanese biochemist Akira Endo, discover of cholesterol-lowering statin drugs, died on June 5, 2024 at age 90.

Statins, prevent heart attacks or strokes. It can help lower the level of LDL or the "bad cholesterol" in the blood and reduce the production of LDL inside the liver.

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