Should everyone be taking statins?(worksinprogress.news)

2 ポイント投稿者 salonium_4 か月前4 コメント

https://www.worksinprogress.news/p/should-everyone-be-taking-statins

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Don't statins also ruin CoQ-10 production, other stuff, and thereby suppress long-term mitochondrial health?

Bender4 か月前

Betteridge's Law of Headlines says no. Statins were originally for kids born with a genetic defect causing their liver to produce cholesterol non stop and thus mortality. Turned out to be a very profitable drug [Edit: at the time].

mceachen4 か月前

Currently profitable? Many are old enough to have a generic, and are close to the cost of aspirin at this point.

Bender4 か月前

Edited to say at the time. Yeah once people get started on these drugs their doctors keeps them on it.