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Statin Drugs of Little Benefit for Prevention of Coronary Artery Disease
Thursday, March 29th, 2007
People generally assume that if they have high cholesterol, taking a statin drug to lower it makes good sense as it will reduce the risk of coronary artery disease. However, careful analysis of the data shows that this is a false assumption. In the January 30, 2007 edition of the journal, The LANCET Dr. J. Abramson of Harvard University Medical School reviewed the data supporting the use of cholesterol lowering statin drugs for primary prevention of coronary artery disease. That is, is there truly any benefit associated with the use of statin drugs just to lower cholesterol in people without proven coronary artery disease. His conclusion,
Our analysis suggests that lipid-lowering statins should not be prescribed for true primary prevention in women of any age or for men older than 69 years. These conclusions were reached after evaluating all eight of the studies designed to evaluate the usefulness of statin drugs in terms of preventing coronary artery disease.
As we are now seeing an increasing body of evidence that there may be some significant risks associated with these drugs
(Parkinsons Linked to Statin Drugs) its time to start asking meaningful questions
now with important scientific support, as to why so many physicians seem so compelled to prescribe statin drugs in situations where there is no evidence of need.
Statin side effects
People generally assume that if they have high cholesterol, taking a statin drug to lower it makes good sense as it will reduce the risk of coronary artery disease. However, careful analysis of the data shows that this is a false assumption. In the January 30, 2007 edition of the journal, The LANCET Dr. J. Abramson of Harvard University Medical School reviewed the data supporting the use of cholesterol lowering statin drugs for primary prevention of coronary artery disease. That is, is there truly any benefit associated with the use of statin drugs just to lower cholesterol in people without proven coronary artery disease. His conclusion,
Our analysis suggests that lipid-lowering statins should not be prescribed for true primary prevention in women of any age or for men older than 69 years. These conclusions were reached after evaluating all eight of the studies designed to evaluate the usefulness of statin drugs in terms of preventing coronary artery disease.
As we are now seeing an increasing body of evidence that there may be some significant risks associated with these drugs
(Parkinsons Linked to Statin Drugs) its time to start asking meaningful questions
now with important scientific support, as to why so many physicians seem so compelled to prescribe statin drugs in situations where there is no evidence of need.
Statin side effects
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