Statin use vs. death rate from cardiovascular diseases (2019)
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August 12, 2026
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Discussion Highlights (1 comments)
ggm
A remarkably strong signal to my naieve eyes. These drugs appear to do what they claim. Most people I know in my age group 65+ who take them complain of minor issues like biliousness. Most of us grumble about something. If I owned a lawn I would ask you to get off it. I wouldn't blame the statins for that: I don't take 'em, I got a clean calcium score. Reading I see there is a paradoxical increase in hard calcium deposits for some statin takers, but presumably it stabilises and stroke risk drops regardless. Or maybe not regardless or paradoxical: maybe this is how statins do the beneficial thing?