Are Most Statin Users Getting No Benefit?
Monday, August 2nd, 2010Massachusetts Institute of Technology researcher discusses the issue of statin over-prescribing:
http://healthjournalclub.blogspot.com/2010/04/statins-pregnancy-sepsis-cancer-heart.html
My recent Self/NutritionData Heart Health Blog post on the lack of statin benefit - in terms of death risk - in healthy adults without heart disease but with “high” cholesterol levels:
Reference: Ray, Kausik, et al. Statins and all-cause mortality in high-risk primary prevention. Archives of Internal Medicine, 170 (2010): 1,024-1,031.



