I was referring. a tad tongue in cheek, to the writer who mentioned Bill Clinton warning people not to discontinue statins. The caveat could have included 'without working with your doctor.' But statins are not drugs that, like some drugs including many for osteoporosis, can leave one worse off for having taken them if they do discontinue them. I know of cardiologists whose patients take 'statin breaks' occasionally. People who change statins, or try them and cannot tolerate them. Statins have an off-ramp if one needs it. Some drugs do not. And many people ended up needing the surgery he had despite being on statins. Statins usage is hardly a necessary-and-suffiecient variable that prevents later surgical intervention.