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Heart & Blood Health | Last Active: Jun 10 10:26am | Replies (47)
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adverseeffects,
An interesting personal assessment in your particular case - however, an overwhelming number of people are helped by statins.
The medical science behind statin use is clear, and the recommendations from tens of thousands of highly trained medical professions for statin use, based on large scale studies, continues - based one the significant amount of good they do.
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I’m curious as to whether taking statins has proven to actually save lives when taken by an otherwise healthy person vs not taken by an otherwise healthy person? “Otherwise”= a person healthy, active, heathy life style with no other serious medical conditions except high LDL
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Statins definitely lower ldl cholesterol, however the hypothesis that they prolong life is not as overwhelming.
Five to ten percent of people can't tolerate them.
I believe I am one of them, my current dilemma is that my legs and buttocks aches and weakness
coinciding with statin use, has led to an mri which shows 2-3 pinched nerves which 2 spine surgeons say need a major operation.
I am wondering whether the statin exacerbated the lumbar problem. It may also have put me over the edge, so that I need surgery anyway now.