They worked well to get my cholesterol down, I needed to add fish oil (Rx grade) to get my triglycerides down. My HDL (good cholesterol) is as high as any my doctors have ever seen. My doctor said it’s genetic but I’m pretty sure it has climbed considerably over the years. I don’t think statin mfr make any claims about improving HDL, not sure.
I didn’t have any bad side effects as far as I know. I have a lot of health problems but, so far, I don’t think any are attributable to the statins.
I started off with Lipitor. It interfered with another med I was taking and have been taking Crestor for a few years.
Crestor improves HDL