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Posted on 11/11/2026 1:53:19 PM PST by nickcarraway
Some older adults may be able to stop taking statins with little added risk over two years, but a new study raises concerns about longer-term safety.That’s according to a randomized clinical trial that was presented on Nov. 7, 2026, at the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions in Chicago, and published in The New England Journal of Medicine.
Statins are prescription medications that lower LDL, or “bad,” cholesterol by reducing how much cholesterol the liver makes. They are known to help reduce the risk of heart attack and stroke, according to the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute. The study — conducted by researchers from the University of Bern in Switzerland, the University of California, San Francisco, and other institutions — included 1,880 adults aged 70 years and older, all of whom were taking statins to prevent a first heart attack or stroke.
All participants had at least two chronic medical conditions, but did not have established cardiovascular disease or previous cardiovascular events. Half of the participants stopped taking statins, and the other half continued.
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Expect fewer falls from the elderly…
“Statins are prescription medications that lower LDL, or “bad,” cholesterol by reducing how much cholesterol the liver makes.” Doc wanted me to take a statin, after two weeks it hurt to turn over in bed. I quit, never told Doc.
The day after Christmas last year, I fell on black ice and fractured my left femur, left elbow, and left shoulder blade. They put a steel rod in my leg, and I was in Rehab for 4 weeks. The stupid doctor, who I only saw twice, once when I first got to the rehab center, and just before I was being released, changed a bunch of my meds...never discussed anything with me. The fact that I was allergic to Atorvastatin was in my record, but the dummy put me on it without my knowing. I began feeling crappy again, had terrible back pain, had no energy, no appetite. One night the nurse came in with my meds. She said: "I've got your Atorvastatin for you." I said: "What did you say?" She repeated it. I told her I wasn't supposed to be taking that as I'd had a terrible reaction to it, and refused it. They finally changed it back to Pravastatin, and I began to feel better and could participate in physical therapy. I ended up staying in rehab a week longer than necessary because of his bungling.
They had me on a series of statins before settling on.... Atorvastatin.
No problems for the past three years.
I was in the same boat. I stopped taking them and started a diet and exercise routing. I lowered my levels drastically and told him what I did. His response was to up my dosage. That was my last doctor visit (over 10 years ago).
A friend's husband who had surgery to put stints in the veins around his heart back in 2020 or 2021 takes Atorvastatin without any problems. For me, it was poison.
Years ago, when I was going through my change, my gynecologist put me on Actonel because I had osteopenia. Actonel is similar to Fosamax. They belong to the same class of drugs. I took it for at least a year, if not longer. Then my gastroenterologist got concerned, because my bloodwork showed my liver enzymes were sky high. They thought I had liver cancer, and conducted a sonogram, and found nothing. He told me to stop taking the Actonel, and my liver enzymes went back to normal. Years later, my endocrinologist/family doctor wanted to put me on Fosamax because I have osteoporosis. I said no thanks.
Hang in there, Old-Timer.
LOL!! I'm tryin'. You hang in there too.
They had me on a series of statins before settling on.... Atorvastatin.
No problems for the past three years.
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Atorvastatin for over ten yeaars now. No problems.
Brother was on it for a month. He did not tolerate it well - muscles, joints aches. He got switched.
Go figure.
Your brother wasn’t holding his mouth right. Probably.
It’s possible to have high LDL and not be at risk.
There’s two forms of LDL. Pattern A, “large bouyant”, and Pattern B, “small dense”. Docs don’t routinely test for this difference.
Routine testing just assumes that all of your LDL is “small dense” Pattern B and that it is causing arterial plaque.
However if your labs show high LDL, but also low Triglycerides plus high HDL you may well have “large bouyant” LDL and little or no plaque.
Get a CAC scan and see how your coronary arteries are doing. If they are clear, then who needs statins.
High HDLs, low Tri’s and what I call large and fluffies.
“if your labs show high LDL, but also low Triglycerides plus high HDL”
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Some refer to this as being a “lean mass hyper responder” (LMHR). For those who fit this profile, increasing one’s carb intake can supposedly bring down the high LDL.
Ever heard of this? Know anyone who’s tried this approach?
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