This is really unbelievable.
Think about how many millions of Americans and people around the world are taking cholesterol lowering drugs (with all the side-effects that result including an increased death-rate.)
This rather large long-term study is going to be a BIG shocker to the medical community.
This rather large long-term study is going to be a BIG shocker to the medical community. This study will simply disappear. It doesn't fit the "narrative" of the media, or the medical nannys, so I'd be surprised whether you heard any news stories on it at all. I believe they found something similar when they looked at data from that 20 year "nurses" study that they did. That info also went down the memory hole.
This rather large long-term study is going to be a BIG shocker to the medical community.Many suspect it already. When they start dumping Pfizer from their protfolios it is time to throw the statins down the drain, and turn on the TV for the predictable "WRECK YOUR LIVER?? HAVE PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY FROM STATINS?? Call the Law Offices of Weasel,Serpent&Goniff to **WIN** The CLASS ACTION LOTTERY!!!"
Just watch. But in this case, the companies may well deserve it. "Studies" have caused the Serum cholesterol reccommended levels to be decreased have greatly increased the Patient Pool, of course, and we are talking about billions of Dollars here in market size.
The adverse reactions of statins are well-known, but generally the argument has been they are outweighed by the "Benefits". One such benefit is:
HEY! WHEN did this study come out???