04-16-2019, 01:12 AM
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-47933345
Cholesterol-lowering "statin" drugs taken by millions of Britons may not work well enough in about half of those prescribed them, research suggests.
UK investigators looked at 165,000 patients on statins and found that for one in two, the drugs had too little effect on bad cholesterol - one of the big risk factors for heart disease.
They are not sure why statins appear to help some more than others.
Patients should not stop taking the drugs without seeing their doctor.
Cardiovascular disease kills about 150,000 people in the UK each year.
Wow, "one in two" is not a high success rate . I do hope investigators can find the problem soon.
I mean, it's easy to say "The best way to avoid this is to live a healthy lifestyle so you don't build up high cholesterol in the first place" - and, while that's certainly true, it's already too late for some people .
Cholesterol-lowering "statin" drugs taken by millions of Britons may not work well enough in about half of those prescribed them, research suggests.
UK investigators looked at 165,000 patients on statins and found that for one in two, the drugs had too little effect on bad cholesterol - one of the big risk factors for heart disease.
They are not sure why statins appear to help some more than others.
Patients should not stop taking the drugs without seeing their doctor.
Cardiovascular disease kills about 150,000 people in the UK each year.
Wow, "one in two" is not a high success rate . I do hope investigators can find the problem soon.
I mean, it's easy to say "The best way to avoid this is to live a healthy lifestyle so you don't build up high cholesterol in the first place" - and, while that's certainly true, it's already too late for some people .
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