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Old 1st Sep 2006, 22:19
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Statins are on the whole very well tolerated by the vast majority of people taking them.

I have never heard of anyone becoming acutely incapacitated by taking it.

Liver and muscle issues are well documented, not common and reversible (there was one statin that could give a nasty reaction to your muscles in extremis fatal but that one is withdrawn - can not remember the name now)

The benefits they have in both primary and secondary prevention are beyond dispute.
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