While with patients who have serious disease as stated the pills are the better of two evils there have been calls for mass medication of people over the age of 50 with statins.
I take your point about the stuff generated by the drug companies, I'm one of their biggest critic's, beware "grey" data. But if we try and "grade" the evidence, then the stuff around primary prevention is fairly/very robust.
Misterblue, you're very welcome, please chat with your doc, he's better informed about you, than I am.
Fenofibrate may reduce levels in your blood, it's doubtful that it'll make you live longer, or better.
