Statins are not new drugs and as such their patents have long expired. The generic drugs given out in the UK cost but pennies and make nobody fat profits. Yes you can still buy branded statins but GPs won't prescribe them as they get wrapped over the knuckles
This isn't about illness but about preventing early death in the well. Some statins are prescribed for the ill but what is so exciting is the ability to prevent early death in the healthy and allow these people to continue with a good quality of life
If we stopped using any drug or procedure due to an adverse paper as opposed to properly assessing the totality of research and its quality we would be back in the dark ages
Anyhow it is the individuals choice. If you don't want to take a statin nobody is going to force you. But it is interesting that so many doctors have decided otherwise and themselves take statins