No Pace we are not mass medicating. We are offering the drugs and letting patients have a choice. You choose no, many doctors choose yes. The reason for medicating the healthy is that it keeps them healthy, and we dont accept the awful side effect argument except in a minute number of patients.
The study is interesting but off thread. It is looking at people who already have illness eg have had a stroke. We know exercise is important to these patients and I am not sure I am that surprised that exercise gives the same benefits as many drugs.However this wasnt a statin review but a review of lots of different drugs given for lots of reasons
The prediabetes is the exception and very interesting as there is independent research showing exercise reduces the lipids in the blood which are known to trigger type 2 diabetes., This is the first clear research showing taking up exercise may prevent diabetes developing.
So the answer is statins and exercise!