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<blockquote data-quote="AloeSvea" data-source="post: 1599562" data-attributes="member: 150927"><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 15px">Also [USER=131993]@bluejeans98[/USER] - you are assuming that taking the statins is going to extend your life. Did your doctor actually say that? Or did you just assume? From what I have read, statins increase time alive to middleaged men who have had a MI or CVD previously (and they think it is the anti inflammatory effect that does this) - everyone else - they lower your cholesterol. Lowered cholesterol, I gather, is not associated with increased lifespan. But ask your doctor - you might be surprised what they reply.</span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AloeSvea, post: 1599562, member: 150927"] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=4]Also [USER=131993]@bluejeans98[/USER] - you are assuming that taking the statins is going to extend your life. Did your doctor actually say that? Or did you just assume? From what I have read, statins increase time alive to middleaged men who have had a MI or CVD previously (and they think it is the anti inflammatory effect that does this) - everyone else - they lower your cholesterol. Lowered cholesterol, I gather, is not associated with increased lifespan. But ask your doctor - you might be surprised what they reply.[/SIZE][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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