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<blockquote data-quote="seadragon" data-source="post: 1000408" data-attributes="member: 195124"><p>As long as people are aware that statins prevent at best 4 out of 100 people who take them for 5 years, from having a non-fatal heart attack or stroke. 6 out of the 100 will have a heart attack or stroke even taking a statin for 5 years and 90 out of 100 will have taken statins for 5 years but would never have had a heart attack or stroke anyway. Improving diet and lifestyle is much more effective than taking a statin in preventing heart disease. There is no evidence that statins are effective for women or older people. For me a 4% efficacy rate at best is not worth it when I can improve my chances of not having any of these events to a much greater degree by improving my diet and taking more exercise which have no side effects and help overall health.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="seadragon, post: 1000408, member: 195124"] As long as people are aware that statins prevent at best 4 out of 100 people who take them for 5 years, from having a non-fatal heart attack or stroke. 6 out of the 100 will have a heart attack or stroke even taking a statin for 5 years and 90 out of 100 will have taken statins for 5 years but would never have had a heart attack or stroke anyway. Improving diet and lifestyle is much more effective than taking a statin in preventing heart disease. There is no evidence that statins are effective for women or older people. For me a 4% efficacy rate at best is not worth it when I can improve my chances of not having any of these events to a much greater degree by improving my diet and taking more exercise which have no side effects and help overall health. [/QUOTE]
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