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<blockquote data-quote="TheBigNewt" data-source="post: 1638697" data-attributes="member: 380756"><p>Whereas statins were certainly designed to lower serum cholesterol (as I recall) by enhancing its breakdown in the body, the fact is they don't really know how it reduces the incidence of cardiovascular events. They know people with high cholesterol tend to have more cardiovascular events and statins reduce that, but they also reduce it in people who have cardiovascular disease but "normal" cholesterol levels. FYI the first statin released by our FDA was lovastatin (Mevacor) in 1987. The last one was Crestor (rosuvastatin) which is the only one still under patent.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TheBigNewt, post: 1638697, member: 380756"] Whereas statins were certainly designed to lower serum cholesterol (as I recall) by enhancing its breakdown in the body, the fact is they don't really know how it reduces the incidence of cardiovascular events. They know people with high cholesterol tend to have more cardiovascular events and statins reduce that, but they also reduce it in people who have cardiovascular disease but "normal" cholesterol levels. FYI the first statin released by our FDA was lovastatin (Mevacor) in 1987. The last one was Crestor (rosuvastatin) which is the only one still under patent. [/QUOTE]
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