but, @Craig1978,
if you were to google say, Simvastatin (Zocor) and view the official MSD (drug company) patent info it does NOT mention that their product can increase BSLs .
You only find that by looking up side-effects to simvastatin on other sites like drugs.com or rxlist.com.
Also if you were to subscribe to zoeharcombe.com there is plenty of independent of Big Pharma writing from an expert about cholesterol and statins.
In one conference report she mentions that statins have a 25% side effect profile.
That can give you a big picture view and well as her graphs on studies of cholesterol levels in 198 countries of the world vs cardio-vascular death and all-cause death.
For males and females the higher the total cholesterol level the lower the death rate from cardiovascular disease and of all causes of death. These reports back what @bulkbiker wrote.
The Google comment was more tongue in cheek, as we all know that 'Googling' stuff can give you mixed results!
Raised BSL's will definately be something I will monitor. As I said in an earlier post, I have a starting point of now, knowing how I feel and a record of BSL, so any changes to them and any side effects should, in theory, be easy to pick up on. I wanted to hear good and bad on this subject, as I am not going into this blinkered.