Heres Malcolm McKendrick railing against the "statin myth"
http://www.spiked-online.com/Articles/0000000CAE78.htm which is quite
lightweight and entertaining.
I defy anyone to point me to data showing benefit (as in added life
years) for primary prevention for postmenopausal women. I contend it
does not exist.
IMO likely to be the next HRT
On 8 June 2010 12:39, Julian Bradley <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Can anyone who has an interest in such things point me in the direction of
> the most recent evidence on the effect of statins used for primary
> prevention on the overall death rate, both in general and by sex and age.
>
> I've obviously followed the debate in general and in respect of
> cardiovascular mortality and morbidity, but have this feeling (not yet fully
> researched) that the effect on overall mortality makes their use in some
> groups even more questionable than the BMJ suggests.
>
> Julian
>
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