(This is part 3 of a 4 part series. Sorry for the interruption yesterday. But, given the events in Charlston- and the world- I felt no choice but to interrupt the series.)
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Surrogate markers never provide the whole picture. What to do about cholesterol and statins…
For the last two decades, Americans have been taking statins, among the most widely used drugs in the world, with the aim of getting their cholesterol numbers down to target levels. Right now, some 24 million Americans are prescribed statins at a cost of some $ 14 billion annually. Statins are considered useful therapy because they block liver enzymes that produce cholesterol; there may be ancillary actions from taking statins, as well.