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Higher Doses of Statins Just As Deadly

  • September 15, 2004

The production of statins by U.S. pharmaceutical companies is a $15 billion industry all by itself. That's absolute insanity to me because NOBODY needs to take these drugs when an optimized diet that eliminates grains and sugars will normalize one's cholesterol virtually all of the time. Which is why I wasn't surprised to read a study that found higher doses of one statin aren't much better than lower doses at preventing recurrent heart problems and death. In addition, high doses of...