STATINS MAY CAUSE HEART FAILURE 01/19/2016 Statins were introduced in 1987 on the faulty premise that low cholesterol reduces the risk of heart disease and arterial plaquing. Today more than one in four Americans, ages 45 and older, are taking a statin. Unfortunately, despite the lack of clinical evidence, few cardiologists around the world have abandoned ‘the lower, the better hypothesis’ regarding cholesterol levels. (See my earlier Blog on Cholesterol) Sadly, the majority of physicians continue to prescribe statins for their
Statins were introduced in 1987 on the faulty premise that low cholesterol reduces the risk of heart disease and arterial plaquing. Today more than one in four Americans, ages 45 and older, are taking a statin. Unfortunately, despite the lack of clinical evidence, few cardiologists around the world have abandoned ‘the lower, the better hypothesis’ regarding cholesterol levels. (See my earlier Blog on Cholesterol) Sadly, the majority of physicians continue to prescribe statins for their