To hear Big Pharma tell it, statin drugs are "miracle" medicines that have prevented millions of heart attacks and strokes. But a recent study published in the British Medical Journal tells a completely different story: For every heart attack prevented by the drug, two or more people suffered liver damage, kidney failure, cataracts or extreme muscle weakness as a result of taking the drug.
Statin drugs, in other words, harm far more people than they help.'
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Perhaps surprisingly doubts about Statins have been aired on BBC Radio more then once and for some while now.
ReplyDeleteI suppose we can all guess what this will lead to.
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