Sunday, August 7, 2011

"I would never subject a patient to the potentially severe side effects of statins..."

"While inflammation may be involved in either one or both I would not recommend statins as therapy. The supposed benefit provided by statins in reduction of non-fatal heart attacks by a few percentage points is no greater than that achieved with other anti-platelet and/or anti-inflammatory drugs. Therefore I would never subject a patient to the potentially severe side effects of statins in order to achieve a questionable benefit that can be provided by drugs of much lower risk."
Dr. Ernest N. Curtis, M.D.
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From: The Cholesterol Delusion Part 2

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