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Originally Posted by htismaqe
Statins certainly CAN provide benefits above and beyond lowering bad cholesterol.
Like most other medications though, they're being used profusely instead of sparingly. They're being handed out like candy anytime someones LDL level approaches the warning zone.
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Moderately high LDL level, but most importantly
family history of acute cardiac events, etc. indicates a statin. They are being prescribed more often because of the well-known published effects on plaque stabilization in an effort to decrease the incidence of acute cardiac events and stroke.
Some prescriptions are controversial, but this one is certainly not. They drilled this into us when we learned about it.