Statins: What the Evidence Really Says About Benefits, Risks, and Overprescribing

Statins reduce cardiovascular risk, but how substantial are the benefits, what are the real harms, and are millions more Americans being prescribed them unnecessarily?

By VJ Mercer | A Mind Less Wasted

According to the internet, statins are either among the greatest medical achievements in history or one of the pharmaceutical industry’s most successful scams.

Take your pick.

One side points to decades of clinical trials showing fewer heart attacks and strokes. The other points to muscle problems, diabetes, cognitive comp…