Are Statins Really Safe?

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I guess those reading the following article are amongst the 'myth busters'............. read on folks:

Clare in Taz

 

 

The most common side effect of statins is muscle pain. The aches usually go away if people stop taking the drugs, but there's growing evidence that pain—and worse—can continue for years afterward. Georgirene D. Vladutiu, a professor at the State University of New York at Buffalo, for instance, describes patients who are wheelchair-bound from muscle weakness and pain five years after they've stopped taking statins. "It's a myth that patients always get better if they stop the drug," she observes.

 

entire article here: http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/sep2009/tc20090918_115353.htm