Statins

[Misspears]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-27420100 

 

Two articles claiming cholesterol-reducing statins may be unsafe are to be investigated and could be retracted by the British Medical Journal.

The authors have withdrawn figures suggesting up to 20% of users would suffer harmful side effects such as liver disease and kidney problems.

About 7m people in the UK at risk of heart disease are prescribed statins.

Experts fear the articles, which were widely reported in October, will have discouraged people from taking them.

British Medical Journal (BMJ) editor-in-chief Dr Fiona Godlee said it was publicising the withdrawal of the side-effects figures "so that patients who could benefit from statins are not wrongly deterred from starting or continuing treatment because of exaggerated concerns over side effects".

[Rosalind]

tha22222 go90

[JaneJ]

A friend of mine had them and they gave him awful pains in his legs. he has stopped them and feels better for it

[annie]

All drugs have side effects , but the majority of people don't get them , it is just pot luck.

[maureenho]

My husband have problems with Statins, it's surprising how many people take them.

[wendy]

we have had members tell us they had trouble with taking statins.

[Misspears]

Stans been taking statins for years