About 25 to 30 percent of people prescribed statins dump them within a year. I flunked Lipitor after a few wretched months.
Statins are prescribed to lower cholesterol in people who show risk factors for cardiovascular disease or diabetes, or who already have them. Side effects can include muscle weakness, diabetes onset and, rarely, permanent muscle damage. These risks are higher in women, with age, and with certain heart and blood pressure drugs.
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