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Originally Posted by D Bergy
Most of the people who live the longest also have high cholesterol. So it makes me wonder why any normal person would want to lower the levels to begin with.
Dan
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My guess would be because they're misinformed
I know people who take statins merely because "their doctor told them to..."
Punch in "statins profitable" in your search engine... Here's a bit from the first result I got...
"Cholesterol-lowering drugs have been the most successful medicines in history. Last year,
they racked up $33 billion in sales around the world. Just one drug, Pfizer’s (
PFE) Lipitor, earned $13.6 billion. But there are
serious questions about whether these drugs are being overused and
whether they are as safe as most people—and doctors—believe. And now Congress is starting to ask those questions, too."
http://ctwatchdog.com/2009/09/22/sta...lowering-drugs
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