[ExI] statins

Dave Sill sparge at gmail.com
Fri Sep 9 19:02:36 UTC 2016


On Fri, Sep 9, 2016 at 2:42 PM, William Flynn Wallace <foozler83 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> And London cardiologist Dr Assem Malhotra said: "There are serious
> question marks about the reliability of industry-sponsored studies on the
> side effects of statins, and essentially that's what this review is.
>
> "And a lot of the scientists involved in the original studies were
> involved in this review. It is not an independent review."
>
> This is a quote from the BBC article that Bill K sent to me.  It confirms
> what I think:  you can't trust industry, which is making billions from the
> drugs, to do unquestioned research.
>

Yes, I'm extremely skeptical of claims that a man-made drug is safe and
effective for a problem that is basically due to poor diet and lack of
exercise.

-Dave
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