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Research on Statin Drugs

Statins and Children

Statins and Muscle Problems

Statins and Diabetes

Statins and Children

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Long-Term Follow-Up of Statin Treatment in a Cohort of Children with Familial Hypercholesterolemia: Efficacy and Tolerability <--- Notice they don't actually study whether the children had decreased heart disease, cancer, stroke, etc. later in life. They ONLY studied whether statins reduced their cholesterol and whether that influenced short term indicators. However, reduced cholesterol levels over a lifetime could have serious long term consequences.

Statins and Muscle Problems

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Molecular mechanisms of statin-induced myotoxicity

Statin-Associated Myopathy

Effect of Coenzyme Q10 on Myopathic Symptoms in Patients Treated With Statins

Statin-Associated Myopathy with Normal Creatine Kinase Levels

"...we present evidence that suggest that simvastatin can be toxic in cardiomyocytes". Translation- Simvastatin KILLS heart muscle cells! Seriously, why are they prescribing tehse drugs? --->Molecular mechanisms of statin-induced myotoxicity

Statins and Diabetes

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Risk of Incident Diabetes With Intensive-Dose Compared With Moderate-Dose Statin Therapy<--- Statins INCREASE the risk of diabetes! What kind of trade off is that?