The Great Cholesterol Myth by Jonny Bowden & Stephen Sinatra M.D. F.A.C.C

Author:Jonny Bowden & Stephen Sinatra, M.D., F.A.C.C.
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Fair Winds Press
Published: 2020-11-15T00:00:00+00:00

AN OVERALL HEALTH BENEFIT OF ZERO

A few years ago, John Abramson, M.D., author of Overdosed America, analyzed eight randomized trials that compared statin drugs with placebos. His findings and conclusions were published in a column in The Lancet. Here’s what he wrote: “Our analysis suggests that … statins should not be prescribed for true primary prevention in women of any age or for men older than 69 years"40

Dr. Abramson’s conclusions echo the findings and recommendations of the researchers at Therapeutics Initiative, a kind of “consumer reports” on drug-industry studies that was started in 1994 at the University of British Columbia. Therapeutics Initiative, which is wholly independent of government and Big Pharma, evaluated five of the major statin trials (including some we talk about in the appendix) and concluded that total mortality—i.e., the number of people who actually died—was not impacted by statin therapy, and that “statins have not been shown to provide an overall health benefit in primary prevention trials”41 (emphasis ours).

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