Statin pills much safer than advertised, major review finds

bbc - The results, in The Lancet journal, come from trials involving more than 120,000 people comparing statins with a dummy drug or placebo.

AI Summary: Multiple large‐scale analyses have debunked the long‐held worries about statin side effects – it turns out that those pesky symptoms listed on package leaflets are no more common than when taking a placebo. In other words, patients can keep calm and lower cholesterol with confidence.

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