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2024-06-12 Science & Technology

MILLIONS of Americans taking popular daily drugs don't need them and may be putting themselves at risk of nasty side effects, says major study

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Posted by Skidmark 2024-06-12 00:00|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [167 views ] Top

#1 researchers estimated that 40 percent of people in the US taking statins to prevent heart disease won't actually develop the condition.

Proving that the medicine works? Or, simply, inability to express yourself clearly by jarnolists?

Posted by Grom the Reflective 2024-06-12 01:15|| 2024-06-12 01:15|| Front Page Top

#2 Journalist express clearly? Think of all the people consuming dihydrogen oxide and the danger it presents.

Posted by Procopius2k 2024-06-12 07:37|| 2024-06-12 07:37|| Front Page Top

#3 Don't be a fear-monger, Procop! Everyone knows a dose of C2H6O taken prophylactically will neutralize the poison.

Posted by Mercutio 2024-06-12 08:36|| 2024-06-12 08:36|| Front Page Top

#4 Another flip back in the "you need to take statins / statins are dangerous" catfight. Just a couple of days ago we had one about the mainfold blessings they give. They don't care if you take them, they just want you to buy them.

I myself took them for awhile, and found that they made me feel funny, disconnected. So I stopped.
Changed doctors recently, and the new one hasn't even suggested them.

Posted by ed in texas 2024-06-12 13:28|| 2024-06-12 13:28|| Front Page Top

#5 Is this the month where Chinese food is the most unhealthy or is it Italian this month (According to the Busybody Nanny Public Research Group)?

Posted by M. Murcek 2024-06-12 13:33|| 2024-06-12 13:33|| Front Page Top

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