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Old 02-20-2015, 05:42 PM
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Default Statins for 5 yrs without known heart disease
One of my favorite groups: TheNNT (Number needed to treat) offers this analysis (none of these physicians/epidemiologists/statisticians are associated with the pharmaceutical industry)
Statin Drugs Given for 5 Years for Heart Disease Prevention (Without Known Heart Disease)

In Summary, for those who took the statin for 5 years:

Benefits in NNT

None were helped (life saved)
1 in 104 were helped (preventing heart attack)
1 in 154 were helped (preventing stroke)
Harms in NNH

1 in 50 were harmed (develop diabetes*)
1 in 10 were harmed (muscle damage)

http://www.thennt.com/nnt/statins-fo...heart-disease/
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