Pravastatin is advertised by drug reps as "more gentle" than others.
But I don't believe that. The PROSPER study using it found higher rates of breast cancer in females using it.
Besides 40mg is a high dose anyway and any gains from "gentle" recommendations would be out the window for it at that dose.
http://www.cmaj.ca/cgi/content/full/176/5/649
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Specifically, this analysis showed that pravastatin therapy was associated with an increasing risk of cancer as age increased. This finding was remarkably robust in the sensitivity analysis.
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Of course this result interpretation varies as to "who" does the interpretation.
All of the statins damage mitochondria... I think that is the bottom line.
I returned today from my long vacation... so I will try to do a catch up on the PN forum this week!
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