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Old 11-13-2013, 09:45 AM #5
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But at the same time, if I heard correctly, they are not recommending statins based on cholesterol numbers alone which has been the case for many.
Yes & no. Out of one side of their mouths, they're saying, "Ignore the numbers." Out of the other side, they're saying if you have a bad cholesterol level more than 190, "you should be on a statin. Period."

IMO that's not ignoring numbers; it's just (as the new guidelines recommend) putting twice as many people on statins as are on them now without even examining diet, lifestyle, or trying other measures.

(Paraphrasing...) "No, you won't get me, you Slithery Dee!"

No... strike that. Make that, "Slithery P" (for Big Pharma)!

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