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Statins help millions of people manage their high cholesterol. [...] Statins (HMG CoA reductase inhibitors) are prescription medicines that people take to bring their cholesterol down to normal levels.

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 10 months ago

Tony Hawk some pills

[–] [email protected] 17 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Doing sick grinds off the rails he installed in his bathtub

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago
[–] [email protected] 14 points 10 months ago

Literally turning into dust as I type this

[–] [email protected] 11 points 10 months ago

Like many of you I take a stalin

[–] [email protected] 11 points 10 months ago

So here I am

Taking every pill I can

On and on to what I am

I inject for the 'beetus in my hand

[–] [email protected] 10 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

I was on the fence for decades about statins; but now that they're on the 4$ list at Walmart, I feel slightly more comfortable saying that statins are a miracle drug. They talked a big game but have actually been able to back it up.

Reversing atherosclerotic plaque deposition is probably one of the very few major medical breakthroughs of my lifetime. Your cholesterol numbers are not really relevant, we are all at risk of heart disease here in burger kingdom. If you're over 40 you should probably be on a statin.

Coenzyme Q10 on the other hand, I'm pretty sure is complete horseshit but boy do the cardiologists love to talk about it.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

No drugs are miracle drugs. Statins have side effects, and while a net benefit for some, while not be a net benefit for others. Changing diet to an actually healthy one, where doable, should take priority over mass prescription of drugs.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I'll be sure to let all the type one diabetics know there are no such things as miracle drugs, and I'm sure everyone with congenital hyperlipidemias will be relieved to know they can just eat salads from here on out.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago

Yes, that is clearly what I meant, and not a deliberately bad interpretation of what I said?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago (1 children)

The fact that Amerikkka has ads for prescription medication will never not be bizarre to me

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago

There are only two countries that allow that: the US and New Zealand.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Why no commercials for the cool drugs thonk-cri

[–] [email protected] 11 points 10 months ago

I get ads for fentanyl lollipops all the time, maybe you're just not cool enough

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

Yeah I take Ultra CoQ^10 ™