Ticker: Don't Die of Heart Disease

Re:Ticker: Don't Die of Heart Disease by guerby on Saturday November 08, 2025 @02:05PM (#45859062)

What the BMJ has to say on this very topic of statins:

https://www.bmj.com/campaign/statins-open-data

So no settled science here.

Unless you consider the BMJ a trash journal of course.

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Re:Ticker: Don't Die of Heart Disease by davikr on Sunday November 09, 2025 @09:41AM (#45865897)

note: > individuals at low risk of cardiovascular disease

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Re:Ticker: Don't Die of Heart Disease by guerby on Sunday November 09, 2025 @01:25PM (#45867794)

Yes, you're right.

I pointed to this BMJ reference because in the article there is the following: "To help drive down our ApoB, we have statins which do miracles for lipid management. Some people believe that everyone should be on a statin so long as they don’t have adverse side effects."

Most statins prescribed today are not for secondary prevention.

A lot of doctors prescribe a statin immediately on seeing just one measure of "high" LDL without looking at any other parameter or context.

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Re:Ticker: Don't Die of Heart Disease by davikr on Monday November 10, 2025 @12:11PM (#45878096)

Yeah, for each level of cardiovascular risk (in America, probably calculated with PREVENT) there is a target LDL which should guide whether you should start or not a statin.

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