Statin Side Effects: What the Evidence Shows Michael van den Heuvel

https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/statin-side-effects-what-evidence-shows-2026a100112s?ecd=WNL_trdalrt_pos1_ous_261006_etid8765737&uac=148436CN&impID=8765737 The list of possible side effects attributed to statins is long: muscle pain, memory problems, depression, sleep disturbances, diabetes, and liver damage. However, a meta-analysis by the Cholesterol Treatment Trialists’ (CTT) Collaboration in The Lancet calls many of these associations into question. At the same time, the study confirmed that certain effects on muscles, the liver, and glucose metabolism can indeed occur. What matters, however, is their magnitude — and that is usually significantly lower than what the public criticism of these drugs would suggest. https://www.medscape.com/oncology