Those give my husband severe leg cramps. We can’t get his down with diet and exercise alone. At 70 he’s doing 30 mins on the treadmill and 50 sit ups per day along with all the other daily activities. Weight is normal, his triglisricides are the biggest problem, he has a carb issue, he’s a meat, bread and potato kind of guy and has a sweet tooth.
But it also is a family trait, most of his family are on the stuff.
right, there are certainly cases where statins are appropriate. I just see a lot of 30-50 year old overweight underworked types taking a lot of pills that they probably wouldn’t need if they exercized. I’m speaking of the statins and the type 2 diabetes medications primarily but the various hypertensions meds fall probably fall into theis category too. I know an individual who requires all kinds of these pills (that he doesn’t tolerate well) because he spends all day and every day sitting around drinking very large quantities of beer. All he has to do is quit drinking and start working and the pills and their side effects will go away.