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The results show that the drugs reduce the numbers. They do not show that this results in a reduction in long-term complications, which is what is really important.
Doctors and the FDA are starting to question this approach. The studies necessary to show meaningful results from taking these drugs would have to last decades. Obviously, the drug companies prefer the current system where they just have to show that the surrogate markers of the disease, the numbers, improve.
When you consider that every drug has side effects, and that the more drugs you take, the greater the risk, it would make sense to proceed with caution.