high cholesterol
"Here is the trouble with these sites - the skew towards horror stories.  There is also a handful who claim that statins are "poison" and "should be taken off the market".  This is, clearly, an overreaction by those who have the adverse reaction, which - despite what you would think from reading these reviews - are very low frequency events.  Statins are probably as close to a wonder drug as modern pharmacology has ever gotten.  Yes, there are those who are intolerant, allergic, or simply confused as to the genesis of their symptoms.  The truth is, statins work for the vast majority of people taking them, and they work well.  Having said this, I am also perplexed as to why some folks in their later 70s or even 80s are taking them?"