🧵 Thread on my statin research 👇🏼
Our analysis in @JAMAInternalMed
21 statin trials, 143,532 participants
The benefits of #statins were minimal & most trial participants who took statins, derived no clinical benefit.
Reducing LDL-C with statins showed an inconsistent/weak… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
We respond to a critique by @PeterAttiaMD of our systematic review and meta analysis of #statin trials
tinyurl.com/rssdns32
Proposed guidelines in the UK recommend #statins to all adults if “the person is happy to take a statin”.
Here’s why it’s a bad idea 👇🏼
tinyurl.com/254987zj
Do statins cause muscle aches?
~ 50% of patients stop their statins within 1yr of commencing therapy, mostly because of muscle problems.
But a major study published in @TheLancet concluded that statins are rarely to blame.
See why I disagree tinyurl.com/2n69678u
Experts proposed that #statins should be available over the counter.
Cardiologist Robert DuBroff and I disagree. 👇🏼
tinyurl.com/54cbymh9
Here is a documentary I produced about cholesterol, statins and heart disease, which led to powerful vested interests calling for its censorship. Featuring @RFRedberg @DrJohnAbramson & more
tinyurl.com/caz2yyav
Scientific Censorship - read what led to the unravelling of scientific journalism at ABC TV and the prolonged, orchestrated attacks on those challenging orthodoxy.
tinyurl.com/26sc7nz9
STATIN WARS: have we been misled by the evidence? Published in 2018 by BMJ’s BJSM. @BJSM_BMJ
bjsm.bmj.com/content/bjspor…
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