The medications that change who we are
"In almost every case, the symptoms began when they started taking statins, then promptly returned to normal when they stopped."
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20200108-the-medications-that-change-who-we-are
@estherschindler
Every diabetic is offered statins, and they've only found a few with mental problems? Be very cautious about such reports. There are statin alternatives now that are massively expensive and which would only be approved by insurance if a patient couldn't tolerate statins. Statins have been out for decades, but suddenly we're only now hearing about stuff like this?
@AlphaCentauri @estherschindler
I don't know about this, specifically, but I do know that the benefits have been exaggerated.
In the most recent meta-analysis, which included data from more than 134,000 volunteers in 28 studies, 2.2% of statin takers who experienced an average reduction in cholesterol died, compared to 2.3% of those taking a placebo.
https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:0db1241b-e731-4aaf-9f3e-ab3596ebb670