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Statins ‘don’t cut heart deaths risk’ says leading heart Professor Professor Sherif Sultan, president of the International Society for Vascular Surgery, said millions of people should stop taking the heart drugs because side effects outweigh possible benefits. He told a conference in Brazil this month that the drugs should only be considered for patients who have had a heart attack and never for a child, woman or patient over 62 years old, as there was no evidence it could benefit them. He also said the medication did not reduce overall death rates in anyone. My note: He is not the first or only doctor to come out and say this. So who has been pushing the prescribing of Statins so broadly? I still wonder if we will see class action legal suits in future over this.... Never discontinue any medication on your own though, always confront and discuss it with your doctor. See http://ift.tt/2pQFgNk