How Common Are Muscle Side Effects from Statins?
Channel: NutritionFacts.org
Date: 2021-05-03

Statins and muscle pain. Why is the incidence of side effects from statins so low in clinical trials but appear to be so high out in the real world?

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To understand risks versus benefits, you first have to understand The Actual Benefit of Diet vs. Drugs (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/the-actual-benefit-of-diet-vs-drugs).

I have more videos on statins coming out over the next few months, but if you want to see them now, they are available on a digital download of How Effective Are Statins and Stents? (https://drgreger.org/collections/videos/products/how-effective-are-statins-and-stents-digital), a webinar I did last year on statins and stents.

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