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Majid Malaki
Sevome Shaban Hospital Tehran,
West Indies
Letter to Editor
Statins: A Distant Hope, Thousands Dangers in Near
Author(s): Majid MalakiMajid Malaki
Statins a commonly used drug for dyslipidemia, its widely usage can
magnify its adverse eوٴects epidemiologically especially when we have
to use statins, a costy drug, for a longer time or in higher dose in
vulnerable age, in fact dangers of statins can be a tip of iceberg if we
evaluate studies about benefits and harms of this group of drugs. We
will meet conflLct phenomena in statins benefits when we hear about
decrease cardiovascular disease risk because of some studies that
evaluate benefits of statins ignored statins side eوٴects and most of these
studies performed in groups with age lower 65 and over 30 years and
they generally extend their eٹcac\ to all age groups of society... View More»
DOI:
10.4172/2327-4972.1000231