Understanding Statins: Everything You Need to Know About the World’s Bestselling Drugs – And What To Ask Your Doctor Before Taking Them

About this book

If you’re taking a statin yourself, or care about someone who is, you’ll find this book useful. It is designed to provide patients and caregivers the basic information they need to better -Where statins came from-If you or someone you love should be taking one-How they work-How to talk with your doctor about them-New information on side effects-Why they’ve recently become more controversial-Future research directionsWe hope that this book will help people to have better conversations about statins with their doctors. Because some leading medical groups have recently recommended giving statins to more people with low or moderate risk of heart and vascular problems (instead of only the high-risk patients), tens of millions more people with no symptoms at all of any problem are being faced with the issue of whether or not to start the drugs. This book will help them bring more solid information to those conversations.