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A cholesterol-lowering drug for healthy people?

A cholesterol-lowering drug for healthy people?
Should healthy people with no heart symptoms take a cholesterol-lowering drug (CLD) to prevent heart disease? Federal regulators in the U.S. have recently given the green light to allow Crestor, a popular CLDs, to be sold for this purpose. So is this decision a scientific breakthrough or medical madness?
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A cholesterol-lowering drug for healthy people?
Should healthy people with no heart symptoms take a cholesterol-lowering drug (CLD) to prevent heart disease? Federal regulators in the U.S. have recently given the green light to allow Crestor, a popular CLDs, to be sold for this purpose .[...]
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Genomic Mapping Finds Cholesterol Genes
Title: Genomic Mapping Finds Cholesterol Genes Category: Health News Created: 08/05/2010 10:38:00 AM Last Editorial Review: 5/8/2010 10:38:09 AM
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Stephen Guy-Clarke
Aug 25, 2010 8:21

Cardiologist Peter Langsjoen notes that statin treatment may lead to heart muscle weakening and failure. ‘It occurs because statin drugs block the production of coenzyme Q10, vital for the production of cell energy,’ says Langsjoen. ‘Evidence to the FDA shows marked reduction of CoQ10 in patients on statin drugs.’

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