Rx Statin Critic Predicts Safer Use In Lower-Dose Switch OTCs
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
Duane Graveline says drug firms “are going to realize” they will not “get any support from people who understand” the full range of statin adverse effects. “Tens of thousands of statin users” report weakness, instability, easy fatigue, muscle aches and pains, depression, personality change and faulty memory, he says.
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