{"id":270159,"date":"2026-02-06T05:12:06","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T05:12:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/270159\/"},"modified":"2026-02-06T05:12:06","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T05:12:06","slug":"statin-pills-much-safer-than-advertised-major-review-finds-bbc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/270159\/","title":{"rendered":"Statin pills much safer than advertised, major review finds &#8211; BBC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiWkFVX3lxTE1pN215bmdnR2pLVFNuX3lXNnRwbW9Vd1Y2SkVHcWtYYW14TkxBN2QzbExxcXZyWk1yNVEzeFp1ZWZyWFg2SDdvLUdZS3BRUm5kQ1c2LXFhcU14Zw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Statin pills much safer than advertised, major review finds<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMinAFBVV95cUxQWUc0ZTUzR1VaUE9rZ0NZakRiTDJ1V0hjTDk3YUJ5VVRwVnNPSklGZFBxSWNVVUJtVHo4Wm5WMXJTd2tYOTRCRFBUVUJEQjRXcEgxQ0JvcS1BN056NEtDMlpBcnNwVU9vc19yMWxvTWtsbnVSM3JZcTNVc3BuYWxrOXlyVldzMUlFVVZiUUQyNGt2OHhjdld0eTZvV0Y?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Most statin side-effects not caused by the drugs, study finds<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Guardian<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMitAFBVV95cUxPRzRqV1h6Q2ZUVTN2REZERndIY3p1U1ZWcVV0YVdKeXdrZ1dqd0hOdDV4aEI5QUZmVjFPNlZ5dVZUM1RNbVlDdzJhWHpYS2ZBbWtyVVVrMFloZnJuMFg0ZFhoVjRRdEJ6dzZlZlFpYVRHX1dWS1RWTXFVblJWVmFGMGJDb2FyMnNmOGRlaFhRZjl6aGYwTmJ2R3VlNkgwRlBJUGhHcFJPa2dsQjUza29WY0xBdTg?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Statins don\u2019t cause the majority of \u2018side effects\u2019 on the label<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;SMH.com.au<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMimgFBVV95cUxPUEZCTTVJaXRQYmU4ckFhYWZ6VFhqeUtwMzBheTUzakpkV2pCYlcya1RjX0dHbnFKWVg1TVdVejc4ekYxYTgyd3FrWEVKX3ZYY2FlMnBobTNuUTE4MEkyekx1MWNBazF4Q0JYdXZQdGl0eGtweFhkVm85ZmU3SGRzdXFuUG0xMVNtZ2plcmc1Zld2S05Nd0N0UW9B?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Painful Side Effect of Statins Explained After Decades of Mystery<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;ScienceAlert<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMib0FVX3lxTE96blZxZzNyaTY2a0NucEZPOXNpRUZOZTgyM0lSSUVaTFlBVHlzRFVncXluV3oycE9zNEhpbmxCVzF5VHNXbXZKY1ZJbFUzV3RPSnRvenF4OFlYRjFqWDdVVFYzYmcyc2tZdVhzU1k0cw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Scientists finally explain statin muscle pain<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;ScienceDaily<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Statin pills much safer than advertised, major review finds&nbsp;&nbsp;BBCMost statin side-effects not caused by the drugs, study finds&nbsp;&nbsp;The&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":270160,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[134,524,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-270159","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-medication","tag-health","tag-medication","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270159","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=270159"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270159\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/270160"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=270159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=270159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=270159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}