Lead author Prof Christina Reith said worries about statin safety had deterred many people who could benefit from taking them.<\/p>\n
“Ongoing confusion and concern about side effects mean many people are not willing to start them or stop them. This is a major issue.” <\/p>\n
That’s not to say people do not experience things while on them,” she added, “but we now have really good evidence that statins are not the cause of common problems.<\/p>\n
“Our study provides reassurance that, for most people, the risk of side effects is greatly outweighed by the benefits.”<\/p>\n
Her colleague Prof Sir Rory Collins, who is the review’s senior author, said: “Now that we know that statins do not cause the majority of side effects listed in package leaflets, statin information requires rapid revision to help patients and doctors make better-informed health decisions.”<\/p>\n
Prof Bryan Williams, from the British Heart Foundation, suggested many people were missing out on statins due to stories around unproven possible side effects.<\/p>\n
“Prescribers have been intoxicated by this negative publicity. <\/p>\n
“We are absolutely delighted to see the outcomes of this study. These findings should provide very powerful reassurance,” Prof Williams said.<\/p>\n
Experts stress statins save lives, but if you have any problem with your medication you should chat with your doctor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lead author Prof Christina Reith said worries about statin safety had deterred many people who could benefit from…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":410465,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42],"tags":[102,6591,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-410464","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-medication","tag-health","tag-medication","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410464","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=410464"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410464\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/410465"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=410464"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=410464"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=410464"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}