Nocebos and statins

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Nocebos and statins

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Research suggests that most of the negative side-effects of statins are nocebos. The linked Guardian article is worth a read and goes into some of the limitations of the research.
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Fishnut wrote: Sun Nov 15, 2020 8:56 pm Research suggests that most of the negative side-effects of statins are nocebos. The linked Guardian article is worth a read and goes into some of the limitations of the research.
Interesting. I know someone who swears his Type 2 diabetes was caused by statins rather than being long-term obese.
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