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by rgbgraph 1114 days ago
I cannot make it anymore clearer: statins reduce your absolute risk of mortality by at most 2%; not smoking reduces your absolute risk by 7%. Statins provide meager benefit for the associated risks. It does not take an expert to do math.
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I must have missed the clinical practice guideline that said keep smoking just take a statin instead.