I keep running into more drugs which turn out to have permanent side effects. And they are overwhelmingly for controlling symptoms, not fixing what might be broken.

The risk is huge and the drug is not actually doing anything. I'm not disparaging pain control, but statins are notorious for a range of side effects and they change a number on a person's labs.

The benefits remain very small, even in the group of men who have already had a heart attack. Which is the only group which shows even a weak benefit.

Women have no business taking it. The science isn't there.