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Cholesterol-lowering drugs - Do they help?
Wednesday, February 11, 2009 18:55 No CommentsTriVita Health: Cholesterol-lowering drugs –Do they help? Healthcare professionals continue to debate the benefits of statin drugs Statin drugs have become big business. The use of these cholesterol-lowering drugs increased by 156% between 2000 and 2005, rising from 15.8 million people to 29.7 million people. Statins are currently the best-selling medicines in history, used by more than 13 million Americans and more than 12 million additional patients around the world, producing $27.8 bil