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7. Fit People, Big Questions: Do You Really Need a Statin if you are well?

7. Fit People, Big Questions: Do You Really Need a Statin if you are well?

Update: 2024-12-09
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Should you take a statin if you are offered one?


How do you really understand the risks and benefits if all you've had is a text message from your practice?


What can you do instead if you don't want to take one?


We discuss our approach to this hot topic that seems to generate a lot of heated debate for most people in the 2nd half of life.


If you want to see what your risk score is with the most sophisticated calculator, you'll find it here:


https://qrisk.org/


But remember you can't have a risk of 0% unless you're a bot.


You can contact Lynette for coaching at


lynette@prescriptionstrength.co.uk

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7. Fit People, Big Questions: Do You Really Need a Statin if you are well?

7. Fit People, Big Questions: Do You Really Need a Statin if you are well?

Dr Lynette Ewart