Originally Posted by
BengalCat
In the vast majority of people, statins have no major or harmful side effects.
"Statins are a linchpin of current approaches to cardiovascular protection: however, AEs of statins are neither vanishingly rare nor of trivial impact. For statins, as for all medications, vigilance for potential AEs is imperative."
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2849981/
The numbers I have read of are in the range of at least 10% ... and many clinicians think that number is under reported. This is also one of those times when you can drown in a lake that averages only 6 inches deep. If you have side effects it doesn't matter that most people don't.
I tried statins, and they definitely gave me side effects. On my last visit to the Dr. I told him about them and told him that I would rather shave five years off of my life than continue to take them and be crippled with joint pain. He told me he would do the same.