The headline is broadly defensible, but the qualifications matter. Effect sizes vary by population, the strongest claims rest on shorter trials, and credible voices push back on how it's typically framed.
a statin is a small molecule and I don't say this in an insulting way but we use the terminology it's dirty right so it it does block an enzyme but it's got all these offtarget things and your liver function gets whacked you get insulin resistance some people get horrible muscle soreness right so 5 to 10% of people taking this drug are going to have a side effect that prevents them from taking the drug
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So it it does block an enzyme, but it's got all these offtarget things and your liver function gets whacked. You get insulin resistance. Some people get horrible muscle soreness. Right. So 5 to 10% of people taking this drug are going to have a side effect that prevents them from taking the drug.