What are advantages and disadvantages of taking statins?

What are some advantages and disadvantages of taking statins? Yeah, so you know again lots of people will hear about side effects of statins, in reality the numbers are very low. In people with severe pre-existing liver disease that's really one of the few categories where we think twice about taking statins. They are compatible with most other cardiovascular medicines that you'll be prescribed, Some, again, that are maybe not necessarily cardiovascular medicines, you do need to double check that there are no interactions, but those are some of the limitations when you think about statin therapy. The advantages are huge, you know, very clear linear reduction in numbers of people having heart attack with reducing your cholesterol and statin therapy. So it's very, very clear that statins do definitely save lives. You know, if you ask 99% of cardiologists, the vast majority will be prescribing statins for their patients because they believe and have seen the evidence that it is the right thing for patients. It definitely reduces heart attacks, reduces risks of coronary disease.