Cholesterol Overtreatment
Cross-source consensus on Cholesterol Overtreatment from 1 sources and 5 claims.
1 sources · 5 claims
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Highlighted claims
- Cholesterol is essential to human physiology rather than being a toxin. — Overmedication in Elderly Patients: Three Critical Areas
- Clinical trials supporting current cholesterol targets did not study patients over age 80 and 85, despite high-dose statin use in those groups. — Overmedication in Elderly Patients: Three Critical Areas
- Cholesterol overtreatment in elderly patients can result from focusing on lowering cholesterol numbers without considering harms of aggressive reduction. — Overmedication in Elderly Patients: Three Critical Areas
- Current medical practice often pursues aggressive LDL targets below 70 mg/dL or below 55 mg/dL in high-risk patients. — Overmedication in Elderly Patients: Three Critical Areas
- Very low cholesterol levels are linked in the article to cognitive decline, though the risk is said to receive little discussion. — Overmedication in Elderly Patients: Three Critical Areas