Cholesterol pill may not be safe for healthy folks

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NYT: Cholesterol pill may not be safe for healthy folks
Experts question whether medication should be used as preventive care
The New York Times
updated 8:14 p.m. ET, Tues., March. 30, 2010
With the government’s blessing, a drug giant is about to expand the market for its blockbuster cholesterol medication Crestor to a new category of customers: as a preventive measure for millions of people who do not have cholesterol problems.

Some medical experts question whether this is a healthy move.

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“The benefit is vanishingly small,” Dr. Seiden said. “It just turns a lot of healthy people into patients and commits them to a lifetime of medication.”

This article, "Risks Seen in Cholesterol Drug Use in Healthy People," was first published in The New York Times.

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Note the copyright? I had to remove most of that.. sorry