This is a joke

[NYShoreGuy]

 

[Rockaway]

I can’t remember where you got your MD ?

 

[shu09]

A joke? He's absolutely right in what he says.

 

[cernjSHU]

Well, that would be true. If you re healthy, you use less drugs. I would think that is generally true.

 

[SHUHoopsFan]

I missed the joke. Can someone explain?

 

[Merge]

He’s right. We’d be far better off if people believed they should eat better and exercise more.

 

[HALL85]

He’s right. We’d be far better off if people believed they should eat better and exercise more.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/matthe...ial-back-on-statins-because-of-diabetes-risk/

Case in point. Many in the medical community believe we over prescribe statin when cholesterol is only one factor in determining cardiac disease. If you have high cholesterol, but no other risk factors taking a statin provides no incremental benefit. And as time goes on, we are seeing risks.