Medication renewals- how often are you required to be seen

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showed a chart from the NIH (or maybe CDC) that showed how many heart attacks and strokes in older adults could have been prevented by statins, even if a person is within the normal range for cholesterol, and it was pretty amazing. He said the NIH was considering recommended statins for everyone over age 65 whether they actually had high cholesterol or not. A prophylactic measure of sorts.

A friend mentioned the above and that is precisely why DH is taking a low dose statin, because there is some research saying it’s smart, not because of his numbers.