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Current lipid-lowering drugs are being questioned for their usefulness and may be harmful.
Practitioners should critically evaluate the use of lipid-lowering drugs in their practice.
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New research into lipid-lowering drugs is not only questioning their usefulness in primary care, but identifying them as harmful, resulting in the development of other diseases.
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The current state of heart disease
Chrystyne Olivieri · International Journal of Evidence-Based Healthcare · 2019
DOI 10.1097/xeb.0000000000000197
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