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Cholesterol on Covid 19

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anthony51986
anthony51986

Hi could the reason older people are getting more ill with Corona virus , Is because of Cholesterol lowering effect of statins . through the CY3A4 effect. seeing that there must a lot of old people on statin therapy, especially Atoravastin .plus maybe simvastatin .

dont these drugs cause myopathy muscle weakness , breathing problems even without the virus well according to the leaflet you get it says the could /might/ maybe , it should read definitely you get problems, to many people are complaining that you do , well it does on the Yellow Card Scheme, as there been any data on people taking statins then effected with Coronavirus. i have not heard of any

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