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Can statins cause chest pain ? lipitor (atorvastatin) etc .thankyou

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Dr. Milton Alvis, jr answered

Specializes in Preventive Medicine

Highly Unlikely: Statins, while off-target, usually reduce low density lipoprotein concentrations, the primary driver of atherosclerosis, thus act to slow progression of arterial disease, body wide, with all the associated problems, including angina. The larger/more-common problems are that lipoproteins are not measured, people are not told the correct issues ; treatment is commonly cautious ; not that effective.

Answered 4/28/2021

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