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There are many types of statin. Japan certifies I believe six, one of which is rosuvastatin, which I have been taking (one small pill a night) for about three years, due to elevated serum cholesterol. The standard dose in the US is about 5-10mg.
My pill is 2mg, well on the low side. But the lowered serum cholesterol levels are clear. I have never had any side effects that I noticed. Zero. My HbA1c is and has always been within healthy zones. My liver values (AST/ALT, bilirubin, albumin) are within healthy zones and haven't changed in any significant way since I began keeping close records of yearly health checks (about 12 years).
I have also started drinking 5mg of psyllium husk dissolved in water twice a day, though only for about a month and that's not long enough to see the possible effects (at least in terms of cholesterol levels, the digestive effects were pretty clear almost immediately.)
I get that people are wary of drugs. I personally have doubts about semaglutide, which has not had the long-term testing of statins. (roughly forty years for statins with hundreds of randomized controlled trials and meta analyses. Less than 10 years for GLP receptor 1 agonists like semaglutide). But statins are among the most studied of drugs. This doesn't guarantee complete safety for everyone, but then neither is aspirin safe for everyone.
The good news is that low doses to begin with can do a lot of work toward detection of side effects, if they're going to occur.
I am not a medical doctor.
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