Why Many Older People Want to Stop Using Cholesterol-Drug Statins
Statins are popular medicines that help lower cholesterol and reduce the risk of heart disease. Doctors often prescribe them because they’ve been proven to work well for many people.
A recent study by researchers at Stanford Medicine looked at how people talk about statins on Reddit, a website where people share their personal stories and opinions. The research team used artificial intelligence (AI) to study more than 10,000 posts.
Their goal was to understand what people really think about statins and what kind of information is being spread online. The vast majority of Reddit conversations about statins were negative. Only around 3% of the posts were positive, while the rest were either negative or neutral.
This means most people talking about statins online aren’t happy with them.
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Older people debate statins online, mostly negatively.