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One in Four Over 45 Take Unnecessary Cholesterol-Lowering Statin Drugs

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Many Americans take cholesterol-lowering statin drugs -- including half of men aged to 65 to 74, and nearly 40 percent of women aged 75 and older.

In fact, a grand total of one in four Americans aged 45 and older are taking a statin. That means there are almost 32 million Americans taking a statin -- the equivalent of the entire populations of Florida and Illinois combined.

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