Erin Allman‑Updyke and Erin Welsh

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This Podcast Will Kill You · Ep 218 The Lowdown on Statins · 4 Aug 2026 podcast

So that same systematic review that I mentioned earlier also showed many people have positive sentiment towards these drugs.

They trust their efficacy.

Like, look how much my bad cholesterol dropped and my good cholesterol rose.

Right.

They report that their health anxiety has eased thanks to the drugs, reporting an enhanced peace of mind.

And they view them also as a way of taking control and ensuring a better, healthier future.

Rebrand these drugs for what they are, heart attack prevention, stroke prevention, a way to extend your life, your quality of life, and spend more time with the people you love accomplishing all the things you want to do.

These drugs might not make you feel any better instantaneously, but they will make it more likely that you're around to feel and do things 10 years from now.

Having high cholesterol, it doesn't mean that you have failed.

It should not be seen as shameful, as something that you should hide or feel embarrassed by.

And taking these medications should make you feel like you're taking agency over your own life.

Prevention is always harder, especially when the threat, like a heart attack, doesn't seem imminent or is so scary that you're like, I have to think that this won't happen to me.

Right, right.

I can't put my mind in that place.

Yes.

But that denial, it really does not serve us well.

And so with that, Erin, I'm going to turn it over to you to tell us about how statins actually work and where things stand with cardiovascular disease around the globe today.

I would love to.

So knowing that statins have made such a huge impact or have the potential, at least, to make such a huge impact on disease, I think we first need to understand a little bit more about how they work.

So I want to go through not just statins, but the strategies overall that we use today to lower LDL cholesterol specifically.

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