Replies to post #142810 on Biotech Values

[DewDiligence]

…drugs working on cholesterol or anticoagulants are nothing but marketing hype with placebo effects.

You just lost a lot of credibility, IMO, by making such a statement.

[biomaven0]

neither HDL nor LDL cause or prevent heart failure

"Heart failure" and myocardial infarction (heart attack) are two quite different conditions - the latter are caused by clots. Beta blockers reduce the stress on the heart by reducing pulse rate and increasing stroke volume. Only a select few beta blockers are effective in heart failure, but they are widely used after a heart attack. Cholesterol levels are correlated with heart attack rates, but not to my knowledge with heart failure.

Peter