Dr. Sinatra will frequently prescribe a low-dose statin drug for people in this specific population: middle-aged men who have already had a heart attack or have documented coronary artery disease. Both of us believe there is no other good use for statin drugs*. There is virtually no good evidence to support their use in women,12 they do not need to be prescribed for people who have not had a heart attack, and they definitely—emphatically, positively—should not be prescribed for children.
