Re: Cholesterol Levels Are Falling, But Red Flags Are Rising

It seems to me I heard somewhere that eml wrote in article
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>Don Kirkman wrote:
>> > BTW, "unmasked" does NOT mean "caused by." It means a pre-existing
>> condition was brought to light by or during a subsequent treatment or
>> procedure.

>BTW, I know what "unmasked" means--does not exonerate the treatment
>that triggered the disease. I would prefer to know that a drug i am
>taking can "unmask" a disease state.

One could even argue that it's preferable to have an existing but
undetected disease process unmasked so treatment can be started. I
guess that's because I tend to prefer the known to the unknown risk. One
might consider that an advantage of statins, if in fact they do unmask
some diseases. :-)
--
Don Kirkman
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