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One in four Americans over the age of 45 currently take a statin drug, despite the fact that there are over 900 studies proving their adverse effects, which run the gamut from muscle problems to increased cancer risk.

Now, new treatment guidelines for high cholesterol will likely DOUBLE the number of Americans being prescribed these dangerous drugs, bringing the total to an estimated-and staggering-72 million people!

The new guidelines, laid out in the report 2013

ACC/AHA Guideline on the Treatment of Blood Cholesterol to Reduce Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Risk in Adults were issued by the American Heart Association and the American College of Cardiology on November 12.

The updated treatment guidelines now focus on risk factors rather than cholesterol levels.