Lenin- I suppose with clinkers you mean Baycol that killed a lot of people before it finally was taken off the market. I must say I donīt put a lot of trust in some of the drug companies testmethods, and where do you draw the line "without doing too much damage"? I also donīt put much trust in some of the health foods industries claims. Yes, it is true that a lot of so called herbal remedies is not controlled.Mind you the pashmaliwandallamia seeds and shark grease does wonders!;) And then we have the food industriy, well donīt get me started. For me it is a personal choice to stop taking statins. I am not burying my head in the sand and hope that if I take Carters little liver pills that all will be well. All I am looking for is to somehow get to the bottom of this cholesterol question,which seems to be difficult,and find some unbiased answers. I tend to go with the inflammation theory which to me seems logical. I would like you to read Anthony Colpoīs book "The great cholesterol con" and see what you think. He has over a thousand references from medical journals and research in the book to back up what he writes about. Just a thought.:wave: