There’s been a longstanding debate about the effectiveness and necessity of lipid-lowering therapies, especially statins, in older adults. A recent Danish cohort study involving 65,190 individuals aged 50 and above has provided some illuminating insights into this topic. The rates of use of statin therapy has been shown to decline in people above age 75. This applies even to people who are known to have cardiovascular disease. The decline in statin usage is even more sharp in those who do not have cardiovascular disease.