More evidence that exercise may be the simpler, cheaper and better alternative to drugs for cardiovascular health. An article in the New York Times points out that test in mice show that statins lower the amount of exercise they can do, increase oxidative damage to muscles during exercise and inhibit healing afterward. So if you take statins you may be able to exercise less, and perhaps should exercise less, so you will be giving up all the other benefits of exercise, which includes improving cholesterol profiles.
I realize that not everybody can control cholesterol through diet and exercise, but diet and exercise should be tried first and drugs should be a last resort. Otherwise the patient will end up in a downward spiral, relying on pills more, leading to less exercise (and worse or not improving diet), which leads to a worse cholesterol profile and the need for more drugs.