Because the poster is a member of the medical community. It is in his interest to defend the pharma industry and to persuade you to do so, too.

I've been down this road with him before, with his take being that statistics tell the story.

Unfortunately, the statistics on this forum indicate the incidence of side effects is greater than the officials ones. But that may be because the results are skewed by people who can detect measurable effects on their performance.

My cardiac specialist late last year said my cholesterol was slightly high and that I might benefit from statins. I said no, I will change my lifestyle choices (which I did). He didn't quibble on little bit. My reaction was based on taking a statin some 20 years ago and the side-effects which put me off it after just a month.