The elderly should stop taking statins when there's is a good and strong reason for them to stop the statins.
Statins are medications which lower cholesterol and reduce the risk of cardiovascular conditons like heart attacks.
Doctors may recommend that the elderly or anyone else stop taking statins if they have high creatine kinase levels in their blood.
Creatine kinase levels increase when muscles are inflamed or damaged.
A doctor may also recommend that you stop taking statins if the side effects of the statins outweigh any benefits.
The age that statins are no longer recommended is 75 years and above.
Statins are not recommended in people 75 years and above especially if they don't have any known vascular disease or type 2 diabetes.
The statin that is worse for the liver is Atorvastatin which is most commonly associated with liver injury.
Liver injury related to Atorvastatin is typically also a result of cholestatic hepatitis which occurs several months after you start taking Atorvastatin.
The best non statin drug for cholesterol is Ezetimibe also known as Zetia which is often prescribed in cases where statins alone are not enough to lower your cholesterol.
Bempedoic acid is also another non statin drug for cholesterol and blocks the production of cholesterol in the liver.