Posted on 11/15/2016 11:54:51 AM PST by nickcarraway
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force on Sunday issued new guidance for the use of cholesterol-busting statin drugs. The report greatly expands the universe of people who should be screened to see if they need the medication to everyone over age 40 regardless of whether they have a history of cardiovascular disease.
The recommendations also support the position of the American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association, which in 2013 radically shifted their advice from suggesting that doctors focus on the level of a patient’s low-density lipoproteins (LDL) or “bad cholesterol” to looking at a more comprehensive picture of risk based on things such as weight and blood pressure, as well as lifestyle factors.
“People with no signs, symptoms, or history of cardiovascular disease can still be at risk for having a heart attack or stroke,” said Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, who chairs the task force.
[Could these new cholesterol drugs save many people from heart attacks?]
The task force, which is made up of independent experts but commissioned by the government, concurred after a comprehensive review of the evidence on the topic determined that a broader evaluation of risk is needed. But it puts a greater emphasis on age than the ACC and AHA did in determining who might benefit from the medication in preventing heart attack or stroke. It is also slightly more conservative when it comes to determining the benefits of taking the medications, which include Lipitor, Crestor and Zocor.
The new guidelines, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, suggests that people ages 40 to 75 who have one or more risk factors — such as high cholesterol, high blood pressure, diabetes or smoking that put them at a 10 percent or greater risk of having a heart attack or stroke in the next
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Everyone must be medicated!
Next they’ll put it in the water, like fluoride...
[ “People with no signs, symptoms, or history of cardiovascular disease can still be at risk for having a heart attack or stroke,” said Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, who chairs the task force. ]
Hey and all these “deplorable” people out there may be at risk for developing “Opposition Defiance Disorder” so we should dose everyone up on Psychotropic drugs...
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Yeah, that’s the ticket...
Sounds kind of nutty to me. Maybe changing your lifestyle might be more beneficial. ‘Course, I ain’t no docter...
This is ridiculous. Statins are about the worst thing you can take.
Dangers of Statins: Why Your Body Needs Cholesterol
https://draxe.com/dangers-of-statins-why-your-body-needs-
Do You Take Any of These 11 Dangerous Statins or Cholesterol Drugs?
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2010/07/20/the-truth-about-statin-drugs-revealed.aspxcholesterol/
agreed, statins are a scam....
As long as they don’t put in imported beer, I’m safe
Statins are the same as Global Warming.
The first studies were deliberately flawed.
Points that didn’t agree with the desired results were eliminated.
I am convinced that if I had stayed on Statins, I would be dead by now. Or at minimum, I would be wishing I was dead.
No.
Not me.
Oh, frig off. People are not supposed to all live to be 120 years old anyway. That’s one reason our country is going to go broke, because we are using technology to extend lives without bothering to wonder who will support those lives that can no longer support themselves.
[Statins are the same as Global Warming.]
It’s all about the $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$.
Everybody in Big Pharma wants to own a mansion and a yacht.
These ‘folks’ can “kiss my grits”
I'm over 60 and I've never taken a flu shot. If a cardiologist were to prescribe statins to me I'd kick him in the nuts (figuratively speaking, of course; I already fired a cardiology clinic for telling me to get a pacemaker). I simply do not buy into the cholesterol theory of cardio-vascular disease.
Another drug like this, they may become more widely used in a preventative mode: Metformin.
Right now it is used primarily to manage blood sugar spikes in diabetics. However, as a side effect it interferes with the uptake of sugar in cancer tumors. Most cancers need sugar to grow.
Diabetics, on Metformin, get cancer less often than other cohorts.
Dr tried different ones on me.
All of them made me feel like someone had beaten my lower back with a souvenir baseball bat.
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