Every statin gives me muscle aches.
So my doctor has me on niacin...
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statins are nasty drugs that frankly should never have been approved for any medical use.
A gazillion words and the article doesn’t says what the new guidelines will be.
Not including water, over half the brain is cholesterol.
Only 1/5 of cholesterol is from diet.
Foods with cholesterol in them are delicious.
Anything I missed?
VAP test is better at determining size(smaller is better) of LDL particles, which seems to matter most regarding determining risk of heart attack.
The whole cholesterol issue is BS to begin with full of disinformation i.e.just another scam to get you to take unnecessary medication whose side affects should scare the hell out of anyone. It’s all about your genes and everyone is different.
Is there any evidence anywhere that high cholesterol causes heart attacks? Is it true that 50% of all heart attack victims have “normal” cholesterol levels?
My Cholesterol is about 250 and hasn’t changed in years. The ratio of HDL to LDL is something horrific as well. I have had every non-invasive heart test I can think of - and every comment (especially the sonograms) have stated “very minimal signs of plaque”. I am 62.
I have passed the stress tests, nuclear stress test, and all that as well.
Yet my doctor, for some reason thinks it is important to get the cholesterol down to “target”. I won’t take the medicine due to the side effects.
My Mother had bypass surgery at 70. They put her on Lipitor. I went to visit one day and she could not move due to the muscle pain - she was 75 then. I went with her to the doctor and questioned the need at that age to do what he was doing. He insisted she stay on them - at a reduced dosage and Mom went along. She died at 80 - still with muscle pain so she couldn’t exercise. I believe to this day she died because she couldn’t move anymore.
Doctors don’t know all the answers and in fact in many cases what they say is at best a guess. I listen with half an ear, then research, then decide. The doc doesn’t like it, but since I am the one paying the bills I guess he has no choice!
Thanks for posting this. Had a quad bypass in February 09. Docs put me on Lipitor and the side effects were terrible with leg cramps and shortness of breath etc. So then they put me on Crestor. Tried that for a few weeks with all the same problems. So I just quit using the crap.
Eggs are a staple of my diet....IMHO, you cannot eat too many eggs, although I do limit the yoiks, because of calorie count...but eat as much egg whites as you want.
Thank you very much for posting these interesting articles!
Cholesterol is not a disease, and God did not make ‘bad’ cholesterol. The statin drugs are poison, and their being allowed on the market is evidence of the evil link between the FDA and the drug companies.
A cholesterol level of 250 is much more healthy than one of 150. The liver makes cholesterol because all cells require it, and especially the brain. Statin drugs cause Alzheimer’s symptoms in many. Statin drugs weaken the heart muscle. Statin drugs are deadly.
I had chest pains after taking statins for a couple of weeks. Everyone freaked out. I did a stress test and aced it. I stopped taking the statin and the pain went away. It was more a tightness than a pain. My levels weren’t even that bad.