Posted on 10/09/2019 5:54:59 PM PDT by DallasBiff
I am not asking for professional medical advice, but personal opinions about the benefits or obstacles about statins.
your comment is out of line and in extremely poor taste. the poster asked for non-medical opinions and I gave mine. have you no shame?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syV2LkGpQB0
Without revealing a role in the new drug investigation for Atorvastatin— can tell you that Atorvastatin is specifically clinically significant in genetic dyslipidemia. People with genetic disease of lipids can starve themselves to nearly death, and all the dieting in the world will not affect the lipid metabolism.
In conjunction ask you Dr. about adding Vescepa. In conjunction with Statins it has shown to reduce heart attack / stroke by 30%
Sorry for the gibberish trying to post and watch the baseball game at the same time but I think you get the gist of my message.
My Dr. stated that under guidelines, I should take a statin. He said that lifestyle changes were also and option. I changed my diet.
In 30 days, I had all my numbers where they should be and my HDL-the good kind (which had been low for decades) was back to normal.
Major changes: No Soda, No sugar - low carb fruits and veggies. More fat: Added grass fed butter, and Extra Virgin Olive Oil, lots of nuts. Decent Protein intake including more eggs. Almost zero grains.
Supplement: Multi Vitamin, Calcium & Vitamin D3, and K2. I had already read a lot about statins-not a good thing for many people. YMMV
A big NO to statins.
Garlic, ginger, grapefruit, vinegar and honey, lots of choices. Wine even. No fake fats, cut back on the carbs, all so much better for you.
Ps. Check thyroid. That can effect your cholesterol numbers in a big way.
If you can do diet and exercise, you get a whole bunch of good side effects. If you rely on statins long term, you risk some bad ones (like CoQ10 deficiency).
I did it with diet and exercise, and am so glad that I did.
Statins are a class of drugs often prescribed by doctors to help lower cholesterol levels in the blood. By lowering the levels, they help prevent heart attacks and stroke. Studies show that, in certain people, statins reduce the risk of heart attack, stroke, and even death from heart disease by about 25% to 35%. The listed site, WEBMD, is a highly respected site and is used by a lot of medical professionals.
https://www.google.com/search? q=what+are+statins+for&rlz=1C1KMZB_enUS609US618&oq=what+are+statins+for&aqs=chrome.0.0l6.4692j0j8&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
I’ve been taking statin drugs since 2006. I personally haven’t had any of the side effects listed in the WEBMD website. There are always exceptions. But the use of the drug outweighs the non-use.
The most common statin side effects include headache, difficulty sleeping, flushing of the skin, muscle aches, tenderness, or weakness (myalgia), drowsiness, dizziness, nausea or vomiting, abdominal cramping or pain, bloating or gas, diarrhea, constipation, and rash.
Statins also carry warnings that memory loss, mental confusion, neuropathy, high blood sugar, and type 2 diabetes are possible side effects. It’s important to remember that statins may also interact with other medications you take. But that happens and your doctor will prevent you from cross contaminating the drugs.
I already had type II, hyper with neuropathy, and was on insulin prior to the start of my statin use. It has been a great product for me as my cholesterol is down and my heart is holding its own. Talk to the doc concerning your current drug use and how it could affect you. I recommend use. But everyone is a little different.
rwood
Functions of LDL Cholesterol - Lipid Seminar in Clear Lake 2018
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbVEM-XcoLM
Dr. Nadir Mir Ali (Cardiologist)
Functions of cholesterol
LDL Cholesterol
Host Defense and LDL cholesterol
Memory and Cholesterol
Cancer Mortality and Cholesterol
Cholesterol and mortality
Statin side effects
CoQ10 and Cholesterol
“Take them, you’ll be fine. You won’t even notice any sort of side effects”
that’s complete bullshit: you have no way of knowing whether he’ll have side-effects or not ...
Statins are a scam designed to make drug companies lots of money. They are known to cause serious health problems. I suggest that to you do lots of research on the subject online. Find a natural way to do if need be.
After 7 years on 10mg Lipitor with no issues, switched to the starch-based plant diet. Total cholesterol fell precipitously. After 3 months and a pound a week weight loss, doc concurred to drop statin and check back in 4 months. TC stayed down to levels similar to taking statin. I play sports and there’s a risk of permanent muscle damage, and better to not take chances with statin. Read The Starch Solution (Dr John McDougall), Prevent and and Reverse Heart Disease (Dr Caldwell Esselstyn), Program for Reversing Diabetes (Dr Neal Barnard), and The China Study (T Colin Campbell, PhD Nutritionist). Do your own research. I’m down 20-25 lbs from before, and stayed down for last 8 years to 11th grade weight and BMI 23. Food cost is much lower too! All the protein one needs — believe it or now.
Because old fools on the internet have all of the info that your doctor doesn’t. He is simply a pawn for big pharma.
In fact why do you go to your doctor anyway?
keep in mind that statins increase one’s chance of getting type II diabetes by 30%, so if you’re pre-diabetic, statins could tip you over the edge ...
also, statins interfere with the body’s production of CoQ10, and guess which organ uses the most CoQ10: the heart.
Cholesterol is also the precursor for the synthesis of five classes of gender hormones: progestagens, glucocorticoids, mineralocorticoids, androgens, and estrogens ...
The brain has a higher cholesterol content than any other organ. In fact, about 25% of the body’s cholesterol is found in this small organ ...
Finally, cholesterol is vital to cell membrane structure ....
think long and hard about taking statins, and if you do, be on the lookout for the principle side-effects, namely muscle soreness, muscle weakness, and diminished cognition (brain feels like it’s stuffed with cotton).
and here is a list of other possible side-effects to be aware of, so if any of these things happen to you after you start taking a statin, then you’ll be aware of the cause:
Headache.
Difficulty sleeping.
Flushing of the skin.
Muscle aches, tenderness, or weakness (myalgia)
Drowsiness.
Dizziness.
Nausea or vomiting.
Abdominal cramping or pain.
Meant to say weight fell precipitously, while TC fell further. Weight continued to fall over 7 month period before stabilizing to still current weight. Essentially, stopped eating fat and high cholesterol foods associated with meats (white, red, fish), except a little here and there.
Why? What’s exactly his reason...? It matters.
Why? What’s exactly his reason...? It matters. And having low TOTAL cholesterol isn’t necessarily good...just saying there’s a lot more involved.
Taken Zocor for 17 years with no effects. Keeps my slightly elevated lipids in the normal range. Not for everyone but it works well for me.
https://www.hotzehwc.com/2019/02/dispelling-the-cholesterol-heart-disease-myth/
“...There is no direct evidence that elevated cholesterol causes heart disease. In fact, over half the people that die from heart attacks have normal cholesterol. Just because cholesterol is elevated in some people with coronary artery disease doesn’t mean that it is the cause. For instance, if you always see a police officer at the scene of an accident, that doesn’t mean that he was the cause of the accident, does it? No....”
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