[dirtboy]

If a drug sounds too good to be true, it usually is.

[jdm]

New Study To Test Statin-Parkinston's Link

Parkinston'd?

[RatRipper]

This doesn't mean I'm gonna look like Janet Reno one of these days does it???

[babygene]

ping for reading later

[PGalt]

Thanks for posting. Interesting.

[Publius6961]

That's the trouble with "new and improved" medication, which treats symptoms instead of the underlying problem.
The number of people I've met who casually boast on being on this stuff is truly scary.

Granted, the alternative is a lot more work and requires effort.
Quick, painless fixes. That's the ticket!

[shield]

Criminal....fat is not the cause of high cholesterol anyway...it's simple carbs like sugar...

[spacejunkie]

I sent this link to my dad and sister. My father has parkinson's, however, I don't know the timing of when he started on statins and when he was diagnosed but I'm going to darn sure ask. I told them both to get off the statins ASAP (not that they will--both think all dr's walk on water).

Taking statins, in my eyes, is like putting tape over your oil light in your car instead of changing the oil. It just masks the problem.

God made our bodies incredibly brilliant and capable of healing themselves if given the right tools but modern medicine really likes to usurp that and convince us we're totally flawed w/out meds.

Glad this came out.

[Uncle Miltie]

Just got my first results back on Zocor:

LDL down to 111 from 172. (Good is <130.)

What are you really going to die of (statistically speaking)? Heart attack or stroke. Zocor works for me!

[Investment Biker]

I just become really suspicious that this is released just as the 180 day generic exclusivity period ends for zocor/simvatatin. Who funded this research? Is it funded by producers of other cardiac care drugs?

Oh well, back to my 100 day supply of generic zocor 80mg for $32 at costco.

[greyfoxx39]

I have never been able to take the statins, my body rejects them, and have just been waiting for the cholesterol craze to subside and something else take its place.

[blam]

FYI: You told me once you took cholesterol lowering medicines.