[Vaquero]

watch out for Statin Drugs.....they can cause more harm than good.

[dawn53]

My cholesterol was a little elevated, and my GP whipped out his Rx pad to write a Rx for a statin. “Not so fast,” I told him. I made a few changes to my diet, upped my fish oil and flax seed intake, and the cholesterol came down to normal in a few months.

[PGalt]

watch out for Statin Drugs.....they can cause more harm than good.

Thanks for any information. As a user of Simvistatin (only prescription I have ever taken) in the last 90 days, I can be a FReeper case study. I will research more. Thanks again.

[Uri’el-2012]

watch out for Statin Drugs.....they can cause more harm than good.

Red Yeast rice with none of the downsides.

Red yeast rice when produced using the 'Went' strain of Monascus purpureus contains significant quantites of the HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor lovastatin which is also known as mevinolin, a naturally-occurring statin. It is sold as an over the counter dietary supplement for controlling cholesterol (See ref.: Medicine Net). There is strong scientific evidence for its effect in lowering blood levels of total cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein/LDL ("bad cholesterol"), and triglyceride levels (see below). Because an approved drug is identical to the molecule it is therefore regulated as a drug by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

[MrLee]

“watch out for Statin Drugs.....they can cause more harm than good.”

Use Red Yeast Rice instead.