My doctor recommended red yeast rice. We'll see how that works out at my next check up.
“.... rose by 156 percent between 2000 and 2005”
Really are current with their stats, aren’t they?
Statins are the biggest pharmaceutical scam ever perpetrated upon the American public.
Statins DO NOT prevent heart attacks. Just ask Tim Russert. OOPS! I forgot—he’s dead.
The biggest scam perpetrasted on the American public since Global warming.
Statins were recently recommended for diabetes patients to prevent further heart damage from the diabetes.
Got put on the statins 9 months ago. Liver functions have been fine. No side effects. Cholesterol went from 248 to 148 (yup, 100 points). Ratio is fine. Blood pressure is actually low normal. Thus far, I’d vote for it.
What are the side effects of statins?
Statins have few important side effects. The most common side effects are headache, nausea, vomiting, constipation, diarrhea, headache, rash, weakness, and muscle pain. The most serious (but fortunately rare) side effects are liver failure and rhabdomyolysis. Rhabdomyolysis is a serious side effect in which there is damage to muscles. Rhabdomyolysis often begins as muscle pain and can progress to loss of muscle cells, kidney failure, and death. It occurs more often when statins are used in combination with other drugs that themselves cause rhabdomyolysis or with drugs that prevent the elimination of statins and raise the levels of statins in the blood. Since rhabdomyolysis may be fatal, unexplained joint or muscle pain that occurs while taking statins should be brought to the attention of a healthcare provider for evaluation.
Lipitor alone is a $14B/yr statin.