Posted on 03/31/2009 12:15:43 AM PDT by neverdem
Associated Press
Study says cholesterol drug taken by millions can reduce the danger
ORLANDO, Fla. — Statin drugs, taken by millions of Americans to lower cholesterol and prevent heart disease, also can cut the risk of developing dangerous blood clots that can lodge in the legs or lungs, a major study suggests.
The results provide a new reason for many people with normal cholesterol to consider taking these medicines, sold as Crestor, Lipitor, Zocor and in generic form, doctors say...
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cool. Thanks!
Statins are great if u can tolerate them...like me.
My cardiologist was raving about them 20 years ago and put me on a regimen that I’ve been loyal to. A Scandinavian study goes back 35 years with similar raves.
and the famous pravachol study from Scotland..
i take 80 pravachol..works great for me...born with bad heart and two surgeries in my 40s
my total is 123
hdl is 57
ldl is 36
tgl is 130
The true benefit of a statin may well be its anti-cltting and anti inflamatory properties, perhaps even more so than its cholesterol lowering abilities.
That's great. Just get periodic blood tests for the liver enzymes called AST or ALT. It usually shows up in the first three months. Otherwise, keep unexplained muscle weakness or pain in the back of your head. You should be good to go, but medicine has no guarantees.
The monitored liver enzymes are called ALT and AST, pardon me. Three times over the upper limit of normal of either ALT or AST is reason to stop taking a statin.
Statins, according to many studies, also damage the kidneys, and the brain, why are they still in use?
Educate yourself, cause your doctor isn't going to.
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If you’re going to use statins, you should be supplementing with some CoQ10, because statins block it’s synthesis.
http://heartscanblog.blogspot.com/2007/09/statin-drugs-and-coenzyme-q10.html
Statins, according to many studies, also damage the kidneys, and the brain, why are they still in use?
Educate yourself, cause your doctor isn't going to.
I haven't started taking them so far. I am a licenced physician. Links would be appreciated. My impression is that adverse reactons are caused by genetics. Some people shouldn't take statins, but so far, it looks like a small subset.
I was thinking about Co-enzyme Q10. Thanks for the link!
My cholesterol crept up a little and my GP discussed putting me on a statin. But I have MS, and my neuro was dead set against it. Evidently there’s some serious side effect whose main symptom is muscle pain and weakness, and she said, in her experience, the problem was you couldn’t tell if you were having side effects from the drug or just experiencing normal MS problems.
They also ran a study with those taking interferon (I take Betaseron) and statins to see if it was effective for MS. It seemed to make their MS worse.
http://www.neurology.org/cgi/content/full/71/18/e54
So I changed my diet, added Omega 3’s, and Cholesteroff (an OTC product recommended by my GP) and my cholesterol came down significantly.
The muscle-specific ubiquitin ligase atrogin-1/MAFbx mediates statin-induced muscle toxicity - Muscle/kidney damage
Most of the folks that are prescribed statins already have some aches and pains and don't notice, or don't complain to their doctors, and on the doctor's side, the pharmacos are saying it's a small percentage that is affected.
So it's both under reported by the patient and the doctors. And they're all chasing the wrong dog, cholesterol is an effect of CHD, not the cause.
Linus Pauling already led the way, but almost none of the medical profession has followed.
CoEQ10 with aspirin! No statins!
I have been taking it for about 6 weeks now to treat uterine fibroids and it appears to be working quickly as my symptoms are significantly diminished.
After doing some more reading, I am going to start adding it to my hubby's regimen as well.
Nattokinase is a potent fibrinolytic (clot-dissolving enzyme) extracted from a traditional Japanese cheese called Natto. Natto has been used as a food and a medical remedy for heart and vascular disease in Japanese culture for over 1000 years. Exciting research since 1980 has shown that Nattokinase helps our bodies dissolve and prevent unhealthy blood coagulation. It is now proven to have 4 times the clot dissolving power of plasmin! Plasmin is what our body produces to dissolve harmful blood clots or excess fibrin that can lead to many serious and fatal diseases including stroke and heart attack.
How is Nattokinase made? Natto cheese is made by adding beneficial bacteria Bacillus subtilis to boiled soybeans. When these bacteria act on the soybeans the enzyme Nattokinase is produced. Although other soy foods contain enzymes only the Natto preparation contains this special enzyme Nattokinase.
How was Nattokinase discovered? In 1980 Japanese researcher Dr. Hiroyuki Sumi was searching for a natural thrombolytic (clot dissolving ) agent. After testing over 173 natural foods at the University of Chicago Medical School Dr. Sumi found what he was looking for. When he placed natto on artificial blood clots in his laboratory at body temperature the blood clots were dissolved within 18 hours! Dr. Sumi named his new discovery "nattokinase" which means "enzyme in natto." Excitedly he stated that nattokinase demonstrated "a potency matched by no other enzyme."
How does Nattokinase work? Nattokinase enhances our body's ability to fight blood clots. Other blood thinners are exensive, short acting and have serious side-effects. Nattokinase has a prolonged effect without side-effects.
There are natural ways to accomplish the same thing without the horrible side effects.
Thanks for the links.
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