Posted on 09/03/2018 8:06:29 PM PDT by aimhigh
Patients with the rare muscle disease, idiopathic inflammatory myositis, are nearly twice as likely to have been on statin therapy than matched population controls, an Australian study shows.
Using data from 1990-2014 from the SA myositis database, 221 patients older than 40 and diagnosed with histologically confirmed idiopathic inflammatory myositis were compared with 662 matched controls from a general population state database.
Compared with controls, patients with myositis had a 79% increased likelihood of exposure to statins, reported the authors, led by Dr Vidya Limaye, a rheumatology staff specialist at the Royal Adelaide Hospital.
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If statins are linked to it, it is no longer idiopathic.
IMHO, they are waaayy over prescribed.
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Lipitor (Generic) gave me muscle pains. My doctor changed the prescription to generic Crestor and the muscle pains went away. Different statins affect different people differently. You and your doctor may need to determine what’s best for YOU by trial and error.
CoQ 10 relieved muscle pain in my right leg overnight.
The guy who invented Statins refused to take them. That should tell you something.
I got my bad cholesterol down with cholestoff...made from pine bark.
I’m not a fan of statins. I don’t have a family history of heart disease, but my tests show its presence.
statins washed me out.
I’ve been taking a half dose every other day and it’s not as bad. I tried niacin and vitamin “D” to no avail.
Dr. recommended CoQ 10, but it seems goofy to me. Next I’ll have to take something for that.
If I take statins, my muscles get sharp pains.
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They caused me short sharp pains in my ribs. I had to try four different ones before finding one that didn’t. My cholesterol is under control with diet so I don’t need them anymore.
Could it cause a person to vote Democrat?
There is another report out linking statins to ALS. Another reason not to take them.
Statins gave me severe leg pain, which made it difficult for me to walk and get comfortable enough to sleep well.
Finally, I was prescribed Fenofibrate from the fibric acid class of drugs. After over two years on this medication, my bad LDL cholesterol and triglycerides are under control. My total cholesterol is a bit higher than preferred but my health care provider and I are generally satisfied with the results.
I’m not surprised to hear that the inventor of Statins refused to take them, as I have a relative as well as a few friends who have experienced harsh side effects.
I’m 58 years old and have managed to get my cholesterol, high blood pressure, prediabetes and Vitamin D deficiency issues to healthy levels.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3383495/
No surprise. Other than what the medical profession is doing to keep people from treating (and usually curing) their diabetes, the Statins scam has to be the biggest thing going...simply based on the fact that nearly everyone who has taken them has reported side effects, ranging from annoying to life-changing, yet the medical profession essentially calls everyone who complains a hypochondriac.
COQ 10 solves many statin side effects like leg cramps.
What’s a little muscle pain compared to clogged arteries, likely heart attacks and possible strokes? These drugs save millions of lives every year and some medical professionals have even suggested adding them to the water supply.
If you have persistent muscle pain, see your doctor. If you have infrequent muscle pain, then it’s probably just infrequent muscle pain. That’s why they sell Absorbine Jr. and it’s been around a lot longer than statins.
Let’s not forget that one of the warnings is that statins might cause diabetes. I’ve been on avortastatin for 30 days, and my glucose has gone from 90-110 to 120-130. Diabetes is not a trade off for lower ldl and triglycerides, especially since my hdl and ldl were “optimal” before I started taking it.
I hope it’s not irreversible.
Statins stop the body from producing it and it’s required.
It’s reversible.
Please just move to a low carb diet and you’ll find no statins are needed.
I was “pre-diabetic”. I lost 45 lbs on a low-carbohydrate diet, my HDL and LDL were “optimum”, my glucose was back to normal, but I acquiesced to my doctor’s request to go on statins. I understand the idea behind that. Statins have a really good reputation for reducing incidences of cardio-vascular disease. However, I’m not willing to trade a probability of reduced CV disease for a certainty of a permanent debilitating condition of diabetes. My 30-day blood test is in a few days. I can’t wait to see what that says.
There is a statin that (perhaps, if the few medical reports are true, and I believe the Finnish report) actually reduces blood glucose because it has a different metabolic decay from the usual statins. It’s pitavastatin, and it’s really expensive, about $10 a pill. It has been approved by the FDA (it’s a Japanese drug), but it’s pretty much banned in the US because of the cost.
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