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1 posted on 09/26/2015 6:30:32 PM PDT by Swordmaker
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Could also save national health care millions of $ conflict of interest? Let’s see the data


2 posted on 09/26/2015 6:33:33 PM PDT by Mom MD
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It’d be interesting to see a study on whether the use of CoQ10 mitigates or negates this effect.


3 posted on 09/26/2015 6:33:48 PM PDT by AnotherUnixGeek
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High cholesterol has never been the cause of a single death...ever....anywhere


4 posted on 09/26/2015 6:34:26 PM PDT by csmusaret (Will remove Obama-Biden bumperstickers for $10)
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I believe statins made my father very ill while he was still alive. His health took a progressive turn for the worse and I would never recommend them to anyone.


6 posted on 09/26/2015 6:40:58 PM PDT by grimalkin (For the Statist, liberty is not a blessing but the enemy. - Mark Levin, Liberty and Tyranny)
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I have always said no to Statins when any of the docs I have seen in the past ten years have prescribed them. Glad I did. I keep my cholesterol under control with oatmeal. It is very effective, for me anyway.


8 posted on 09/26/2015 6:42:55 PM PDT by HerrBlucher (Abortion is murder)
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For later


10 posted on 09/26/2015 6:46:18 PM PDT by kalee
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They include memory loss, muscle pain, diabetes, cataracts, liver dysfunction, diabetes, fatigue and memory loss. Millions of Britons currently take statins to combat the risks of heart attacks

"Flu like symptoms" and muscle aches. I get them with even the mildest statins.

11 posted on 09/26/2015 6:47:21 PM PDT by Lee N. Field ("I don't care if there's a billion of you. You're in a cult.")
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I was put on statins three years ago and my skin started thinning, my fingernails started becoming extremely fragile (I used to be able to use my thumbnails for box cutters!), my gums started bleeding, and my teeth started getting loose. I started getting blooms and liver spots under my skin. . . and I could be looking at the backs of my hands and they'd start to bleed. I even lost a couple of fingernails. Others would split from front to back.

This all occurred in a space of about six months after starting those damn statins. I could not figure out what was happening. There were other very strange symptoms I will not go into here.

At the end of the six months, I realized the symptoms had all begun after starting the statin, so against my doctor's objections and arguments of why it was "good for me tom keep taking it and there were no side effects to worry about", I took myself off the pill from hell. . . and gradually all those symptoms went away.

My doctor finally grudgingly agreed I had a "rare unusual sensitivity" to statins and put it in my record to NEVER prescribe or administer any statins to me.

I am now fully recovered from those symptoms and I can again open boxes with my thumb nails, but I had to wait for my nails to completely grow out from the quick.

12 posted on 09/26/2015 6:49:06 PM PDT by Swordmaker ( This tag line is a Microsoft insult free zone... but if the insults to Mac users continue...)
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And guess who’s forcing hospitals to prescribe statins as part of meeting their “core measures” for heart attack and stroke in the US? The govt, of course.
Scary stuff.


14 posted on 09/26/2015 6:55:13 PM PDT by GnuThere
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I’ve discovered that COQ10, Vitamin C, Garlic, Hawthorn and L-Arginine will do wonders for your cardiovascular system, and Fenugreek will definitely help reduce your bad cholesterol.

You were wise to drop those statins when your body was telling you not to take them. I’ve never taken any and don’t plan to.


16 posted on 09/26/2015 7:01:07 PM PDT by mkjessup (If you really support Ted Cruz, don't be trashing Trump, Cruz doesn't, why should you?)
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I’d like to see the study details and methodology, but I’ve felt for years that using statins as a preventative for people that are not at genuine *high* risk was unwise. Doctors have been far to eager to prescribe them with the already known (scary) side effects.

I refuse to consider statins. I have the final say on my health care.


17 posted on 09/26/2015 7:01:25 PM PDT by ChildOfThe60s (If you can remember the 60s, you weren't really there....)
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Just finished up a Geriatric conference . New studies (2015) recommend statins for primary prevention of heart attack and stroke in those over 65. Who to believe???


19 posted on 09/26/2015 7:03:53 PM PDT by therut
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I take Red Rice Yeast instead of statins.

It’s much cheaper....I buy it at Sam’s Club.....and there are no side effects that I know of.

I also take CO-Q10 and L-Carnitine.


20 posted on 09/26/2015 7:07:41 PM PDT by july4thfreedomfoundation (Liberals are like the Taliban and ISIS....destroying cultural icons they don't like.)
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Well, I take statins with no problems, but everyone is different.

I do have a constant runny nose and a persistent cough from some of my other meds. However, the benefits far outweigh the annoyances.

We all have to make up our own minds about what's best for us.

21 posted on 09/26/2015 7:07:50 PM PDT by fatnotlazy
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My cholesterol level is over 500 without statins. This isn’t because I’m fat, I’m 5’8” and weigh 122. It isn’t because I eat fat. I don’t eat red meat, only poultry and fish.

It’s because of a genetic problem...my liver doesn’t metabolize cholesterol as it should. Before taking statins, I had a calcium screening test. High is 400, my score was 1,400. Because of this, I had to undergo 3 heart catherizations and have 4 stents.

I take 40 mg. of Crestor daily, along with fish oil, ubiquinol and other healthy heart supplements. My cholesterol is now around 200.

I’ve taken statins since 2008. Lipator gave me leg cramps. No problems with the Crestor.


24 posted on 09/26/2015 7:12:13 PM PDT by bimboeruption ("Occupy till I come" ~ OPORD issued by CIC Jesus Christ)
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They include memory loss, muscle pain, diabetes, cataracts, liver dysfunction, diabetes, fatigue and memory loss.

The author must has early signs of short-term memory loss, or possibly short-term memory loss.

32 posted on 09/26/2015 7:44:02 PM PDT by SERKIT ("Blazing Saddles" explains it all.......)
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They include memory loss, muscle pain, diabetes, cataracts, liver dysfunction, diabetes, fatigue and memory loss. Millions of Britons currently take statins to combat the risks of heart attacks

The author is suffering from either short term memory loss or script stutter.

33 posted on 09/26/2015 7:47:28 PM PDT by LoneRangerMassachusetts (behind enemy lines)
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Marked for reading.


37 posted on 09/26/2015 7:58:49 PM PDT by Gator113 (~~Cruz, OR LOSE~~ Ted Cruz REMAINS the only true Conservative in this race. ~~ just livin' life~~)
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I’ve been on statins for 17 years. Absolutely no side effects. I have a great lipid profile.


45 posted on 09/26/2015 8:10:35 PM PDT by Rum Tum Tugger
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Bfl


61 posted on 09/26/2015 9:03:20 PM PDT by txmissy
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