You sound just like me when I get on my rant about doctors and their propensity to push drugs. 25 years ago my Dr. said my Cholesterol was too high and I needed to take a drug to lower it. I refused and promised him I would exercise and diet so it would go down. After 6 mo. of diet & exercise & a lot weight loss he tested me again.
When he got the results he couldn’t believe that my Cholesterol had gone up. He said the only thing he could think was that it was genetic. He kept insisting that I was going to stroke out. I kept on refusing drugs. The more I read about Statins, the more I was convinced they were not a good thing.
I’ve known a lot of people who took them who went on to become very unhealthy due to liver, kidney and muscle problems. I’m now 83 and healthy. I walked two miles on Mon. and two miles on Tues, and will walk it again tomorrow & Fri.
Now when you read about statins you find that the science is not following what the drs are telling us. But my Dr. still wants me to take them because I’m going to “stroke out”. I laugh at him and tell him that at 83 it’s expected that I might do just that.
Keep walkin’ and ignore the doctor Nan.
You are a smart lady. I am also a refusenik because I simply tell the family sawbones "sounds like the side effects are worse than what it is trying to cure." I am convinced that a Big Pharma/Big Government alliance wants us hooked on drugs because it is profitable and because a drunk/stoned/dependent population is easier to control.