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Common cholesterol drug reduces risk of COVID death by 40%, study finds
Miami Herald ^ | 7/15/2021 | kcamero@mcclatchy.com

Posted on 07/16/2021 6:47:58 AM PDT by redgolum

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This is rather interesting.

One of the methods of action from statins is reducing inflammation. That same action has been linked to why some drugs appear to give relief to the symptoms of covid though they are not antivirals.

On a personal note, I am on a stain for hereditary high cholesterol. When I had the vid, the only symptom was loss of smell.

1 posted on 07/16/2021 6:47:58 AM PDT by redgolum
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They are going to make these impossible to get like other common drugs that have proven effected.


2 posted on 07/16/2021 6:50:42 AM PDT by IgnorerOfLiberals
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I had a very mild case of COVID last November. I am on statins AND blood pressure meds. I am 64, in pretty decent physical shape, but coronary by-pass surgery at the end of 2017 and type II diabetes. So I have plenty of known weaknesses to COVID. Could be something to that.


3 posted on 07/16/2021 6:53:12 AM PDT by RatRipper ( Democrats and socialists are vile liars, thdieves and murderers - enemies of good and America.)
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Combine it with Ivermectin and the HCQ/Zinc/Zpac, and you may have something. But it has to be given early, and based on risk factors.


4 posted on 07/16/2021 6:55:58 AM PDT by Thunder90 (All posts soley represent my own opinion.)
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I had TOTAL loss of smell for about a year after 4 sinus surgeries in 2008!. Couldn’t smell a damn thing!................


5 posted on 07/16/2021 6:56:25 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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This is horrible development! Covid was supposed to kill off the Boomers so that the Social Security money could pay off the student debts! /h


6 posted on 07/16/2021 6:56:51 AM PDT by IllumiNaughtyByNature (Polls are no longer designed to measure public sentiment but to influence it.)
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Or refuse to let Drs prescribe off- label


7 posted on 07/16/2021 6:57:26 AM PDT by silverleaf (In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act)
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Ping.


8 posted on 07/16/2021 6:57:28 AM PDT by Lowell1775
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Yeah no thanks. Statins started eating my muscles. This reminds though, I should get grapefruit juice.


9 posted on 07/16/2021 6:58:56 AM PDT by discostu (Like a dog being shown a card trick )
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Another concern with statins is peripheral neuropathy damage over time. I took Lipitor(atorvastatin) almost 5 years and noticed my legs and feet getting progressively worse, burning so bad some days I had to stay out of work. As a test I eased off the Lipitor and noticed some slow improvement. The dead nerves will never recover but glad I caught it.

I was sad because the drug really had a positive effect but I just could not walk or stand some days. Side effects obviously don’t affect everyone the same but just something to watch for.


10 posted on 07/16/2021 7:00:34 AM PDT by Zack Attack
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Statins eat up CoQ10.
If you are on statins, try adding CoQ10 supplements daily.
Even Costco sells them over-the-counter.


11 posted on 07/16/2021 7:11:00 AM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change with out notice.)
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Me too... and the loss of smell was only for a few days and not severe. My wife had flu like symptoms and tested positive after interacting with her parents who . I couldnt smell my morning coffee for most of a week. I could smell some things.

Lipitor (Atorvastatin) and Lisinopril. I am on 20mg of both. You?


12 posted on 07/16/2021 7:11:41 AM PDT by LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget
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If Covid doesn’t kill you, statins will.


13 posted on 07/16/2021 7:13:26 AM PDT by traderrob6
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>>>who both had pretty substantial cases.

(Wife should not talk to me when I am posting)


14 posted on 07/16/2021 7:13:44 AM PDT by LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget
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My wife took statins for a couple of months. Began having pain in her shoulders. Got to where it was hard to lift her arms above her shoulders. She stopped taking the statins and some of the pain went away. 10 years later, she is almost back to normal.

That is why she refuses to take the vaccine. She’s afraid of a bad reaction. I took the vaccine. Ex-military and have been vaccinated for lots of weird stuff in my life.

I’d be leery of statins, though. OTOH, I don’t have diabetes, and diabetes is a severe risk factor for COVID.


15 posted on 07/16/2021 7:15:16 AM PDT by Mr Rogers
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Why the concern over covid deaths? It is just a another flu, killing less than 0.1% healthy people. Just ignore the Chinese virus and get on with it.


16 posted on 07/16/2021 7:16:21 AM PDT by entropy12 ( I am more interested in return of my capital than return on my capital...who said that?)
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Interesting.


17 posted on 07/16/2021 7:17:24 AM PDT by Not A Snowbird (I do not recognize Biden’s authority.)
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Statins have terrible side effects for many people.

My ex-doctor damn near ruined me with zocor.

It took over three years for my feet and legs to fully recover.


18 posted on 07/16/2021 7:17:25 AM PDT by Augie
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Vitamin D3
Vitamin C
Zinc
Lovastatin
Lisinopril

Vaccinated Twice

No Worry


19 posted on 07/16/2021 7:18:45 AM PDT by bert ( (KE. NP. N.C. +12) Like BLM, Joe Biden is a Domestic Enemy )
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My doctor’s office has placards all over the walls pushing statins. I have strange cholesterol readings, low in HDL but also low in LDL. I will not take statins. Daily treadmill & weights in gym is a much better option to avoid heart disease.


20 posted on 07/16/2021 7:19:34 AM PDT by entropy12 ( I am more interested in return of my capital than return on my capital...who said that?)
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