Doctor's reaction
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Last week I made mention to the Dr (not my regular Dr) re the damage Statins have done to me. She said that all disappears as soon as you stop taking the drug. I said well it hasn't with me and I done a lot of research on the internet and she of course said don't believe everything you read on the internet. Has anyone experienced this?
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usch jane14277
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I personally thing that they are 'the devils drug'.
Apart from their ability to lower LDH, there is no evidence that they do anything else.
Whether lowering LDH is always a positive thing, in whatever case, also has never been proved.
I was on statins for about 5 years and did not notice any adverse effects, until I was put on a higher dosage, and then the nightmare started..
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I think that awareness of that drug's potential dangers has to be highlighted, big way.
The medical profession regarding the usefulness of statins itself is divided, but, the pharmaceutical industries are fighting back, because they are the ones to lose most, financially!
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She's right about not believing everything on the internet, but I'd reckon we can believe the manufacturers, even if they do downplay the frequency and severity of negative effects: I don't use the term "side" effects because they're not off to the side when we're experiencing them and the term minimises this, not just in relation to statins but other drugs as well.
The influence of drug companies is wide and far reaching: I happened to pick up a last year's Readers Digest the other day and in a one page "article" (disguised drug company promo?) headed something like "Statins, what's all the fuss about?" the only "side" effects mentioned were "digestive upsets" .... that mag is read by millions of people worldwide!
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The problem wtih statins is not only the negative effects but the fact that they're routinely prescribed "preventatively" by many doctors for people with no cholesterol problems, and also that the level at which cholesterol is considered dangerously high has been reduced over the years, on at least one occasion by a US committee which included statin manufacturers.
Just for the record, I also tried a non-statin cholesterol lowering medication and the same negative effects began to appear: only my opinion with no medical evidence, but I wonder if the problem is the lowering of cholesterol too far by any means, which according to some sources can cause dementia.
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