STATINS
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My doctor has advised me that I should consider taking Statins. I know of the side affects. Am I right to be apprehensive?
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Notes on STATINS
mrbob84 jacqui54782
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My need for BP drugs was caused by my desire for coffee in the morning, just like my Dad found out in my younger days. He would swig down cup after cup of coffee at his Aparment House Assn. meeting every Tuesday morning, and then go to his doctor, who found he had high BP and put him on meds. Once he figured that out and eliminated coffee those mornings he would see his GP, all became normal again. No more high blood pressure for my Dad.
Same with me. When I remembered all that - a challenge when I was on the statins because of my memory patchiness, didn't remember it till after I had stopped taking them - I realized I was doing the same thing.
Next doctor visit I consciously stayed away from having any coffee that morning and guess what? My BP was completely normal. Did it again on my next doctor visit, didn't drink coffee that morning. Same thing. Completely normal. I went to 1/4 of the lowest dosage of Enalypril available, and would have completely stopped it if my cardiologist was not convinced that the heart advantages warrented continuing the enalypril. So I do continue, but at hopefully a small enough dose to not matter anymore, on the BP issue.
Coffee was the culprit, plain and simple. It had me on BP meds I never needed in the first place. They made me fall asleep at movies, have half mast - sometimes no mast at all - performance issues in the bedroom, and generally affected my all around life performance. Not a welcome plight, I am so glad I am off them. For the most part anyway.
derek76 mrbob84
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A friend went for a BUPA Well Man check. He had fasting blood tests and was told that the doctor would be half an hour late for his physical examination and ECG. As he had not eaten he was asked if he would like sandwiches and coffee. He ate the sandwiches and drank the whole pot of good strong coffee.
The doctor arrived and did the ECG and made a fuss about the abnormal heart rhythms. All his other test were fine. He spent the next two weeks worrying until the full report arrived. He took it to his doctor who did another ECG that was normal. His doctor asked him to go through the day’s events. When he got to the coffee part the doctor laughed and told him that was the cause of the irregular heart rhythms.
wayne1962 jacqui54782
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Can't add much to what has been written here Jacqui except to say that I too am a survivor of statins. Dreadful things. I just blindly took what the doctor ordered and it was a chance comment that got me researching. Shock and horror! Threw the poisons away and, on year later, still experience negative effects that are slowly diminishing.
As well as Statin Nation vid - which is amust see - I would sugggest you also look at another doco called "The Marketing of Madness." It's generally about anti-depressants, but gives a thorough insight into the workings and history of the pharmacuetical leviathans. Most disturbingly, it describes how the pharmas cheat in testing their drugs and explains their business model which relegates our health to nothing but dollars.
I'm not sure if you have elevated cholesterol, but diet and exercise are the best bet to tackle it safely. Cholesterol is imperative to good health. Wishing you all the best for the future and a positive outcome.
jacqui54782 wayne1962
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pat11500 jacqui54782
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ten years. GP tried to give me Statins. I read up on the side effects and refused to take them. She became quite offhand with me. I do not think my levels are dangerous.i am m eating a healthy diet and hopefully will stay healthy. At 65 I am hopeful I will continue to enjoy good health for many more years.
helen20833 pat11500
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May your health be just that, healthy for many a long year!
jacqui54782 pat11500
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Good for you! I can't see the point of taking a tablet that impairs your quality of life. I'm going to stick to my guns and stay off the Statins.
loxie pat11500
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helen20833 loxie
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This kind of scaremongering is absolutely outrageous. It creates unnecessary anxiety in those who have ceased taking statins. There is no evidence/reseach figures to date that prove this to be a fact.
The medical profession still insist that stains do not cause serious side effects, that any side effects are minimal and slowly fade away as the body ajusts.
They need to LISTEN to their patients. This is not mass over imagination by patients whose experience taking statins has been horrendous to say the least. The fact that most people complain of similiar side effects should tell those dunderheads something!
I despair, I truly do.
wayne1962 helen20833
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Hi Helen - I totally agree with your post. Scaremongering and taking advantage of people in times of vulnerability. Absolutely criminal. Further, I have yet to see any actual evidence that death rates rise because soomeone has ceased taking statins. I have, however read evidence that the incidence of heart attacks have decreased after an episode because people change diets and exercise more.
Something that amuses me is that it is never pointed out that no-one gets out alive. Something will kill us - most likely in our case it will be a heart attack or a stroke. Or maybe that bus we didn't see.