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Statins linked to 20,000 side effects and 227 deaths

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derek76
derek76

Express headline that you can Google:

"Statins linked to 20,000 side effects and 227 deaths"

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  • mats64054
    mats64054 derek76

    Posted

    i HAVE CONTACTED "YELLOW cARD" IN uk, WHO ARE SUPPOSED TO ACT OR REACT ON SIDE EFFECTS CAUSED BY DRUGS. IN MY CASE, THE POSSIBILITY OF "BUPRENOPHINE 52.5MG/H" WITH ATORVASTATIN 80 MG, BUT I CONTINUE SEARCHING.
    • derek76
      derek76 mats64054

      Posted

      I expect that you will get a standard letter from them.

       

  • Guest
    Guest derek76

    Posted

    So a 1000 side effects and 11.35 associated (whatever that means) deaths a year over the last 20 years rolleyes Yes that's what the article is saying (to me at least) cheesygrin
    • derek76
      derek76 Guest

      Posted

      Remember it is the Express not Pulse or the BMJ so they need to get your attention.  
  • david43006
    david43006 derek76

    Posted

    I did have pain in my calf,but after eating peanut butter(less salt,sugar variety)the pain subsided.Works for me.If I press on the calf i can still feel a pain in the muscle ,so still on Crestor.
    • derek76
      derek76 david43006

      Posted

      To me peanut butter like Marmite is an aquired taste:-) It is good that you have something that helps.
    • david43006
      david43006 derek76

      Posted

      Thanks.I googled peanut butter and pain ~many body builders use it for muscle pain,something to do with the chemicals iron,magnesium and potassium.
    • derek76
      derek76 david43006

      Posted

      My wife eats it often but she still has aches and pains. Will need to check the one she buys. A friend in America told me many years ago that he used to rub peanut oil into his mothers arthritic joints. He now uses it himself.
  • mats64054
    mats64054 derek76

    Posted

    The strange thing in my case is that I was fine on statin for some three months without any side effects - then I went into a clinic where, most probably, mixed some opiate drugs and ended up with severe side effcts. I am out of statin since sppn three weeks and the side effects have got worse...muscle pain, muscle weakness, nubness in mpart of my feet plus my hands, mainly fingers and finger tops, "shiverings" in my body - I wonder if anyone have enlived anything similar?
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