Comments on: ‘The Statin Effects Study’ Spills The Beans On Impact Of Most Popular Cholesterol Treatment

By: Kelly Fisher

Kelly Fisher — Sat, 26 May 2007 00:41:00 +0000

Jimmy,
As I mentioned in our conversation the other day – my husband is off Lipitor…due to the fact that he was always complaining that it felt like his legs were broken! Ouch! Thanks for posting this information – I pray no one else takes these kinds of medications. I know sometimes it seems easier to just “take a pill” rather than taking the time to take care of ourselves and eat right (and exercise)….but, it sure is worth it in the long run….
Thanks again!

By: renegadediabetic

renegadediabetic — Fri, 25 May 2007 17:58:00 +0000

The UCSD site is a great resource for countering those who claim statins are safe.

When my doctor prescribed Lipitor for me, I didn’t know any better and was ready to take it. Fortunately, that night I ran into two people who had had bad reactions to Lipitor. I Googled Lipitor and found other information on side effects. Another good one is by a former Astronaut, Duane Graveline. He had 2 bouts of Transient Global Amnesia while taking Lipitor. His site is http://www.spacedoc.net/, which contains a lot of good information about statins. After reading this and other information, I didn’t get the prescription filled. When I had to face my doctor again, he checked my cholesterol and it had come down enough that Lipitor was no longer an issue, Thank God and thanks to low carb. I later stumbled across the USCD site.

Mike Eads had a couple of good posts on the subject a while back. One cites a study published in the Lancet showing that statins are of no benefit to the elderly or to women in preventing heart attacks. The only ones to benefit from statins are middle aged men with existing cardiovascular disease. Even with this group, you’d have to treat 50 people for 5 years to prevent one adverse event. http://www.proteinpower.com/drmike/index.php?s=lancet

As a diabetic, I often hear that all diabetics should be on statins. Dr. Eads also deals with this issue at:
http://www.proteinpower.com/drmike/?p=678 With the odds mentioned above, the cons outweigh the pros. I’ll take my chances without statins. It would be great to see them taken off the market, or at least see their use restricted to the most high risk patients.

By: Science4u1959

Science4u1959 — Fri, 25 May 2007 05:03:00 +0000

“The Great Cholesterol Con” should be required reading for any medical student and health care professional. It’s an outrage, in fact, that it isn’t required reading yet – and symptomatic for the current state of health care in the Western world. “don’t bother me with the facts, my mind’s made up”. Utterly disgusting.

By: Dana

Dana — Fri, 25 May 2007 04:20:00 +0000

My mom, a Type 2 diabetic, was put on Crestor for a little while last year. It made her feel like absolute crap. She asked me to look up info about it on the ‘Net since I’m computer literate and she’s not, and I was shocked at what I found. As I recall it (I could be misremembering), I think it even screws with your insulin levels, which is a Very Big Deal with someone obese and diabetic and already having mental health issues (insulin imbalances can cause mood disorders!).

In her case it was causing pain, and her doc took her off of it. But I think my dad is still on a statin drug. Naturally, rather than address his diabetes with a low-carb diet, his doc’s got him on a low-FAT diet and on diabetes and cholesterol drugs. Well, gee whiz. *sigh*